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Subject: [Fot] oil line & cooler flush chems
From: toodamnfunky at comcast.net (Jim Gray)
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2018 00:14:00 -0700
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Bill,

I have equipped my oiling system so I can tap into it anywhere and force feed 
old oil out and new oil in. It?s really pretty painless and the reward has been 
cleaner, longer living motors.

If your wondering who does this, pro race teams do it. 
http://www.hotflusher.com/performance.cfm?Page=6 

I had a conversation about oil quality with Lake Speed about four years ago and 
have been a believer ever since . My brother races a Porsche 914 with -12 lines 
running to two mocal coolers

in the front of the car. That system carries roughly four to five quarts in the 
coolers and the lines alone. Would you change the motor oil and leave all that 
old oil in there? We don?t.

I say why wouldn?t you do it if your oiling system is set up to do it. I?m just 
adding a couple simple components to my pressure cooker oil charger and by the 
weekend

will have a filtered recirculating flush system, so, why wouldn?t I do it? 
After the addition of the fluid pump and filter I?ll have about $ 150.00 
invested in the system

and about three hours labor. I consider it time & money well spent.

jg

 

From: Bill [mailto:Bill at ponostyle.com] 
Sent: Monday, January 1, 2018 11:14 PM
To: Jim Gray <toodamnfunky at comcast.net>
Cc: fot <fot at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Fot] oil line & cooler flush chems

 

I have to ask: Why? It seems you?d potentially do damage with whatever solvent 
you use being trapped somewhere it won?t drain from. Who does this? I?ve never 
heard of it as a racing practice. Might be a way to extend the life of high 
mileage engines, but even that seems unlikely. 

 






 

First, Happy New Year !

I hope everyone has a break free & leak free 2018. 

Anyhoo, I?m moving to my next stage of engine & oil cleanliness. In the next 
couple weeks I?m making a recirculating oil cooler and line cleaner

with filtration. What I?m not sure about at this point is a suitable chemical 
to do the work. I?ve heard about kerosene but just thought I?d ask

the collective for input.

Currently I use my home made pressure cooker oil flusher/charger thingy. I made 
it so I can push pressurized, heated generic/low cost oil through all my lines 
and cooler

just to get minor particulates out and then fill everything with new Valvoline 
20/50. I have oil line taps throughout the system so I can pre-prime the 
accusump, lines & cooler

and for pre-start up priming.

Any thoughts on a suitable chemical or petrol product I could circulate without 
blowing things up ?

 

Thanks as always, 

jim g

 

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