To flush or not to flush

[Chillitt]

hadn't noticed the poll. despite my vote i still say, if its brown, let it drown.

[BUSHWHACKER]

It's very close, within 3%!

Ooooh I just dont know!

Re. leaving the car draining overnight, I think I'm too stoopid. I'd go out 7:30 half asleep jump in and drive off!

Take one of the wheels off too then. Or put the sump bolt in you pyjama pocket.

[Apache]

Take one of the wheels off too then. Or put the sump bolt in you pyjama pocket.

Pyjamas? You old smoothie!

[logey79]

Take one of the wheels off too then. Or put the sump bolt in you pyjama pocket.

yeah, the steering wheel, coz ye may still try driving off your axle stand...ouch!

[javars]

What if you get a floater ?

[Apache]

Come on then, own up. Who are the 5 people who ticked the 'oil change? Whats that?' box!

[Woodzie]

The same five who thought that flush was something to do with going to the toilet

[M35A2]

That's the key to good flushing apparently. If it always was flushed, it's no
problem. Apparently, the aggressive engine flushes can cause most problems
on an engine that's never been flushed due to the amount of crud it may
loosen in one go. A regularly flushed engine will never have enough buildup for
that to happen. (Guess who's been reading cartloads of oil related info again).

BTW, Andy, thanks for mentioning those Series filters. Picked one up today.
Perfect size and easily modifyable. The dogs nads for the purpose. Cheers.

No worries mate.

Did you get the whole thing, the filter housing and all, or just the filter element itself??

[M35A2]

Having in the past taken an engine to bits and completely cleaned and rebuilt it (Hillman Imp) I was amazed at quite how dirty the internals were on an engine that had regular oil changes.

The Surf gets regular changes but the new oil still looks black after about 20 mins running, so I reckon mine needs a good flush to get all the $$$$ out.

My engine oil stays clean for about a weeks driving to work after flushing and oil change.

By the way I must add that after flushing, I drain the oil until no more drips out. I then stick about a litre of fresh oil into engine then let that drain to flush any leftover cra* away. I then add a good quality oil additive to the new oil.

[MattF]

No worries mate.

Did you get the whole thing, the filter housing and all, or just the filter element itself??

The complete unit. Going to be having a diddle with it tonight, hopefully.

[M35A2]

The complete unit. Going to be having a diddle with it tonight, hopefully.

Nice one Matt. Glad it's what you was after.

[MattF]

Nice one Matt. Glad it's what you was after.

It's absolutely perfect. Size wise, it's like it was made to measure for what I
was after. They're a lot bigger than most, aren't they. All the canister type
housings I've seen before have only been half the size, width wise. My one
criteria was finding one roughly bog roll size. And that fits the bill. They
even have a port in for a pressure sender. Thanks again Andy. I'm chuffed
to bits with it.

[marky]

I always FLUSH & i put the SEAT down SHE goes ape if i dont