[AT] oil pressure

[John Grant]

Ralph, your last reminded me of a demonstration many years ago at Michigan 
State Univ. Ag. Days. There was a v-8 engine on a test stand with the pan 
off. You could see that there were no hidden lines or anything of such. The 
engine was running at about 1/3 throttle and ran all day long. The "factory 
guy" would raise the rpm's now and then just to get some more attention. 
Great sounding muffler as I recall. I don't remember what the engine was 
coated with for sure but I think it was the STP stuff. This was before it 
was named STP.  (back in the early 60's) Sorta fun remembering that old 
story. They had a two-cyl. engine there also but it was not running.  It was 
sectionalized on a display stand.  Long Time Ago.  JG
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 9:40 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] oil pressure


> Mike Sloane wrote:
>  It seems to
>> me that STP used to have an ad on TV where they drained all the oil out 
>> of two cars, one with STP in it and one without, and then ran them around 
>> a track. Of course the one without STP froze up after a couple of laps, 
>> but the STP equipped car just kept going. I don't know if anyone I knew 
>> really believed the ad and was willing to try running their car that way, 
>> but it looked good.
>
> I'm sure theres more stories like that out there. The version I heard 
> locally was the time when a fellow hit a stone or other obstruction that 
> knocked the oil pan plug out of his car and it lost its oil. He did not 
> know this had happened until he arrived at his destination. The engine had 
> no oil left in it but was still running fine due to the fact that the 
> owner regularly used STP in his engine.
> Second hand information of course but still interesting.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
>
>
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