Engine flush
August 19th, 2013, 7:29 PM
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Can't recall the name of it, but I used an "engine flush" that came in a silver can (about one quart) on an old Ford van with a 302 V8 engine. I bought it new, drove it for more than 200,000 miles and sold it to a co-worker.
When it finally died, he had more than 500,000 miles on it and the truck sort of fell apart by then. Was it because I (and later he) used that engine flush every 100,000 miles or because I ran Mobil-1 full synthetic oil and drove nearly 90 percent of my mileage on wide-open highways? I'll never know.
The way it worked was to pour a can of it into a HOT engine and let it run for about ten minutes before draining the crankcase, changing the oil filter and pouring in new motor oil. It was supposed to remove all the sludge and contaminants.
When it finally died, he had more than 500,000 miles on it and the truck sort of fell apart by then. Was it because I (and later he) used that engine flush every 100,000 miles or because I ran Mobil-1 full synthetic oil and drove nearly 90 percent of my mileage on wide-open highways? I'll never know.
The way it worked was to pour a can of it into a HOT engine and let it run for about ten minutes before draining the crankcase, changing the oil filter and pouring in new motor oil. It was supposed to remove all the sludge and contaminants.
August 19th, 2013, 8:24 PM
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Can't recall the name of it, but I used an "engine flush" that came in a silver can (about one quart) on an old Ford van with a 302 V8 engine. I bought it new, drove it for more than 200,000 miles and sold it to a co-worker.
When it finally died, he had more than 500,000 miles on it and the truck sort of fell apart by then. Was it because I (and later he) used that engine flush every 100,000 miles or because I ran Mobil-1 full synthetic oil and drove nearly 90 percent of my mileage on wide-open highways? I'll never know.
The way it worked was to pour a can of it into a HOT engine and let it run for about ten minutes before draining the crankcase, changing the oil filter and pouring in new motor oil. It was supposed to remove all the sludge and contaminants.
When it finally died, he had more than 500,000 miles on it and the truck sort of fell apart by then. Was it because I (and later he) used that engine flush every 100,000 miles or because I ran Mobil-1 full synthetic oil and drove nearly 90 percent of my mileage on wide-open highways? I'll never know.
The way it worked was to pour a can of it into a HOT engine and let it run for about ten minutes before draining the crankcase, changing the oil filter and pouring in new motor oil. It was supposed to remove all the sludge and contaminants.
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