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Date: 18 Aug 1999 15:02:11 GMT
From: saab85900nopsamcom (Saab85900)
Subject: Re: Looking for a Shop Manual 85 900 Turbo


You've gotten the info on the Bentley book. >Last, has anyone come across a product called Friction Free 3000. I have a >friend who wants me to try it out in my engine cause I had been complaining >about by my waning gas mileage. He says it's made by Billstein (not sure if >I got the spelling correct, they're in Europe and they make some Mercedes parts as well?). Excerpt from the pamphlet he gave me: "Friction Free 3000 is >comprised of soft ductile metals, uniform and spherical in a shape ranging >from 5 to 15 microns in size. The specific type, size, shape, and suspension >agents are formulated to provide solid boundary lubrication performance even >under extreme conditions ... " I guess the idea is that the small ball >bearings fill in the pits and grooves in the block to make everything flush >again and then the extra act as a lubricant in conjunction with the oil. I >know the owners manual says not to use any oil additives, but I wondered >whether anyone had come across this stuff before and the kind of results they >had gotten if they had. A decent oil filter will take out some of those particles, and a really good one will take out more. The job of the filter is to remove solids. Oils have additives which provide a sacrificial coating for those boundary lubricaion occurrences. In over 22 years of using and selling AMSOIL synthetics, I've seen a lot of other products pitched. I have NEVER seen any kind of legitimate documentation, such as fleet tests, which showed they do anything more than reduce the weight of your wallet, leading to better fuel economy. Dick in Falls Church 85 900T, 185K

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