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| Author: | OLGA404 [ October 31st, 2010, 8:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Engine flush..... Is it a good idea? |
I'm thinking of getting some of that engine flush stuff for my drummer. Is it a good idea? The car is 35 years old and had been sitting around for the last 17 years since it was last on the road. The oil has been changed a couple of times in the last few hundred miles but I just wondered whether giving it a 'flush' would be good for it? Any thoughts? |
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| Author: | Old-Nail [ October 31st, 2010, 8:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Engine flush..... Is it a good idea? |
A garage I know uses it sometimes to quieten hydraulic tappets, but I don't know how that works? Isn't a good long run at full operating temperature before an oil change just as good as a clean out for an air-cooled motor? |
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| Author: | twofifty AZU [ October 31st, 2010, 8:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Engine flush..... Is it a good idea? |
IMHO you don't really want to send a huge amount of rubbish through the bearings in one go. Personally I'd just oil change it and give it a few really quick oil changes at 400 mile intervals. |
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| Author: | OLGA404 [ November 1st, 2010, 8:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Engine flush..... Is it a good idea? |
Thanks guys Thats the answer I was hopeing for. I didn't really fancy emptying the contents of what looks like a coke can into my engine anyway! James |
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| Author: | Roy Eastwood [ November 1st, 2010, 9:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Engine flush..... Is it a good idea? |
I would not even start the engine, split the halves & scoop out the primeval porridge that's settled in the crankcase bottom and cook the oil strainer in hot engine cleaner before re-assembling - cranks are damned expensive and such a shame to give one an early grave, I suppose not quite so bad with an external oil filter! OLGA404 wrote: I'm thinking of getting some of that engine flush stuff for my drummer. Is it a good idea? The car is 35 years old and had been sitting around for the last 17 years since it was last on the road. The oil has been changed a couple of times in the last few hundred miles but I just wondered whether giving it a 'flush' would be good for it? Any thoughts? |
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