Re: Noisy Lifters

[Jeremy R King <kingjer@eng.auburn.edu>]

Pyroil Engine Flush is what I use.  Comes from Auto Zone.

Jeremy R. King
1986 VW Quantum GL5
Audi at Heart

On Thu, 7 Dec 1995, Brett N Augsburger wrote:

>   
> On Tue, 5 Dec 1995 LCSCHADT@aol.com wrote:
> 
> > What IS this wonderful stuff (haven't heard back from Carl yet, who I
> > believed promised to check, and come up with the specific product name)?
> 
>  I cannot remember the brand name, but it comes in a quart-sized 
> cylinder shaped bottle that is silver in color and says 'Engine Flush' on it.
> You can get it at Auto Zone. In my experience, this has been very succesful
> at clearing up lifter racket. Make sure you follow the instructions on 
> the bottle. Do not drive the car with the stuff in there! I doubt if the 
> engine flush would hurt anything the first time but I would not use it 
> every time you change the oil. In my case, one application of the engine 
> flush, regular oil changes, and the use of synthetic oil has kept my once
> noisy lifters completely quite for a year and a half.
> 
> Later, 
> 
> Brett Augsburger
> '86 5000CSTQ
> 
> P.S.
>  I will be out of town and will not be able to respond to any email 
> for a while. 
>