> Andy,
>
> If you have a moment or two, would you mind pulling up the website I
> listed and click on the "Proof" tab at the top of the home page. The
> company has listed some of the testing they have had performed. I
> would be interested in your opinion of their testing approach and your
> evaluation relative to how they have reported the data.
>
> Under that Proof tab, you will find the MSDS. Ninety Seven per cent
> of the application is carrier. Only 3% is an active ingredient.
> Please bear in mind, that for a five quart system, only a few ounces
> of carrier is added. There have been enough companies and entities
> here in the US to try this and swear by it, that it should serve as an
> impetus to try the product. If one does the math, even at the cheap
> rate we are currently paying for petro, it is a boon at the gas pump.
> That entirely discounts what the Soviets did for so many years.
>
> As I was investigating this, some of my concerns laid elsewhere. If
> CerMet is "attracted" to heat, what about fouling plugs? The
> recommended plugs for the 13-B are very sophisticated Platinum plated
> and as such are expensive. One does not what to have to replace them
> on a more than "standard" basis. Turns out that CerMet does not foul
> plugs. With the discussion of alu. rotors, it begs the issue as to
> whether one would obtain any benefit from CerMet on the radius of the
> rotor. Apparently, if there is no friction, there is no deposition.
> The Apex seals themselves would coat, the rotor housing would coat,
> and the end plates would coat.
>
> One application is good for 60,000 miles. My next concern or question
> was how can CerMet keep on working if an individual changes the oil
> every 2500 hours or an equivalent number of engine hours. Turns out
> that once the particles are embedded in the metal, it keeps on
> working.
>
> With the list of additives you provided, it is little wonder that
> purchasing agents and mechanics eyes glaze over when approached. I
> can understand your skepticism. This technology, however, is not an
> oil additive. As the literature in the website points out, the metal
> at the "points" of friction is altered.
>
> Looking forward to your evaluation.
>
> Regards,
> Gordon


The automakers are lightening everything in their cars at the cost of
many hundreds of thousands of dollars in hopes of gaining 1/10th of a
MPG.  Yet, here's this amazing product that they could add (at no
cost--just stipulate it as a recommended additive) and thereby increase
their MPG by 8% and give their cars a competitive advantage worth many
millions of dollars.  Funny that they don't do it.  Apparently, they
just think it's another scam.  I wonder why . . .

Mark W.