<VV> FAVORITE "SNAKE OILS" FOR OUR CORVAIRS - Rislone

[Chris & Bill Strickland]

Marc Marcoulides wrote:

>Funny you should post about Rislone, the subject of STP came up in a recent talk, am interested in comments about both products
>

Rislone -- the product that was in the quart can, was probably 
formulated for cars from the 1930's and did not seem to be terribly 
effective as a varnished lifter freeing up tool as many of the newer 
products available.  I like the Chemtool B-12 in the oil for this, but 
notice the directions for using it as an oil additive have been removed 
from the can.  Used in too dirty of an engine, it can cause the oil 
pickup screen to become clogged with detritus.  Don't ask, please.

STP is one of those things you either love or love to hate -- I go with 
the idea of leaving oil formulations to the original manufacturer, and 
then buying the correct oil for your application.  That said, STP is a 
marvelous assembly /disassembly lube, great for installing things like 
press fit ball joints using a BFH, O-rings of all sorts (automatic 
transmissions come to mind), and anything else you want to make slippery 
such as tight fitting radiator hoses, or 'maybe' that hose on Corvair 
fuel tank filler necks.

I chalk the success of STP up to Any Granatelli's ability as a marketing 
guru -- guess we need someone like that for CORSA ...

Attached is 10W-20W-50 [no API rating] -- apparently, even Andy had 
marketing failures.

Bill Strickland
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: STP Motor Oil .jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 142694 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://www.vv.corvair.org/pipermail/virtualvairs/attachments/20100923/a1ed29a4/attachment.jpg