Mike Crumley wrote:
> So I go to change the oil and decide to flush out the dye with "motor flush".
VERY BAD IDEA!
> Ran two quarts of cheap oil through afterwards then filled with mobil 1.
> >A few days later, I'm out letting the truck warm up and I heard this God
> awful knock from the driver side. It lasted for maybe 15 secs and went away.
> I am concerned.
> >Maybe it was just that flush. YOU probably distroyed some rod bearings,
> maybe mains too.
> >TO EVERY ONE: DONT EVER USE ANYTHING TO CLEAN YOUR ENGINE OUT!!!!
> Jim Miller writes; I DISTROYED the engine in a 1980 Ferd Pu that had 49k miles
> in it with that stuff! All the main bearings were DISTROYED in only 5 minutes.
> I wouldn't consider drinking Draino and I will NEVER put crankcase flush in
> another engine! The stuff is Car Poison!!!!!!!!!
If you want to clean your engine out just change the oil twice in about 500
miles. That can't hurt it!
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