Just wanted to know if anyone has ever had a engine flush? And if so, what their feelings about it was?

 

i'd watch out homey...

http://autotechrepair.suite101.com/article.cfm/040206

 

That was very interesting what he said about replacing 1 quart of eninge oil for 1 quart of transmission fluid to internally clean the engine "slowly".............
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm[sm=confused06.gif]

 

The transmission fluid idea will work; personally I've used a product called Marvel Mystery Oil (which looks like transmission fluid) for over forty years starting with Shelby GT 350's & 500's all the way up to my current Hemi Ram. It's not fancy, exotic or expensivebut it is safeand it works.

 

Interesting article..

 

I Agree That Is An Interesting Article...

When You Asked About an Engine Flush... Do You Mean Coolant Flush, Or Like A Motor Vac For The Fuel?

I Practice What I Preach.. I Was Once Told That With Transmission Flushes - Either Do It Early and Often, or Not At All. Once Trans Fluid Becomes Past 50K Old It Actually Acts Like Bubble Gum.. Pretty Much Keeps All The Internals Intact After Miles of Neglection. If You take That Away Thats Where The Trans Starts Acting Up. I Get My Trans Flushed Every 20K On My New Stuff and On My 1975 Pontiac Grandville W/ 79K That Has Never Been Flushed I Wont Touch It.

Thats What I Have Learned and Knock on Wood I Have Yet To Have A Trans Go Out On Me.

 

I believe what he is talking about is a flush 'additive'.. You pour it in before you do the oil change with the old oil still in it, and run the car for 10 min. Then, drain the oil, and put the new oil & filter in.


At least, thats what the directions say. I've never done it before.

 

Several years ago I had a Chevy 2500 with the 5.7 Vortec gas motor. I had just bought it used with about 80k miles on it and the oil seemed to get very dark soon after changing it. I hadmy local Valvoline oil change place do a Bilstein engine flush to my engine, which cost about $80. First they drained the engine oil and removed the old oil filter. Then they connect a vacuum hose where the oil drain plug goes. Another hose screws on the oil filter base. The machine is powered by compressed air, and it pumped a heated solvent through the oil filter mount. The solvent got vacuumed out of the pan, filtered and sent back through. It lasted about five minutes, then they finish by screwing on a new filter and filling the crankcase with fresh oil. For me it seemed to work very well. I changed the oil about every 5,000 miles after that, and the oil seemed to stay much cleaner. I sold thatChevy last year with about 130,000 miles on it, and the engine was in great shape. In this particular case I think the flush was a good idea.

 

I saw an advertisement for an "Engine Flush". Basically, they pour a liquid (Some type of Detergent) into the crankcase, allow it to run until it's hot, then allow it to drain......Once this is done, they pour new oil and a new oil filter........

 

Thats the type we use here in England NYPANAMA42.

Don't know if you can get it in the USA? but we have several branded company's like Wynns and the people who make Slick 50, plus the unbranded cheapo varietys.

When I bought my used 03, I did this as one of the very first things on my Hemi.
I have then run 5000 mile oil changes ever since.

You run your engine up to temp, pour in this fluid (about a 1/2 pint) and let her run for 15 minutes at idle.
Stop the engine, and then whilst still hot, drian the pan.

Refil with fresh oil and a new filter.

Job done.
I only do this, when I don't know a vehicles history and if oil changes were done regularly.
I figure doing this is like a reset/reboot in the engines life and start as
Imean to go on, by giving the correct maintenace shedules.
Al