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Re: Oil Pressure & GM and Saab
Posted by pseudo_v (more from pseudo_v) on Sat, 4 Mar 2000 16:04:56
In Reply to: , Kok Chen, Sat, 17 Dec 1988 12:00:00 

> Teflon (PTFE) it's inventor (DuPont) has refused to allow the association
of the Teflon name with any automotive oil additive.  Apparently in all
their tests, the Teflon has had no effect.

   Can't prove it by me.
I added Slick-50 to my ~220K old engine, and noticed an approximately 5%
increase in gas mileage.
   I then also added the tranny version, also.
I've been a happy camper for ~ 60K.

Dupont not sanctioning it is probably more a case of CYA than anything else.

> I have heard of a similar product, Tufoil, that had a serious
incompatibility with Castrol oil, causing the destruction of my friend's
Lotus engine,

   Well, it was a British engine, 'nuff said. It self-destructed on its own.
   I've used the PTFE product with Castrol oil (20W50 in summer, 10W40 in
the winter) for several years. No problems.
   I think you're confusing Cause and Effect.
The cause could be something radically different. IE, I added a quart of
this aditive, and a month later my engine needed to be rebuilt.
Isn't that a monthly process on a Lotus, anyways?

PS: Slick-50 ain't the only brand name out there.
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EU Clears GM Buyout of Saab Automobile  

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Tuesday it had cleared
plans by General Motors Corp (GM.N) to acquire all shares of Swedish car
maker Saab Automobile which it does not already own, from Investor AB
(INVEb.ST). Investor said last month that GM would pay $125 million to
exercise its option to buy the investment group's 50 percent stake in Saab.
GM said it intends to expand Saab's sales, line-up and distribution.

'Since the concentration involves a change from joint control of Saab by GM
and Investor to sole control of Saab by GM, there is no new combination or
additional overlap in the relevant markets,' the Commission said in a
statement.

It said GM/Saab would continue to face significant competition in all car
markets.

GM has owned 50 percent of the small Swedish luxury carmaker since 1990
when it bought into the loss-making company.

Saab has struggled amid growing competition, largely due to its
comparatively limited output. Last year saw Saab produced 128,000 cars. 

Bob Sypek
'78 99 Turbo, sold at 149K for a ....
'86 900S, 289K and slick-ized.
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