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Question: How far will an automobile go after the oil has been drained?
Answer: A long way if that car has used Moly products.
A highlight of the final event of the 1977 Endurance Series, at the new Nelson InterNational Raceway circuit, was a unique demonstration of Moly's durable protective qualities.
The car used for the demonstration was a 1967 Pontiac Beaumont, which had over 209,000 miles on the odometer. It had been owned by a Scarborough, Ontario policeman, Barry Humphries, since 1968, when there was only about 12,000 miles on the car, and had been driven every day since. Mr. Humphries, said the car had required no major maintenance in all that time. The heads and oil pan had never been removed, and the car still had its original valves and timing chain. He said, however, that he had used Moly in the engine from the time he purchased the car, although he had not added Moly at each and every oil change.
To start the NIR demonstration, the Pontiac was driven around the track for several laps to warm up the engine. Then, the car was brought into the pits, and before several somewhat skeptical drivers, marshals and race officials, the plug was removed, while the engine was running, and all the oil was allowed to drain out of the engine and oil pan.
Then, the torture test started. Between 9h40 a.m. and 11h45 a.m., the car was driven a total of 80 miles around the 1.1 mile track, by a number of drivers, including representatives of Wheelspin News ans Autosport Canada, this country's two national motosport publications.
Later in the day, the '67 Pontiac was put out on the track again, and logged another 15 miles. By this time, the hydraulic valve lifters had started to act up, although the car was still running well. When the racing was finished, the car went back on the track for some more miles. As it approached the 100 mile mark, even the more skeptical in the large crowd that had assembled had become firm believers in Moly.
FInally, after 105 miles, the engine expired. Mechanics who checked the car found that the valve lifters had collapsed and the exhaust valves were closed. But even under these tortuous conditions, and after 105 miles of hard driving, the pistons had not seized in the cylinders.
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