Engine flush?
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Engine flush?
I'm looking at doing an oil change shortly and was just wondering if I can use some sort of engine flush after I had drained the old oil? A lad u know used to use wynns and I seen the crap that come out with that so thought I'd give it a go!
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Another no from me. I did it once and it ran like plop and also stank. I had to do three more oil changes to get it all out. Dont know why its bad for boxers but there ya go.
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i flush mine each time i do an oil change, which was 3 times last year. i use halfords 10w 40 semi, do a 5 mile lap of my village then put in millers 10w 40 full. its about 80 quid each time inc filter.
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There is no need to flush the engine and flushing can be harmful. What can happen is the flush can loosen harmless deposits in the engine, but then not remove them. Your new oil goes in and after it gets warm and is flowing nicely, the bits which are loosened come off into the oil, so you end up with hard bits floating around in your oil - the last thing you want. If you really want to flush the oil system, the best thing you can do is drain out the oil that is in there, put in some cheap (the cheapest you can find) mineral oil and run the car for 15 minutes to an hour so the oil gets nice and warm. After running it, drain out the mineral oil and put in the correct oil.
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'Scoobynet members get at least 10% discount at Opie Oils'
can vouch for that as thats where i get my millers from.
should of said 'a pleasure to deal with' to.
i am in no way affiliated with opie oils or oilman, lol.
can vouch for that as thats where i get my millers from.
should of said 'a pleasure to deal with' to.
i am in no way affiliated with opie oils or oilman, lol.
Last edited by greendragonkungfu; 02 February 2011 at 08:21 PM. Reason: forgot to add praise. lol.
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there called blueprint. nowt special at £5.04 inc. a mate who has a scoob said 'to go there and ask for these'. so....i did. lol. how much are subaru ones
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