Technical Marvel mystery oil inverse oiler

How many of you guys have ever used or seen one if these. Please give some story as to where what and why you ever used one. Pretty neat.

 

An uncle with a 50 Olds and my dad with a 53 Dodge "Red Ram" both swore by them. I have the one from the Dodge, garage art.

 

Looks like fun.
Good luck.Have fun.Be safe.
Leo

 

It's interesting, but I would think that running oil into your intake would cause the car to smoke. Like running 2-cycle fuel.

 

Remember pouring STP down your carb?

 

Easier to add MMO to gas tank. Jack E/NJ

 

I found one at a swap meet years ago. Paid 5 bucks and put it on the shelf in the storage shed. Mine has a glass jar and a "G" type adapter with it. I think it's cool, but never used it.

If I use MMO I usually just pour a few oz. in the gas tank as needed, or pour it down the carb while running for storage to prevent stuck valves and rings. I have put it in the crankcase to free up sticky lifters.

 

"Inverse" means it works backwards to the intake vacuum, feeding more oil at low vacuum and less at high vacuum. So the engine gets more oil when working hard and less when idling or cruising.

They were supposed to keep the combustion chamber clean and reduce wear on valves, valve guides, rings and pistons, doubling engine life between overhauls.

A cool "vintage" accessory, and could save your engine.

 

Back in the late 60's I stopped by the plant in port chester n.y.. My uncle Al was the manager in charge. He ran the Co .He said pull the car in. Which I did, he then instilled the Marvel Oiler, and put the car on the dino. The oiler work great . My car at the time was a custom 1955 Buick.

 

Those oilers that I saw were mostly on marine applications with the flat head Chrysler I6`s.The reason that I was given was that that particular engine was pretty prone to have the valves and/or lifters stick if they were`nt used on a regular basis.From what I was told by owners of those engines in a marine use setup,that oiler pretty much eliminated the problem.Other than the sticky valve/lifter deal they were a pretty darn good marine engine.
Good luck.Have fun.Be safe.
Leo

 

Anyone else have any memories??

 

My brother had one or similar with the Judson supercharger, probably saves the vanes, don't recall the oil he used...

 

Can still buy the Ampco oilers. I think they look kinda neat. Not $70 neat, + shipping and handling though. The way I heard it, all of them for sale today are NOS left over from the 50s or whatever, somebody found a warehouse full of them and marketing them.

Maybe it's todays gasoline, but running 4 oz per 10 gallons of fuel swear old iron runs noticeably smoother. Maybe ATF or diesel would do the same thing I dunno. I don't drive the old beast as often as I should and usually not in the winter, so it seems like cheap insurance for sticky valves, lifters, rings, ethanol on rubber etc.

 

Heck no, I don't! That shit doesn't even pour near as I can tell. Well hardly. I bought a can of it the first time about six months ago, to use in a manual steering gearbox. It doesn't leak out. Can't imagine running it in a motor. Whatever works I guess.

 

That's cool. Didn't know they made such things. As others have said, "I just put it in the tank".

 

Learn something everyday, cool piece. I'm still pouring in the tank.

 

I have used Marvel Mystery oil for years for one simple reason. IT WORKS !!!

Jimbo

 

Neat.

 

Yes, for the vanes..Doesn't take much..

 

Not Marvel but the Whiz version.

 

Dad's Auburn has an automatic chassis lubrication system from the factory. It uses manifold vacuum to pump drips of oil that are distributed through tubes to spring shackles and the clutch throwout bearing, etc.

 

And just think most new cars of today don't even have grease able chassis parts. Most new cars are unserviceable. Most new car "technicians" Not mechanics don't even know what a grease jerk is. Amazing how technology works.

 

Back in the late 50's early 60's my dad had a gas station in Port Chester where Marvel was located so we grew up with Marvel.
The funny thing was in Port Chester Marvel was on one side of the street and Life Savers was on the other so on the day Marvel was brewing the oil and Life Savers was making wintergreen candy your nose could breathe clearly with the aroma.
The oil worked great than and the engine flush called Hi Rev was another great product.
My brother and I still use it and those oilers were great for flatheads that were prone to sticky valves.
If they were adjusted properly there was no smoke at all.


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VIVA LA OILERS!!!

 

Brought back memory's of my Grandfather 1894-1970, he swore by MMO in his cars, tractors and machinery.
He also used Kerosene for everything, a cut or burn got a kerosene bath, and if he had a sore throat he gargled with Kerosene. Old time medicine I guess.

 

Gimmic, snake oil.

 

I dunno, you ever seen a squeeky snake?!

 

Wouldn't be the same as weak piston rings? Or worn valve guides?

 

Easter weekend.....must be resurrection time for old threads.

 

Oohhhh, that's cold.... LOL