Oh yes, Marvel Mystry Oil. I put it in my plane's oil and fuel to protect the
valves. I use it in the car. I clean the Range Rovers engine internally with
it, I use it to quieten stuck hydraulic lifters in the Audi, I drink it and
bathe in it and wash my hair with it, I work for the factory that makes it and
get gallons for free.... All that was true except for the part after the
drinking it. Seriously, we use it in the planes, but strictly should not,
because it is not FAA approved. I use it in my cars and Landrovers. the older
Land Rover engine and the plane are from the 1950's. They were not designed to
run on the rarified leaded 100 octane available today. The Land Rovers were
running on 5 star in Blighty when I lived there and the planes need more lead.
It is great stuff. Use it liberally.
I put Prolong in my 1952 Cessna 170 plane a few years ago because it had a high
time engine and the valve guides are notoriously weak on that engine. They were
coated with carbon and eventually they will burn or leak. I saw an ad on TV
where a Dodge Viper did 200 fast laps around a track in the Arizona Desert with
no oil in it after being treated with Prolong. I thought "Ah, that is what I
need" and bought some. It did not say "Not for use in Aircraft" on the bottle
and neither did it say "please use in Aircraft" Anyway I put in the required
amount and 3 hours later had two out of six exhaust valves stick wide open. I
was flying at the time and the two affected cylinders were on the same side so
she was shaking like a wet dog. After I landed and pulled of the rocker covers I
saw it was the Prolong that had coated the carbon to the point where it gripped
the valve stem and held it open in the guide. Marvel Mystry Oil sounds like
some cure-all-elixier-hype because of it's name, but it is good.
Mark Pilkington
Mike Rogers wrote:
> Do any of you guys or gals know of a product called Marvel mystery oil? I
> bought a US gallon today for two quid as a cheap substitute for Red X
> (should have been 3.50 but the tin is badly dented) the label makes a lot of
> claims for the benefits from adding it to both sump oil and fuel.
>
> Mike Rogers
> Lightweight/Range Rover hybrid
> LPG V8 110 project (thanks to Marijn)
> (if you can't get there in a Land Rover you can't get there)
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