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Coating the cylinders and pistons ?

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Old Feb 19, 2010 | 09:52 PM
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Default Coating the cylinders and pistons ?
I heard of a new way to prolong the life of the cylinders and the pistons by coating them with a slick type product, suposedly it make them extra slick, has anyone heard of such a thing and if so what is it called ?
 
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snake oil?
 
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Old Feb 19, 2010 | 10:29 PM
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"Slick 50" Not new. My grandpa was selling it in the 70's. It supposedly works.
 
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