Re: Cleaning oil passages

["BMD" <eurocar@gci.net>]

I can buy into the no synthetic for a full rebuild, but only because you
will have problems with seating the rings. No problem with head replacement
(glad you found a head). Best to not attempt any special cleaning other than
good quality oil. I am not a proponent of engine flushing additive to the
oil, it is hard on the bearings and rings. On older engines I have seen
problems rather than cures related to the use of such stuff. Just run
quality oil and change it every 3k miles.

Bryan Doughty
home.gci.net/~eurocar
----- Original Message -----
From: Avi Meron <avi@cosmoslink.net>
To: Eyvind Spangen <eyvind.spangen@c2i.net>
Cc: Quattro <quattro@audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 01, 1999 8:24 PM
Subject: RE: Cleaning oil passages


> Better not  do anything "strange".......
> Change the filter at 1K mile (after the engine is assembled) and after a
> couple more thousand miles, before the oil change run in a can of engine
> detergent if you want to fill good about it.
> DO NOT use any synthetics before at least 10K miles (ignore all other
> advises on the matter, even if is BTDT!),
> Take care,
> Avi
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-quattro@audifans.com [mailto:owner-quattro@audifans.com] On
> Behalf Of Eyvind Spangen
> Sent: Sunday, August 01, 1999 3:38 PM
> To: quattro@audifans.com
> Subject: Cleaning oil passages
>
> I'm about to install a new head on my '87 Audi 100 turbodiesel, and I
> thought about cleaning out the oil passages from the block to the
> head. Can this be done without removing the oil pan and oil pump?
> Should I clean the oil pickup tube, or will running really detergent
> engine oil for 3k miles and then changing oil + filter  be good
> enough? The previous owner changed the oil and filter every 4k miles,
> but the car has been sitting for 6 months, and I guess there is a lot
> of slugde in the oil pan now.. Anything to pour into the pan before
> draining that can loosen things up a bit?
>
> --
> Thanks,
> ES
>