[Roadsters] How I spent my leisurely Sunday Afternoon.

[Gary and Cindy Ault]

>From my experience with a 1979 Chevy Malibu that the PO had "meticulously 
maintained", yes.  It had so much c____ in the oil pasages that the dealer 
had to de-sludge it.  Being a cat iron block and head V-6, there was no 
noticeable engine damage.  Dealer said sludge was the result of not changing 
the oil. Period.  It was a company car, and it was two quarts + down when I 
took it over.  It was running rough, so I pulled the plugs the first weekend 
(as I had to go on a trip on Monday), and found one spark plug COMPLETELY 
covered with carbon -- just a nice mound over the entire electrode.  Run 
much better with a fresh set of plugs.

Gary

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pete Peters" <ppeters914 at comcast.net>
To: "Datsun Roadster List" <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 6:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] How I spent my leisurely Sunday Afternoon.


> Could there really be that much crud from the PO even though the oil had
> been changed only 3 months ago?
>
> Pete
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: datsun-roadsters-bounces at autox.team.net
> [mailto:datsun-roadsters-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Urias
> McCullough
> Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 2:07 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Roadsters] How I spent my leisurely Sunday Afternoon.
>
> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Garth Cuthbert <gcuthber at telus.net> 
> wrote:
>> I am very curious as to the process that caused the oil
>> breakdown.
>
> Looks like there was a followup in that thread here:
>
> http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t=tree&th=1489934&mid=5134190
>
> Where he mentioned: "On my last oil change, I used an oil additive,
> Rislone. My suspicion is it just broke up so much crud..."
>
> HTH!
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