Squire_Dawson Posted January 10, 2014 Posted January 10, 2014 Picked a few tins of this stuff up on my travels: "Filtrate" seem to been a good brand back in the day.
Sigmund Fraud Posted January 10, 2014 Posted January 10, 2014 Oh, dear... Am I right in thinking this would be like putting graphogen in your oil ?
Squire_Dawson Posted January 10, 2014 Author Posted January 10, 2014 Not entirely sure what Slick 50 claims to do, but this Filtrate stuff is also an oil treatment yes. From what I can gather, Filtrate made a big deal of using colloidal graphite in their products. This is very different to flake graphite which would clog an oil filter in no time. I haven't been brave enough to pour a tin into the oil yet, but think I should man up and do it at the next oil change. I think the tin dates to the late 60s, so full-flow oil filters would have been around for a long time already. At 50p a tin I couldn't say no, now, could I?
Sigmund Fraud Posted January 10, 2014 Posted January 10, 2014 Slick 50 contains tiny bits of teflon, which eventually end up in the oil filter, making it a complete waste of money. Colloidal graphite, in the form of graphogen, is a favourite of many 'olde worlde' engineer shops to protect newly assembled engines. But I'm not sure I would want to squeeze a couple of tubes into the engine oil, especially considering that modern engine oils are far, far better than what they were when this 'Filtrate' tin was made.
Squire_Dawson Posted January 10, 2014 Author Posted January 10, 2014 Aye, this is what I've been weighing up. The promised 'smooth as silk' running does appeal to me, though.
Station Posted January 10, 2014 Posted January 10, 2014 This is from the days when 75% of cars had their bonnets open at 7am on the mornings between December and February! Don't think anything modern would benefit from it. spike60 1
jbz2079 Posted January 11, 2014 Posted January 11, 2014 I would not put that near anything that was running ok.Best best you can do for any engine is clean fresh modern oil, the type and grade to suit the application.Also a clean filter to go with it. spike60 1
Bobthebeard Posted January 11, 2014 Posted January 11, 2014 It will,A. Cost you moneyB. Not save you moneyC. Errrr.... That's it....
Squire_Dawson Posted January 11, 2014 Author Posted January 11, 2014 OK chaps. But if I find a suitable 1950s or 60s shite candidate, I'll send in a report. I do have 6 tins of this stuff now.
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