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caveat on engine flushes
Posted by 9to5 (more from 9to5) on Wed, 5 Jan 2005 18:18:18
In Reply to: question for Anders on Sludge removal, Frank
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, Wed, 5 Jan 2005 18:03:52
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If you have lots of sludge built up, an engine flush can dislodge enough to clog up the screen (esp. since it's a fine mesh) and in worst case, do horrible things like lodge in oil passages and starve crankshaft bearings into seizures & such.
Some flushes are more aggressive than others, so juggle your pros and cons thoroughly.
Synthetic oil itself tends to more gently clean out an engine over time than a flush, although how well it'd do on a supersludger I'd not care to guess.
If you google "engine flush" you'll find lots of opinions & even a few scary stories out there.
My 2 cents
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Posts in this Thread:
- question for Anders on Sludge removal, Frank
, Wed, 5 Jan 2005 18:03:52- I'm not Anders!, Dick in Falls Church, Fri, 7 Jan 2005 16:55:25
- sludge removal, compaqted, Thu, 6 Jan 2005 06:28:14
- Re: question for Anders on Sludge removal, SWEDECAR
, Wed, 5 Jan 2005 18:39:21 - caveat on engine flushes, 9to5, Wed, 5 Jan 2005 18:18:18 <-- Viewing This Message
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