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  • Re: Oil is Killing our Cars? PTFE

    Greg Potts · Fri, 23 Feb 2007 19:16:36 -0500 · Mailing-list archive

    Hi Jon, DON'T DO IT!!!! PTFE is great if you use it regularly, but an older engine that has not seen PTFE used...

  • Re: Oil is Killing our Cars? PTFE

    Mike S · Fri, 23 Feb 2007 19:30:29 -0500 · Mailing-list archive

    At 07:16 PM 2/23/2007, Greg Potts wrote... >PTFE is great if you use it regularly, but an older engine that has...

  • Re: Sliding door question

    Edward V Barger · Wed, 6 Jun 2018 07:52:24 -0700 · Mailing-list archive

    “I used some of that special tape, PTFE,” which version an amazon search brings up many and where did you source it please https...

  • Re: Oil is Killing our Cars? PTFE

    Jeff Stewart · Fri, 23 Feb 2007 14:27:58 -0500 · Mailing-list archive

    <Slick 50 is BAD stuff, with PTFE or Teflon , a solid that accumulates in oil passageways.> Don't tell that to Mike Benthin (on...

  • Re: Warning against engine additives! was: Strange Noise Fixed,Ithink

    YauMan Chan · Tue, 17 Nov 1998 20:08:28 -0800 · Mailing-list archive

    >>> David Thompson <David.Thompson@EDWARDS.AF.MIL> 11/17 6:16 PM >>> What about Prolong? What about synthetic oil? If PTFE products actually clog...

  • Re: Sliding door question

    Mark Belanger · Wed, 6 Jun 2018 13:04:10 -0700 · Mailing-list archive

    ...edvbarger@mac.com> wrote: > “I used some of that special tape, PTFE,” which version an amazon search > brings up many and where did you...

  • Re: Oil is Killing our Cars? PTFE

    jon · Fri, 23 Feb 2007 14:48:28 -0800 · Mailing-list archive

    ...So, what is better, slick-50 or tuf-oil, or other PTFE sh..I mean stuff? I'll add it and report back. Ok...

  • Oil Additive (Press DEL if you are sick of this)

    YauMan Chan · Thu, 19 Nov 1998 16:22:08 -0800 · Mailing-list archive

    ...So, they have to say they use PTFE as additive. PTFE is now also made by other chemical companies like ICI (UK) using some...

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  • PTFE

    A synthetic polymer used as a lubricant and anti-wear additive in engine oils

  • Slick 50

    A brand of engine treatment containing PTFE

  • Teflon

    A brand name for PTFE, a synthetic material used in engine treatments

  • Colloidal suspension

    A mixture in which particles are suspended in a liquid, used to stabilize PTFE in engine oils

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