[AT] oil pressure

Ed Stewart edstewart1 at verizon.net
Tue Feb 27 11:59:06 PST 2007


I was told a long time ago,like 40 years, it meant Stop Transmission 
Problems. Otherwise, don't know, it never seemed to help anything added 
it to. You can only replace bearings, rings or seals to fix a problem... Ed

Richard Walker wrote:
>
>> What the letter "STP" stood for was always either a mystery or an 
>> inside joke by the manufacturer. I was told once that they stood for 
>> "Scientifically Treated Petroleum", but I have my doubts.
>
> Does anyone remember the big STP contest held in the late '60's for 
> the public to come up with a catchy name matching the letters? The 
> contest was widely publicized in car, hot rod, and Popular Mechanics 
> type magazines. I forget now what the first prize was. But that's how 
> "Scientifically Treated Petroleum" got coined.
>
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> Richard
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Ed Stewart
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