The new STP is called "The Racer's Edge" and is not the thick roofing tar like product all of us grew up with. It sounds like a 30-50 Wt. product "SWAG" method used to determine that. It is still loaded with ZDDP and other additives. I have no idea how it will work in an engine. Someone running a quality synthetic with 2 or more UOA's should run this stuff with the same oil they normaly use and see what effect it has!!
STP what the heck was/is this stuff.....????????
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I remember a guy selling it to my dad to sell in our gas station; early 60's I guess. He had me go get a regular screw driver and hold it by to tip with oil on it. Then with STP on it; couldn't hold it with STP on it. I was convinced but I was probably only 14 at the time. I sold a lot of it and used it myself in my hot rod chevy.
Some time later I was in an engine machine shop and saw laying on the floor a very sludged engine. When I asked the owner what happened to it, he just said STP. I was again convinced but then I was probably 17. Never used it myself after that.
Now I am convinced they were probably both full of it; but now I am getting kind of old.
Some time later I was in an engine machine shop and saw laying on the floor a very sludged engine. When I asked the owner what happened to it, he just said STP. I was again convinced but then I was probably 17. Never used it myself after that.
Now I am convinced they were probably both full of it; but now I am getting kind of old.
5 or 6 years ago I worked on a product development team as a vendor to Clorox. One of the Clorox team members was a veteran of the STP product team.
A couple of us were "Car Guys" and had used/abused the product over the years. When we cornered the Clorox guy to find out what was actually provable as product benefits, it boiled down to a matter of "improving viscosity" of your oil.
Said another way, for basically any oil you poured it into, the resulting mixture would have a higher viscosity. I guess that if that's what you need, it has some use.
I think it's fine as an assembly lube, but with today's oils I don't see much use for it. Some of the greybeards here may recall the early days of "Multi-Vis" oils and what sorry products there were. Many engines were ruined in the early days; at that time the STP product probably had more value in maintaining lube oil performance.
So if you want thicker oil, just buy thicker oil. STP Oil Treatment is not a cost effective way to turn your 10w40 oil into 20w50.
A couple of us were "Car Guys" and had used/abused the product over the years. When we cornered the Clorox guy to find out what was actually provable as product benefits, it boiled down to a matter of "improving viscosity" of your oil.
Said another way, for basically any oil you poured it into, the resulting mixture would have a higher viscosity. I guess that if that's what you need, it has some use.
I think it's fine as an assembly lube, but with today's oils I don't see much use for it. Some of the greybeards here may recall the early days of "Multi-Vis" oils and what sorry products there were. Many engines were ruined in the early days; at that time the STP product probably had more value in maintaining lube oil performance.
So if you want thicker oil, just buy thicker oil. STP Oil Treatment is not a cost effective way to turn your 10w40 oil into 20w50.
I don't remember my father ever using STP oil products, but he seemed to be a big believer in their gasoline additives. I always considered his actions overkill, since he used them primarily to prevent ice in the fuel system during Wyoming's harsh winters even though the cars he used them on spent most of their lives in a garage. The gas treatment seemed to work well enough on our carbureted cars, but he made the mistake of using it in my Mom's 1985 Honda Accord SE-i (Honda's first fuel-injected car) and I remember that car had a distinct disliking for it It was the only time I remember that car ever protesting, and boy did it protest. Spewing black smoke, seeming to miss on various cylinders, and generally horrible performance until it warmed up. I believe that's the last time he ever used it, thankfully...and I've never used anything STP because of what I witnessed that day.
"You can pay me now, or pay me later...", was a Purolator tag line!
I remember another one where the guy implies that the cost of a Purolator was similar to the cost of a cardboard air freshener. He says, "Do you want your engine to last long, or do you want your car to smell like a tree?"
I remember another one where the guy implies that the cost of a Purolator was similar to the cost of a cardboard air freshener. He says, "Do you want your engine to last long, or do you want your car to smell like a tree?"
I thought pay me now, pay me later was FRAM!
My Dad used to use it for assembly lube as well back in the day.
When I was old enough to start helping out in his shop, I once put a few drops of Berryman B-12 in a can of left over STP. Those drops hardened up like jujubee candy. Didn't taste very good either.
When I was old enough to start helping out in his shop, I once put a few drops of Berryman B-12 in a can of left over STP. Those drops hardened up like jujubee candy. Didn't taste very good either.
Pay me now or pay me later was Fram.....
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STP, you need some STP
One little can will keep you running free
Smoother, cooler, quieter, longer too
"The Racer's Edge" was made for you
When engines need a friend, you must agree
That friend is STP
One little can will keep you running free
Smoother, cooler, quieter, longer too
"The Racer's Edge" was made for you
When engines need a friend, you must agree
That friend is STP
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Whether true or not I had heard that STP was originally developed by the Germans during WWII to use in their tanks and other vehicles in N Africa.
Hmmm,
They probably didn't call it STP. However, it is possible that they used the same or a similar composition lubricant for just that reason.
So while they didn't call it STP, it is possible that this lubricant additive or a similar one was used by the Germans during WWII.
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