I know someone who had major problems after an engine flush. His motor was
sludged up badly and he did the flush and then put in new oil.
Unfortunately it put a lot of gook in his oil pan. It sucked into the oil
pick up screen and no more oil pressure and also no more engine as it spun a
bearing. If you do might be a good idea to pull and clean the oil pan after
the flush is you do it.
>
>Sounds like a plan although you might want to consider just replacing the
>oil with new and skipping the motoflush. Motoflush makes your oil the
>consistency of gas and you could sprout a new leak somewhere that was
>previously gooed up. Or you could release a piece of sludge which could clog
>an oil passage somewhere. If you do use it, after you replace the filter and
>refill with oil run it a mile or so and replace the oil filter and oil
>again. I've used it before and I found that even after changing the oil and
>filter there is enough of that stuff in the engine to break down the
>viscosity of the new oil.
>
>Chris Reichle
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>From: mgs-owner
>To: mgs
>Subject: Changing Oil on Used Motor
>Date: Thursday,September 12,1996 8:28PM
>
>Hi everyone:
>
>I hope someone has an answer to this:
>
>I recently purchased a used motor from one of our list members (Thanx
>Roland!). He got it from a 79B he was parting out. The thing is, neither
>of us know when the oil was last changed or what condition its in.
>
>Can someone give advice on a protocol for flushing the motor of the old oil?
>Roland suggested changing the oil & filter, running it for a short period,
>dumping some Motor Flush in it, running it a little longer, then replacing
>oil & filter again.
>
>Any comments would be appreciated, since I hope to get my B back on road
>this weekend...
>
>Thanks all,
>
>
>Jim
>
>'79 B just waiting to run.......
>
>PS - I posted a message requesting info on how you can tell if a head has
>hardened seats... Any info on that too would be appreciated....
>
>
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