The automotive equal of copper-infused socks.
Motor Honey was (and is) a thick engine-oil additive/therapy, primarily marketed as an “oil stabilizer” and viscosity improver for older or worn engines.
What was Motor Honey?
Objective
The additive is claimed to assist cut back oil burning/consumption, cut back exhaust smoke, quiet noisy lifters, present typically improved put on safety beneath high-heat and heavy-load circumstances.
All that stated, “Honey” has typically been used as a short lived repair for high-mileage engines leaking or burning oil.
The way it works
Motor Honey is actually a viscous substance that will increase oil thickness, particularly when scorching. This excessive viscosity can briefly defend end-of-life engines affected by failing seals and oil leaks by slowing the speed of leakage.
The thickened oil can even cut back noise from failing inner components together with lifers and valves.
Manufacturing
Produced by Casite, Motor Honey has been available on the market for the reason that Fifties, and was thought of a retail competitor for STP Oil Remedy. This editor remembers determined automobile house owners additionally contemplating using a product referred to as Marvel Thriller Oil, which was added to the crankcase AND the fuel tank.
Repute
Labored properly as a short-term band-aid for oil burning engines, with loads of anecdotal proof to assist failing engines producing much less smoke—and noise.
Just like STP
Each Motor Honey and STP are traditional high-viscosity oil therapies from the identical period. Shoppers usually examine and cross store the 2 components.
Criticisms
Whereas thought of a comparatively protected short-term repair for older car engines, most mechanics and engineers agree that the tolerances to which trendy engines are constructed are incompatible with the sludgy thickness of ‘Honey.
CG Says:
And, as famous above, ‘Honey merely masks the signs of engine put on, it does nothing to restore the system. And, how properly the stuff masks worn-engine signs can differ vastly primarily based on particular conditions.
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