Miracle in a bottle

Im a fan of anti seize compounds. I also randomly put a little 2 cycle oil in fuel on truck and f350. I believe it helps. If not, i see no way it can hurt.

 

Pre DPF I would agree. But if you have a DPF do not add that 2 cycle oil. Could very well ruin a several thousand dollar filter.

 

Chemtool B12 and Marvel Mystery Oil. Also WD 40 where needed. Duct tape on standby.

 

Kroil is great but expensive. I caught my brother in law using it at the drill press for cutting oil .

Justice brother's make a product called JB80 I really like it better than pb or wd. It handles heat better and leaves a residual film.

 

I had to use muriatic acid to separate my steel rim from the front hub on my FL70 the other day. The ears on the hub corroded and became integrated with the wheel. Of course, now, the wheel can no longer center itself on the hub, so I could have just as well used my torch set...if it weren't empty

 

That's a cool story. My grandfather owned a fleet of cargo vans, straight trucks, and 2 18 wheelers. He said that his 1967 Chevy vans with a 283 were only good to ~80,000 miles. He had a 1978 Chevy van with the 350 that made it 636,000. I bought out his business in 1999, and among the vehicles that came with it was a 1988 gmc (350). It finally wore out around 770,000. I no longer run my vans that long, but I've had the ford and gm gassers running like new with 500k-600k with nearly zero oil consumption. They usually go to the crusher only because their suspensions are shot by then and nobody wants them with that many miles. My current 6 wheeler has a 3126 cat with 407,000 miles and at the end of the oil change interval (7000 miles), the oil level still never leaves the full mark. I don't use any oil additives, nor full synthetics. It's all in the driving and pm's. On the other hand, I've had a few Chevys that drank oil from brand new until I got rid of them around 400,000 miles.

 

Use to put motor oil in a leaky power steering unit, and a little brake fluid in a automatic trans to temporary cure a leaky seal. Put mothballs in my 1967 F100, 300 six 3 on the tree. I was drinking back then lol, over did it and cost me 140.00 to get the head worked. 1/2 box will dang near melt the exhaust valves lol.

 

Miracle in a bottle?? Jim Beam works really good in all instances. LOL

 

I dont dispute that oil has advanced over the years. However i believe that manufacturing and the whole production process has also added to longer engine life.
BUT then i think of the products we buy that are designed to be throwaway. Things that used to last forever. House hold appliances, tvs, ect. If they dont wear out they dont get replaced.
Now im really confused.