slick 50

[mlumb]

picking up my first cerbera this week ,cant wait but will miss the 390.anyway has anyone tried slick 50 engine treatment in the cerb? i wondered if it was suitable or not.any ideas?

[johnmckenzie]

If this is a brand new Cerbera, don't use it under any circumstances. The factory fill on new engines is an "inferior" non-synthetic oil, used deliberatly to give some chance of mild and controlled metal to metal abrasion between the piston rings and bores. This ensures proper mating between the surfaces and minimises the risk of bore glazing during the running in period. Using any low friction additive in a new engine will almost certainly cause glazing with resultant high oil consumption and power loss through compression blow-by.
If it's not a new engine the above won't apply as the bores will have work hardened but the use of any additive is highly questionable.Modern synthetics such as Mobil 1 are low friction oils in their own right and have very sophisticated additive packages within them which are not designed to be adulterated with further additives such as Slick 50, STP, etc. You could be doing more harm than good.
Finally, I did hear of a story of one poor bloke with a DB7 who had his warranty claim for a big engine bang turned down as he had used unapproved (by the factory) additives in his oil (STP I believe). It's hard enough nailing down aftermarket warranty companies as it is without giving them excuses!!

regards

John McKenzie

[douglasr]

If slick 50 is so good, why dont any manufacturwers recommend it ? I read a report about its so called super properties - these were disproved in independant test carried out in the States (i.e. a car with no oil and slick 50 seized a couple of miles after a car with no oil and no slick50)

I have also read that if an engine need a rebuild that removing the slick50 tefloan coating from the internals can be a pain. Not a good idea in a Cerbera engine then !

[mlumb]

thanks for the replies.its not new its done 21k.i was aware of the new engine scenario,but wasnt sure about about later on,anyway thanks for your thoughts.

[ro_butler]

I also read some independent report in US about slick 50 and the engine with slick 50 in (but no oil) lasted less than 15 seconds!

Apparently it is a waste of time.

[phockit]

I used Slick50 on my bike a few years back and (subjectively) there seemed to be an improvement, most noticeable as a slicker gear change.

However, that was before I could afford fully synthetic oil which I've used ever since.

Don't expect you'd notice any benefits using it in a cerb, certainly not the extended life claims

[davidd]

The Slick 50 conversation has been had on the egroups tvr list a couple of times. Do a search on the internet for 'snake oil' and you'll get all the info you need. The upshot being that it is crap, causes harm to your engine and you do not need it.

David