clemsonfor
Super Member
Apparently some engines will run on just about anything for 3 months/3000 miles. I didn't even bother to argue with an old fella who was a friend of one of my friends who got talking about his "secret" to keeping his vehicles running great. He claimed that after his '69 Nova engine blew up in the first year that some "mechanic" (some people consider themselves a mechanic if they can change a tire) told him to run transmission fluid in his engine rather than engine oil.
The conversation came up because apparently his local Walmart got a new service manager who refused to put transmission fluid in his engine no matter what "waiver" or "against recommendation" note was written on his receipt. He was asking me if I knew who would change his oil and fill it with transmission fluid. I just shrugged and said "Nobody I know. You may want to consider why that is a fact." That went right over his head.
I'm not a chemist or lubrication specialist, but I've never heard of running transmission fluid in an engine. If it was 'better', I'd have to assume that manufacturers would recommend such. I'd never heard of doing that. Anyone else heard of that practice?
Thats a pretty good one. So you say he has never blown an engine sine that 69? What year did the 69 blow, last month? :laughing::laughing:
