On Topic: I had been using Royal Purple in a beater Falcon. When the oil pump shaft broke, I still had 125 miles to go. I figured "what the ****, run it till it blows". I made it home, fixed the oil pump shaft, and the car still ran fine.
On Topic: I had been using Royal Purple in a beater Falcon. When the oil pump shaft broke, I still had 125 miles to go. I figured "what the ****, run it till it blows". I made it home, fixed the oil pump shaft, and the car still ran fine.
derekshannon wrote: Hypothetically speaking, if you knew you were running very low on oil (say a punctured oil pan or something siimilar). What would you add or wish you had added to protect the cylinders?
A skid plate. (Man, I wish I'd added a skid plate to this thing...)
I drove a Mopar 400 for two weeks without oil in it in a mercy-killing attempt. It refused to die. Added five quarts, and the lifters quit rattling and the rear main (non) seal resumed pouring smoke generator all over the exhaust crossover.
So, I guess the additive would be Chrysler Engineering. (Does not apply to DOHC Neons)
PS - I practice what I preach. Mazda chose an asinine location for the oil cooler.
Gotta go with the mopar engineering. Worked as a graveyard gasstation jocky, get a Valiant in that is smoking like a hash bar, woman says it made a bang 35 miles ago. Open hood and get to admire the #3 rod journal. Some duct tape and some oil, she makes it another 25 miles. I used Slick 50 in my 91 Honda civic,(Pour it into the filter), I have run it 2+ quarts low(3.5 quart motor) and am still running the original motor.(270K) Now it is a Honda, and it may run just fine with no oil, so even though I use the red low oil light as a reminder...
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