Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 22:54:57 +0100 From: Charles Christacopoulos <c.k.christacopoulos_removeme_nospamee.ac.uk> Subject: Re: Mr. Molly engine oil additive?
Marty Landman wrote: > Looked at a '92 Saab 9000 non turbo 5 sp today. The owner, a mechanic > wants $1,800 for it. Got 213k miles and drove really nicely. Selling > it privately, in as is condition. > > I have a concern. The oil looked weird... grey; and the owner - a > mechanic who sells used cars - said he uses Mr. Molly an additive to > improve mileage by about 1 mi/gallon. There also appears to be a leak > over the engine which he said was the valve cover gasket but I'm > wondering if it's the head gasket. He's going to replace the valve > cover gasket and clean the engine but wonder if there is an engine > problem he's using this additive to hide. > > > Marty I have never used the additive (why should someone need it if using good oil to start with) ... if it is a mechanic selling it privately "as seen" I would walk away. You also say he sells used cars. Was this his own "private" car? Can check from the logs how long he has owned it? (a few years or a few weeks?) The addtive sounds like graphite based (which I think is what mol(l)ycote grease is) and I would expect graphite to be used as an additive in a transmission or gearbox. Why does someone buy a SAAB (not the most economical car around) and then wants to improve its economy by 1MPG. Sorry, you have the doubt that there is some fishy smell about the car and that is why you are asking. I am only making sure you have even more doubt. Sorry :-( Charles PS. Assuming I am correct that graphite is used in gearboxes ... it might be a far fetched case that it also has a knocking engine (main or small bearings) and the graphite is used to try and lower any noise. -- Please remove _removeme_ to reply. Work: http://www.somis.dundee.ac.uk/ Hobby: http://www.egothor.org/
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