Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 13:46:03 -0500 From: turbospgnopsamsouth.net Subject: Re: Looking for a Shop Manual 85 900 Turbo
try using a manetic drain plug or magnet ring around filter Mark Saab85900 wrote: > You've gotten the info on the Bentley book. > > >Last, has anyone come across a product called Friction Free 3000. I have a > >friend who wants me to try it out in my engine cause I had been complaining > >about by my waning gas mileage. He says it's made by Billstein (not sure if > >I got the spelling correct, they're in Europe and they make some Mercedes > parts as well?). Excerpt from the pamphlet he gave me: "Friction Free 3000 is > >comprised of soft ductile metals, uniform and spherical in a shape ranging > >from 5 to 15 microns in size. The specific type, size, shape, and suspension > >agents are formulated to provide solid boundary lubrication performance even > >under extreme conditions ... " I guess the idea is that the small ball > >bearings fill in the pits and grooves in the block to make everything flush > >again and then the extra act as a lubricant in conjunction with the oil. I > >know the owners manual says not to use any oil additives, but I wondered > >whether anyone had come across this stuff before and the kind of results they > >had gotten if they had. > > A decent oil filter will take out some of those particles, and a really good > one will take out more. The job of the filter is to remove solids. Oils have > additives which provide a sacrificial coating for those boundary lubricaion > occurrences. > In over 22 years of using and selling AMSOIL synthetics, I've seen a lot of > other products pitched. I have NEVER seen any kind of legitimate > documentation, such as fleet tests, which showed they do anything more than > reduce the weight of your wallet, leading to better fuel economy. > > Dick in Falls Church > 85 900T, 185K
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