Pro long and rc,s am I nuts??? lol!

[JESSE G]

I have used pro long engine treatment and seen all the test done on them very impressive!!!! I was curious what you guys would think of mabe dropping a couple drop or more in the cylinder of your rc its supposed to reduce friction dramaticaly I know it works very good on 1:1 cars and trucks. I once had a 71 Satelite and second gear went out on me I added prolong and drove it like that for almost a year with no more problems, normaly when you loose a gear very shortly after the rest go out and your going no where fast lol so I know its great stuff. Any thought of why you wouldnt want to do this, I can't come up with anything but I'm new to rc motors. I would think it would work good in the tranny also. I keep wanting to combine my hobbies 1:1 cars and Rc lmfao!!!

 

[Rolex]

I started a similar thread on this several months ago, but it was Dura Lube I asked about.
Either do a search for Dura Lube, or I'll look for it later. The Dura Lube has changed, and no longer has the Teflon particles in it. Apparently that type wasn't recommended.

 

[JESSE G]

I checked out the thread looks like no one really knew for sure, Pro long also doesn't use teflon its synthetic I believe well at least I know I'm not the only one thats nuts lol :jk:

 

[Nathan_454]

mechanic in a bottle!... lol i dont trust em... any of em... all teh lab results and whatnot dont impress me too much. i dunno just doesn't seem logical that something that comes in a bottle can fix all the say they do.... the one time i did buy into it i put some stop leak in my radiator... it stopped the leak... and plugged up the radiator... 500 bucks later my cars back to where it was before i put in the 2 dollar instant cure.

 

[Rolex]

Here's the Dura Lube Thread.
As far as radiators, stop leaks are meant to clog the leak, and usually clog a lot more. I've heard black pepper is a good cure for a radiator leak, but I've never needed to try it.

 

[Nathan_454]

i heard egg white work also? lol i think they tested some of the theries on an episode of mythbuster?

 

[ZANDOR]

Here's the Dura Lube Thread.
As far as radiators, stop leaks are meant to clog the leak, and usually clog a lot more. I've heard black pepper is a good cure for a radiator leak, but I've never needed to try it.

Its about the same as putting saw dust in your tranny when its slipping It will get you a few hundred miles but is no cure!!!!I have done this !!!

 

[JESSE G]

I have used that radiator stuff also did the same thing to me and it pluged up the heater core. Like i said the pro-long did get me by with my tranny in my car I have had lots of trannys go out on me and once on gear was gone the rest shortly followed [I was very hard on my cars in high school] Rap that baby up to 6 grand and drop it into nutral lol not very good on them. I could pull my tranny in a 69 valiant and replace it and have it going again in 3 hrs I changed it 7 times in high school. Man the stupid thing you do when your young. It diddnt fix the tranny in the satelite with out second gear but kept it going untill I had the money to get a new tranny. I dont believe it will do everything that they say it will but it does work to a point. Its not a miracle cure hehe wouldnt that be nice though. Man my engine is about to blow ill just add a quart of this miracle juice and it will be good as new lmao I wish!!!

 

[Rolex]

I've put 30,000 miles on my present car, and the ONLY thing I've done is replace the factory water pump at about 65,000. It's been many years since I learned the hard and expensive way. Replacing rear tires, transmissions, U-joints and rears. No more. My '93 T-Bird 5.0 starts and runs like it's new. It red-lines at 5200, but I've never had it over 3 grand. Not even a squeak or creak anywhere, and it's NEVER late for an oil change.

 

[Nathan_454]

lol yeah I'm only 20 so I'm still kinda hard on things... I realize that if i brake something its gotta come out of my pocket though... my dad kinda taught me a lesson though by turning me loose with a 400+ horse big blocked k5 blazer when i was 16. lots and lots of u joints and a rear end...but just as rc... what did i do? upgrade! put 1-ton running gear and had a big driveline built. ended that problem... anywho my daily driver is a 91 caprice ex police car and man i love that thing. built to be abused. so daily driving is nothing for it... its got 240,000 miles on it. original engine. had to put a tranny in it (my fault) but now that I'm in school and funds are super low i baby it. and it never gives me any problems. well ok i need a blower motor but that minor. well not really considering i live in arizona and it was already in the mid to high 80's today.... I will put my seal of approval on one product... marvel mystery oil! i love that stuff... i put it in a 79 ford curier pickup i had and it quieted down the lifters ticking and upped the oil pressure... but I'm sure it was just cause it thinned the oil a bit... either way its good stuff. i use it in rc's too as after run oil and bearing oil... works great!

