E30 Zone

i put slick 50 in my car and now ive just read that its not good all the time!
apparenly it blocks the small oilways!
now i took the car to germany and spent the 1600mile trip in the red rpm zone mostly and now the bmwe30.net say its bad .

is it?
is my engine buggered now . its got a shed load of blue smoke out the back . it did get noticeable coming back into france . as ppl said to me.
but i put it down to headgasket witch is now gone awol!

Depends mate.

I don't reckon Slick 50 is bad, I personally use Molyslip when I have a chance. I rate the stuff.

My mate works in a car shop, and they've got this new stuff which is apparently the dogs nuts, I'll have to find the name.


Psychochild, what's your real name mate, I forgot to ask at the meet.

I'm going to the 'Ring on the 21st of June, if you're interested in coming along to use your yearpass! There's 5 cars going (hopefully!) at the moment.

hell ill try , i wanna live there!
lol


names ,gus

u wanna go 25-27 of june the times are better!

its only a 2hr stint on the 21st

http://213.239.207.198/nuerburgring.de/ ... 75&month=6

Only two hours, but that's cool.

I'm only gonna do a few laps, going back for a bigger session in August!

I'm thinking the 11th till the 15th of August.....

I can't help but think if that slick50 is so great how come the oil manufacturers havn't included it in their oil?

slick50 is not good stuff.

It was demonstrated as being 'so good' as they put slick50 in a capri race car and then dropped the oil and the car ran for a few more laps before blowing up! so what eh?

Let me find the link about the lawsuits agains 'snake oil'?

ive heard some good things about this company

http://www.team-zx1.com/

praps someone like oilman cud comment ?

http://www.xs11.com/tips/maintenance/maint4.shtml

there ya go!

NOT such goo reports!

Theres been a lot of bad press about Slick50,I believe in the States several states have banned the sale of it dues to false advertising and claims,I'm sure there was some kind of court case about it.

Before I knew this,I bought some Slick50 power steering fluid to top up my slightly low fluid level,I thought I was buying the best stuff at nearly ten quid for 500ml,I put in about 100ml,within days my power steering started to leak,I then found out that it has "stop leak" properties in which react with the rubber seals casuing them to swell and stop any potential leaks,unfortunatly this can have the opposite effect and MAKE them leak!.GRRRRRRRRRRR

Slick 50 = BAD!!

Next time you guy's have time to kill, don't browse up and down the aisle's at Halfords eventually spending your money on the crap they sell that you don't need anyway. Take yourself down the breakers yard and find out why all those poor old BMW's are in there and maybe you will find a way of preventing your's from ending up there.

Martinaston wrote:Next time you guy's have time to kill, don't browse up and down the aisle's at Halfords eventually spending your money on the crap they sell that you don't need anyway. Take yourself down the breakers yard and find out why all those poor old BMW's are in there and maybe you will find a way of preventing your's from ending up there.

Wise words

last time i used slick50,was bout 15 yrs ago.i put it in a 1984 audi 80 sport with bout 80k on the clock.car started 2 really burn oil.took off head and found it hardened up the valve stem oil seals.never used it since.wonder if any body else found the same.

i no some one who uses it in their 320 and hasent had any problems, maybe he was just lucky

good vs bad i see.

weel i like the idea of a cold start protective film but not if its gonna dry up and bugger all my seals and block my oilways

Stay clear of these addatives, use a decent oil is my advice, the chemical tests are conclusive - You're wasting your money!

General Remarks on Chlorinated Additives.

A number of Ԛâ€Ëaadd-onÔš' additives intended to improve the performance of commercially available automotive lubricants have been marketed in recent years, under such names as Ԛâ€ËaXxtralube ZX-1Ôš', Ԛâ€ËaMetol FX-1Ôš', Ԛâ€ËaPPL Anti-FrictionÔš' and Ԛâ€ËaActiv-8Ôš'.All such products share the following characteristics with Ԛâ€ËaX-1R Friction EliminatorÔš':-

1)They all contain chlorinated paraffin Ԛâ€Ëaexteme pressureÔš'(EP) compounds first used in the 1930s in heavily-loaded industrial gearboxes, and in some automotive transmission applications, mainly hypoid gears.

2)They all corrode copper-based alloys at moderate temperatures, easily exceeded in all engine, and most transmission applications.This problem was recognised in the 1930s, and chlorinated compounds were never used in transmissions with bronze bearings or gears. No responsible manufacturer ever suggested using them in engines where their increasing activity at high temperatures could lead to piston ring corrosion and bore glazing. (For the same reason, modern Ԛâ€ËahypoidÔš' additives are not used in engines, even though they are much safer than any chlorinated additive.)

3)X-1R Friction Eliminator and its clones are based upon very outdated technology, which was abandoned by responsible lubricant manufacturers for automotive transmission uses in the 1950s. Chlorinated compounds still find applications in metal working, but their use is on the decline because of health and safety considerations.

4)When burnt, chlorinated paraffins produce corrosive hydrochloric acid, and organo-chlorine compounds including the highly poisonous phosgene gas. Apart from these corrosion and health hazards, with petrol engines the deactivation of exhaust catalysts is also a problem.

5)Unfortunately, these additives give spectacular results in simple EP test machines such as the Ԛâ€ËaFalexÔš'. As a marketing ploy, a demonstration of this type looks impressive to those not aquainted with the above facts. Also attractive is the low cost of chlorinated compounds, allowing profits of several thousand percent to be made.

Cheers
Guy