....a friend of mine, whom I trust to do anything to my cars, told me to put a quart of Dexron tranny fluid in the gas when I fill up my "old" cars('80 Vette, '73 Ranchero, 'bird), every once in awhile. He told me it cleans the valves and cylinders and just makes it run better. He has been doing it the past 15 years or so. Anyone else doing this or heard of it?
Marvel- maybe. Tranny fluid is one of the most persistent, long-living and deadly concoctions ever made by man. Put a few drops in the wifes wine glass, or the dogs dish, and see what happens. It cannot be absorbed, and lingers forever. I cannot see how doing this procedure could be of any benifit, except that it will indeed cling to all surfaces forever,or until burnt by hell fire temps. Even then it leaves a residual concoction that in itself remains as a new entity.
Bad stuff, that tranny fluid.
'68 428 HO M3 Monster, 4-on-the-floor! Need I say more?
My father told me the same thing about putting some tranny fluid in the carb and that was 20 years ago.He also told me about sawdust in the tranny too....and black pepper in the power steering man my father did know best LOL Mr.Makeshift
David
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i have heard of putting it in the oil just before an oil change to clean the inside of the engine and in the carb.it has always worked for me.that is old school.tranny fluid is a great cleaning fluid.when your hands get real greasy dip them in tranny fluid and see how fast it cuts through the grease
David, nobody here is going to second-guess your fathers recommendations. Not me at least. My Father gave me lots of great, though sometimes questionable advice. I don't want to hear anyone tell me my Father was wrong. I'm sure you don't either. Thats a father-son decision, eh?
'68 428 HO M3 Monster, 4-on-the-floor! Need I say more?
Terry, let us know when your funeral arrangements are made, my friend. I will attend of course, and will not mention your bathing habits in transmission fluid. You'd probably lose the life insurance policy if I did.
GET YOUR HANDS OUT OF THAT TRANNY FLUID!!!!!
'68 428 HO M3 Monster, 4-on-the-floor! Need I say more?
I had an expensive lighter fall in some tranny fluid one time when i was younger. Decided to keep it as it was a gift and due to the cost of it. Everytime i lit it up, man all you could taste was the tranny fluid.I had to toss it. John, when i was younger,i always held my father up on top of a pedestal.Although in hindsight,i would question some of his judgement later in life but c'est la vie.Coming from not having much and having to make due with what he had, i think he did alright as far as being able to get us by.Those were some tough times and i guess some of those makeshift tricks helped keep food on the table for another day.He did instill in me the passion for classic american muscle, the ultimate gift a father can pass on to his child LOL
David
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If you have to go for a biennial EPA check, like we do in Illinois, I wouldn't think the burning of oil would not help your emission test results. Hope he doesn't do it on vehicles with catalytic converters.
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Hope he doesn't do it on vehicles with catalytic converters. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Nah, he said he does it only on his "older" cars. I had pretty much the same opinions here at work, 5-6 guys said they wouldn't, 1 guys says it helps.....I guess if it aint broke, don't fix it.
My grandpa who has lived on a ranch all his life uses brake fluid almost more than any other fluid around this ranch. He uses it to free rusted parts, such as the tracks on his old John Deere track loader. I can tell you, it really does work for this. Regarding tranny fluid... I had some problems with my transmission modulator and was burning tranny fluid in my Firebird... lots of white smoke for sure but my friend who is a lifelong mechanic and knows his stuff said it wouldn't hurt anything... and that it would clean the inside of the engine pretty well, too.
Back when I ran my small boat with a 2 cycle engine, at the end of the season, I would dump the 2-cycle gag mix into the bird, gobbled it up, spit it out, and never made a peep.
Whether or not it will clean anything out, it won't hurt a thing. If someone could explain how a little extra lubricant in the firing chamber causes porblems, I like to hear what problems it would create.
The only problem I see would that continous operation with such a mix would foul the plugs. However, I doubt that an occasional drink would foul the plugs. You know, I might give it a shot because it won't hurt anything, and it might be an excellent way to clean the firing chamber and the area inside of the valves.
What the heck! I'll take a stab at it this spring. It's a Pontiac engine. You think that a short term oil mix in the fuel will hurt anthying? If you want to take chances, use some upper engine cleaner, stuff designed for cleaning out the firing chambers. There are countless cases whereby the product caused hydolock, a deadly condition for an engine.
I'm not knocking anyone that has or is using new type tranny fluid for various maintenance projects or otherwise.
My point is that the stuff is deadly to human cells and nothing in nature will break it down or absorb it during your lifetime. Thats really all I wanted to emphasize.
We are surrounded by many chemicals and concoctions like this everyday, but we should try and keep exposure to a minimum. I know its hard to do. Live long, and prosper friends.
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