How NOT to "flush" your engine.....
Nov 15, 2010 | 12:32 PM
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How NOT to "flush" your engine.....
Nov 15, 2010 | 12:50 PM
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Brilliant!
Nov 15, 2010 | 12:51 PM
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Ive always flushed my cars this way. Never had a problem
Nov 15, 2010 | 12:52 PM
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Ive always flushed my cars this way. Never had a problem
Nov 15, 2010 | 12:56 PM
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Don't you?
Nov 15, 2010 | 01:03 PM
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All the time. However, it usually works best if you feed the water through a Flux Capacitor, that way, if there is a problem, you can just send the water back in time!
Nov 15, 2010 | 01:06 PM
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All the time. However, it usually works best if you feed the water through a Flux Capacitor, that way, if there is a problem, you can just send the water back in time!
Nov 15, 2010 | 01:06 PM
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Basic error I'm afraid..........
Should have used
WARM water
dl
Nov 15, 2010 | 01:08 PM
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sial
Nov 15, 2010 | 01:11 PM
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sial
Have I been slow again?
Nov 15, 2010 | 01:25 PM
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wasn't there one a while back about some woman trying to top up her oil through the dipstick tube?
Nov 15, 2010 | 01:30 PM
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Have I been slow again?
:yes:
but still its always a good read mate. and most people as you can see dont see things the first time around. so we wont shoot you down for it
Nov 15, 2010 | 02:36 PM
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but still its always a good read mate. and most people as you can see dont see things the first time around. so we wont shoot you down for it
Phew
Nov 15, 2010 | 03:25 PM
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I can't believe he's made the common mistake of not warming the water first, what idiot puts cold water from a hose into an engine.
Nov 15, 2010 | 03:27 PM
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Rob_Impreza99
I can't believe he's made the common mistake of not warming the water first, what idiot puts cold water from a hose into an engine.
I know.
I worry about the yuf of today!
Nov 15, 2010 | 03:41 PM
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ChefDude
wasn't there one a while back about some woman trying to top up her oil through the dipstick tube?
Was that the same bird who was trying to buy a bottle of 7 10 ?
'cos she had the oil cap upside down
dl
Nov 15, 2010 | 05:05 PM
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PMSL QUALITY
Last edited by TurboAndy; Nov 15, 2010 at 05:11 PM .
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Nov 15, 2010 | 07:25 PM
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Beat me to it, I couldn`t stop laughing when i read that one last year, Still makes me chuckle now, I won`t give it away as it really is worth reading, Not wrong about the EPIC FAIL though
Nov 15, 2010 | 09:39 PM
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From: Old Codgers Home
Was it because he used hard water instead of de-mineralised?
Nov 15, 2010 | 09:47 PM
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Nov 15, 2010 | 09:50 PM
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wow thats well old, I remember when it was put on here the first time...
Nov 16, 2010 | 05:11 PM
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Ive always flushed my cars this way. Never had a problem
They must all be pretty low mileage cars then.
Les
Nov 16, 2010 | 06:01 PM
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j4mou
wow thats well old, I remember when it was put on here the first time...
Point taken.
Nov 17, 2010 | 05:24 PM
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you getting slated for this yet lol
Nov 17, 2010 | 06:23 PM
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I don't remember seeing this the first time, so I lolled quite a lot. Poor chap though, assuming it was not a windup.
Nov 17, 2010 | 06:39 PM
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From: riding the crest of a wave ...
Nov 17, 2010 | 09:32 PM
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you getting slated for this yet lol
Yep, won`t bother again
Nov 17, 2010 | 10:07 PM
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I've always flushed my motor using gypsy's tears, hasn't done any harm.
Nov 18, 2010 | 12:07 PM
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PSL is the definitive expert on Scooby oil changes anyway.
Les
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