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Old 03-11-2009, 12:03 AM
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so what should I put in my car? Snake oil?
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Old 03-11-2009, 01:02 AM
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yeah, snake oil, good luck, they usually stock it right next to the blinker fluid.
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Old 03-11-2009, 01:08 AM
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Originally Posted by RyansQuick6
yeah, snake oil, good luck, they usually stock it right next to the blinker fluid.
I'm just trying to ask a question about something I've never heard of. If it's just a joke like blinker fluid then why did you even bring it up?
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Old 03-11-2009, 07:28 PM
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im watching mythbusters right now and they just did a test on acetone, its about ~1 mpg LESS effiecent...fail
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Old 03-11-2009, 07:58 PM
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Snake Oil is real. We have it at work all the time. We only put it in high pressure air lines tho.
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Old 03-11-2009, 09:04 PM
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I want to see the label for this so called "snake oil"
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Old 03-11-2009, 09:14 PM
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Its called Sly's Snake Oil, comes in metal cans. Im home from work now so I cant take a picture of it.
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Old 03-11-2009, 10:35 PM
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What the hell is it for?
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Old 03-11-2009, 11:16 PM
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We put it in the lines that run to pressure gauges. I dont really know what it does in the lines Ive just put it in there.
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Old 03-12-2009, 07:54 PM
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are you guys serious? snake oil means its junk, dont bother with it
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