Re: Flushing Oil

[Richard Beels <beels@technologist.com>]

Just put in new synthetic and filter and try not to think about it.  Think 
instead of all the water and debris sitting on the bottom of your gas 
tank...   ;-)

If you're really obsessive about this ;-), put a 1/2 qt of Marvel Mystery 
Oil in the engine about 500 miles before you change the oil next time.  Do 
this a few times and it should clean it up "gently"....

At 03:21 AM 12/21/99 ,  Iain Atkinson (ETL) was inspired to say:
>Hi all
>
>
>I will be changing the oil over Xmas in the Coupe Q,  when I replaced the 
>lifters I noticed that the top end of the engine was quite dirty with a 
>lot of old hard deposits of oil etc. I was thinking of running an oil 
>flush through first, but I am hesitating a little because I have heard 
>that this can do more harm than good and remove too much dirt all in one 
>go. Can anyone offer some advice on this or should I just change the oil 
>and not worry. For the record I change every 6k miles with Synthetic and 
>filter.
>
>
>Thanks
>
>Iain


Cheers!