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Topic: Marvels Mystry Oil ??
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Kokopelli
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posted April 24, 2011 05:26 PM
Anybody here use this stuff??
It's supposed to improve my gas mileage, clean my engine, make my package bigger & give me more stamina. (Or at least two out of the four)
The talking heads on the news are starting to mention $6.00 a gal. gas by summer given our current president's aversion to leadership. At that price, an additive wouldn't have to do much to still be cost effective, but I suspect that the "IMPROVES GAS MILEAGE" scams are already on their way to an info-mercial near you.
So................Yea or Nay?????
Thanx.
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jimanaz
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posted April 24, 2011 05:36 PM
I've heard about that stuff for years, Koko. You're right, from the hype it kinda sounds like a carpet bagger ought to be selling it out of a covered wagon. At least until Josey Wales asked him how it is on stains.
I've never heard anything bad, so that's a good thing. But I think it's one of those YMMV type things. Run a few tanks with it and let us know. We need a guinea pig, lol.
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TOM64
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posted April 24, 2011 06:02 PM
We used to use it in our air guns at work. Never heard about it it the tank. It made a difference in our air guns.
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posted April 24, 2011 06:18 PM
Lots of older mechanics swear by it... "MMO" lubricates and cleans top end and fuel components that don't normally get lubrication.
My Dad used it on all his guns when I was a kid, claimed it saved his life in the South Pacific. Many of the guys fighting in the island sands lubed their rifles with "MMO"!
I suspect it's probably a slightly alkaline cleaning agent mixed in an oil base. I would worry about sludge buildup clogging small parts as the cleaning action begins on an engine that has never been treated. All of that dirt and carbon has to go through the system as it gets cleared from parts. Probably no worse than "cleaners" in certain brands of gasoline.
Let us know if it helps!!!
Nikonut
Edited for spelling... ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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Lone Howl
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posted April 24, 2011 06:30 PM
Koko, my grandfather used it in all his vehicles. Poured it in the crankcase and swore by it. Light cumbustible oil that cleans and lubes. Im not sure about milage, but he said since he started using it when he was young, hes had fewer probs with his engines. That said, Im talking 70's and 80's engines that I saw him use it in.
Mark
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the bearhunter
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posted April 24, 2011 06:34 PM
i've never tried it. sea-foam is what i use. love the stuff
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Lone Howl
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posted April 24, 2011 06:35 PM
Also, when gas goes up all the milage voodoo stuff comes out of the woodwork. Last time, it was pouring alchol in your gas tank to increase milage. I just dont believe theres anything worth pouring in your tank to chase more milage..at least milage thats worthwhile.
The whole gas price thing is silly and this fucking idiot in charge of the country loves it. They cant wait till the country collapses, or at least the western half of it.
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CrossJ
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posted April 24, 2011 06:49 PM
I use seafoam also. I use it in my gas trucks to combat moisture from ethanal. My small engines and motor driven welders always get pure gas....no ethanol. I still add some seafoam to them; it is supposed to help with fuel breakdown in case it sits unused for a period of time. All my deisels get a fuel additive also.
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Cdog911
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posted April 24, 2011 07:24 PM
I got into a conversation with several mechanics I know once about using Seafoam, BG products, and other miracles like MMO. I recalled how, as a kid, my dad and grandpa always told me to run a quart of automatic transmission fluid through in a tankful of gas to clean carbon buildup from the engine. On those engines, carbureted and all of that, it worked well. These mechanics all told me that using something not specifically designed for today's computer-controlled engines is a good way to get on your shop's good side because you will pretty much destroy the O2 sensors and other sensitive stuff in the engine. Like running E85 in an engine not designed to burn it. Seafoam and BG stuff are specifically designed to clean out newer type engines, and they'll stand behind them if they mess up your engine, too. Using MMO or Aunt Jemima's in any off label manner will find you stranded with the folks that make it laughing at you. Just what I've heard, and I'm not willing to risk thousands of dollars in engine damage to save me tens of dollars in mileage.
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Leonard
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posted April 24, 2011 09:59 PM
Now, this was a long time ago, and it was a '69 Datsun 1300, but after a few years, it burned a lot of oil. One day, I had not checked it in a few days and couldn't get a reading on the dip stick. I went to the nearest auto parts store and bought 5 quarts of STP, which is a lot of cans, but I ran that for (don't remember? might have been a hundred miles? After that the rings must have sealed, or something because I never had another problem with it and drove it for about three more years. I actually missed that truck when the 3/4ton POS that replaced it was itself replaced after little more than a year.
MMO, the can is part of the mystique. How about as a bore cleaner, like Kroil?
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posted April 24, 2011 11:21 PM
Supposedly MMO protects against acids, so it could help protect a barrel, too.
Dad told me that the guys in his unit would dunk their 1911's in a big can of MMO both before and after cleaning them... never had any rust or failures.
That crud going through your bearings and catalytic converter couldn't be a good thing!
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TOM64
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posted April 25, 2011 05:33 AM
Sea Foam is great to soak machine gun bolts and carriers to remove the carbon buildup.
Cleans injectors pretty good too.
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Leonard
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posted April 25, 2011 09:30 AM
So, machine gun is two words? Duly noted.
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rainshadow1
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posted April 25, 2011 10:05 AM
I think MMO is worth using, I've seen it improve performance. But it's essentially a cleaner, and once clean, it's not doing much of anything until things shellaque up again. Same with Techron, or whatever. 4 tanks, then you're as good as it's going to get for awhile.
When I was in the biz, I'd treat every car I got in with MMO and Techron in the gas (for up to 4 tanks), oil change and MMO in the oil. Seemed to make up for poor maintenance to a small degree.
My Dad told me about it, not sure where he heard, but he was a Truck Mechanic in the Army (late Korea), and a Commercial fisherman all his life...
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Aznative
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posted April 26, 2011 07:08 AM
I was gone fishing last week to Lake Powell, and had a great time which explains my absence.
MMO is a good light weight oil that has great lubrication despite its light weight. First off, I’ll throw out a little engine theory. For an engine to run like it is suppose to, all of the injectors must flow the same. Say the computer is commanding a 15 ms injector pulse and 15 ms is supposed to equal 20gms of fuel per second. If one or more injectors isn’t delivering 20 gms/sec, you have imbalance condition. Every time the engine rotates 2 revolutions, every cylinder will fire with some cylinders delivering full power and some only delivering partial power. It would be like letting off the gas and getting back on the gas very quickly which will destroy fuel economy. There are probably some people that have a car/truck with a few bad injectors that a little more lube in the fuel may be helped by MMO. The correct fix would be to flush or replace the injectors. I doubt MMO has better cleaning qualities than techron, and MMO does contain sulfur which will damage a Catalytic converter over an extended period of time.
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NVWalt
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posted April 26, 2011 07:11 AM
Used the stuff in our alky burning race engines to provide top end lube. Stuff worked like we wanted it to. Mind you that these engines got rebuilt often though. But that MMO held up to some very high compression and kept on working.
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