engine flush

[charvell]

http://www.toyotaownersclub.com/foru...owtopic=103608

have a look at the you tube video. good investigation.

[KERRSURF]

Interesting stuff there, makes sense too.

I thought it was pretty bad that one of the blokes got sacked, he was doing what was expected of him, to make as much from each service as possible, seems he took the flak for it.

[noobysurfer]

One of the employees was terminated!!! Lol seems a wee bit harsh for telling a few lies! Do you think redex is in a similar bracket? That cleans injectors so maybe it's not as bad!! Oh and WTF is a neessan?
Could it be the offspring of the Loch Ness monster? Lol

[slobodan]

What he says at 2.09 is very true.

[dieselboy]

One of the employees was terminated !!! Lol seems a wee bit harsh for telling a few lies! Do you think redex is in a similar bracket? That cleans injectors so maybe it's not as bad!! Oh and WTF is a neessan?
Could it be the offspring of the Loch Ness monster? Lol

A termination is slightly illegal I think!

I do have some concerns about reddex, although there is hardly anything to our old injectors I'd like to think it didnt do any damage.

I've been taught from a young age never to use engine flushes for the reasons it can loosten thick oil deposits and transport them to the thin oil ways in the engine and block them.
There was also another reason that the thick oil deposits around piston rings of a slightly tired engine, which when loostened or removed due to engine flush could then show signs of piston ring wear due to the old fatty oil actually helping the piston rings; before having engine flush added to remove that oil.

[Overland Tonka]

I have been stupid enough to use a flush on 2 different cars... Never again... Horrible noises appeared both times and one engine went down on power. These were older cars so I thought it would be a good thing to do.... Wrong!!

[Albannach]

I flush.

[si tate]

I flush.

What!!! the toilet?

[NiftyNev]

I never flush.

Nev

[si tate]

I never flush.

Nev

That is disgusting nev, your house must stink.

[Apache]

The closest I've come to flushing is filling with cheapo oil, running the engine for half an hour, then draining and refilling with decent oil.

I'd never use an aggressive flushing oil without knowing the internal condition of the engine.

[Chris W]

I gave my last car an engine flush as the oil looked particularly manky, the cam cover seals and oil pump then proceeded to leak like a sieve.

I've used it before then with no problems but that was on engines I'd rebuilt and replaced all the seals and gaskets.

So no don't use them on old engines as you'll end up having to put a litre of oil a week into the car.

[Surfer Ross]

Use decent oil and there is no need to flush. No flushy, very baaaaaaad