Dave’s Free Car Repair Advice

In a word, NO.

Have you received the chain email letter encouraging you to boycott gas companies Exxon and Mobil in order to “force” them to lower gas prices? It goes something like this:

With the price of gasoline going up more each day, we consumers need to take action.

The only way we are going to see the price of gas come down is if we hit someone in the pocketbook by not purchasing their gas! And, we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves.

How? Since we all rely on our cars, we can’t just stop buying gas.

WD-40 has been around for 55 years! People use it for all kinds of things around the house as well as on their cars.

Invented by the Rocket Chemical Company of San Diego, California, the team of inventors were working on a line of industrial rust-prevention solvents and degreasers for use in the aerospace industry. WD-40 literally stands for water displacement 40th attempt.

Some of the Uses for WD-40 on Cars and Trucks

These are only a few of the automotive uses for WD-40:

• Removes tar from chassis

• Removes decals from windows and bumper