[V8] Flushing properly

[Tony and Lillie]

I recall Jeremy Ward having a similar experience years ago :)  V8's seem to 
enjoy holding on to that old gasket for some reason.

Tony Hoffman

And in the future, point out to the kids that if you want something done 
right, you have to do it yourself ;-)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Kalbskopf" <gbmarc at cox.net>
To: <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 8:50 PM
Subject: [V8] Flushing properly


> Some of you may not be aware of the proper way to flush the V8 engine
> when changing your oil, so I'll just lay out the steps here:
> First, go down to your local Price Club and make sure you get the
> best possible price on  6 or 7 quarts of Mobil-1   10-30.
> (You can use 5-40 if you like but 10-30 worked fine for me)
> Park the car in the garage, but don't jack it up fully. All you need
> is enough space to shove the drain pan underneath.
> Drain the oil.
> For the best flush, you need to remove the filter.
> Remove the filter. Install the new one. Do this mainly by feel.
> Tighten up the drain plug and refill with your expensive quarts of
> synthetic Mobil-1 flushing fluid.
> Drive out of the garage and reverse back into your driveway parking
> space.
> At this point you will hear a funny engine noise, so switch off quickly.
> Tracking out of the garage and down the driveway will be a huge Mobil
> 1 oil slick. It needs about 7 quarts to do this properly, (but I
> repeat myself)
> If you don't see the oil slick, you've missed an important step.
> You must leave the old rubber sealing gasket ring thingy from the old
> filter in place . . . well not exactly in place. It has to be flat
> enough to make you think the new filter is tightening just hunky
> dorily but sort of diagonal so it leaves a huge gap.
>
> OK, well that about completes the procedure. Just finish up by
> removing and refitting the filter properly and stamping in rage on
> the old rubber ring thingy. (If your kids come up the driveway at
> this point with a Kwik Lube $10 oil change coupon, ask them, if
> they're so knowledgeable about car maintenance, how come they're
> wandering around with oil all over their sneakers?) Then head back to
> Price Club to pick up some more oil.
> Oh,  one last precaution:  although opinions differ here, most
> experts don't  recommend using the Audi at this point. It's properly
> best to use the neighbors Honda (if they have the filter on properly,
> that is).
>
> Mark. K.
>
>
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