 

[JESSE G]

I agree that stuff is awesome and I'm 30 and still hard on things sometime lmao I too had to pay for all of my broken parts my dad seen how I drove and wouldnt help me fix it hehe. And of course you dont have problems with the caprice its a Chevy!!!!

 

[Rolex]

240,000 on the same engine? That's incredible!!
I've found that cars are like women. Go hard on them, and you'll get nothing but trouble in return.
Be gentle with them, and they're completely dependable.
Also, they're both a pleasure to get into.

 

[JESSE G]

LMFAO!!!! Isnt that the truth!!

 

[Nathan_454]

that caprice is awesome... its got two trannsmision coolers, two oil coolers, a power steering fluid cooler!, heavy duty alternator, heavy duty suspension, the engine block is nickel treated, its a full roller motor roller lifters and rockers, its even for heavy duty seats and interior... they built the cop cars right! its funny cause i baught it from my hometown and all teh cops were jealous becuase they all wanted it. lol they said they hate there crown vics. the caprice's i guess will smoke a crown vic... i told them that i would remember that..... they didnt laugh. lol

 

[beason]

mine is setting on about 290,000 but its a honda so it prolly got 100,00 or more to go...

 

[olds97_lss]

Mine's sitting at 72K. Bought it a little over a year ago with 30K on it. I change the oil every 2400, add injector cleaner every oil change.

Anyone know how long stock brake pads last typically on a 98 merc marquee?

 

[Rolex]

No car has a set time for brakes. Some can go in under 20k if they are driven hard and local. Others that do a lot of highway milage can get to 100K with stock brakes.

 

[olds97_lss]

I know there isn't a set time... but I've only owned one car that had 4 wheel disk brakes and they lasted longer than a car with disk in the front/drums in the rear.

The merc is the first car I've had that was 4 wheel disk with traction control and anti lock.

On my wife olds, I changed the front disks/pads every year (aprox 30K miles) and I've changed the rear drum pads once in the 130K I've put on it. Except for the last time I did it, I bought the high dollar pads and they for some reason kept the disks from warping and have lasted 2 years so far, but it hasn't been driven the past year except around town.

I just didn't know that if cars with 4 wheel disks tended to last longer in general. Also, with it being an "old guy" car that maybe it had a different type of pads on it to last longer as well.

I do the work myself and since I have a carport vs a garage and the weather sucks, I was going to put it off for awhile. But my brake light came on yesterday when I was cut off in traffic and jammed on them. The light came on for a sec, then shut off. I added some brake fluid today since it the resevoir was only about 1/3 full. My guess on the loss of fluid is because the pads are worn and the fluid is taking up the extra space in the caliper cylinders.

Sorry, didn't mean to thrash your pro-long thread...

 

[Rolex]

Correct on the fluid. As the brakes wear, the calipers open farther to engage them, and extra fluid is needed. The early warning sign for brake replacement is a squeal when you apply them. There is a small metel 'prong' next to the pad and you don't know it's purpose. When the pads get close to the end of their life, that prong will touch the disk and make a squeal that will get your attention. It acts almost like a tuning fork.
Replacement pads are hard or soft. Hard last longer, but softer ones are more responsive and will extend the rotor life.

 

[olds97_lss]

Yeah, I know. No squeel yet. Thanks for the info though.

I've changed about 40 sets in my life. I grew up in the sticks in IA, so we had to know how to fix our own stuff. If it broke, we couldn't take it to a mechanic as the closest one was 30 miles away. We had everything short of a dyno. We even had a "pit" in our garage to make under car things easier to do... nothing fancy, just something dad and I dug with shovels, put up forms, poured crete and had a pit.