[Fot] oil line & cooler flush chems

[Bill]

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. 


> On Jan 1, 2018, at 10:31 AM, Jim Gray via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> 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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