Crankcase flush products, any harm?

[Robert M]

Ditto that.  I used ARX on my 87 4kq of indeterminant maintenance and when I 
dropped the pan for a gasket swap there was NO sludge anywhere, even in the 
little nooks and crannies around the main girdle webs.

Regarding the stronger solvent-based sludge dissolvers, I think I killed my 
GF's Civic motor with it.  Hard to know for sure; thing ran like crap before 
the flush but consumption skyrocketed afterwards and post-mortem the 
bearings were beat to hell.

$0.02,
Robert

>From: Mike Claire <mike.claire at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: Mike Claire <mike.claire at gmail.com>
>To: "TWFAUST at aol.com" <TWFAUST at aol.com>
>CC: quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: Crankcase flush products, any harm?
>Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 18:57:55 -0500
>
>The one I have given serious consideration to is Auto-Rx.  It has a
>real following on the oil-geek forums, most of these products get
>lambasted by them.  It is very slow to act, like months and thousands
>of miles.
>
>http://www.auto-rx.com/
>
>
>
>Mike
>'93 S4
>
>
>On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 18:47:24 EST, TWFAUST at aol.com <TWFAUST at aol.com> wrote:
> > I keep hearing that crankcase flush products (I think Gunk makes one) 
>will do
> > terrible thing to your engines internals. I have heard of anyone who 
>actually
> > suffered from the use. I have used them a few times, I think the Gunk
> > product, and never had any trouble. Is this just an old wives tale? Can 
>anyone
> > actually verify dire consequences?
> >
> > Tom Faust
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