Has anyone tried one of those "Slick-50" type oils in their 4-stroke machines yet?

Let me tell you first hand from the time my 2001 500 HO motor lost it's oil to the time it locked up was only a few moments.

I know those adds on TV are a lot of hype but, has anyone tried the stuff?

Mark

 

wouldnt work to well on a machine with wet clutch

 

sorry I forgot this wasnt the open forum LOL. you guys with polaris wouldnt have that problem. but I never did buy into slick50 hype

 

To my knowledge Slick 50 is oil with small particles of Teflon in it. Now the oil filter on our bikes is there to filter out small particles. Get my point? Also the theory about the Teflon particles sticking to internal metal components thus reducing friction doesn't ring right either because we use Teflon so that things won't stick to it so how does it stick to oily internal components.
Just my 2 bits.

 

im a student of automotive technology at a college and we have had a rather lengthy discussion on slick-50, prolong and other similar products.

basically what traildog said is right, they claim there oil is the most slippery substance known to man. How does it then bond to metal??

Plain and simple there not worth your time and money putting these "oils" in your engine.

 

slick 50 does serve a purpose. However adding it to your oil is one I don't recommend. However it is a nice lubrication to use on rebuilds to coat dry cylinders and bearings because it doesn't break down as fast as regular oil. For that purpose alone is my only recommended use.