Bill,
I have equipped my oiling system so I can tap into it anywhere and force feed
old oil out and new oil in. It?s really pretty painless and the reward has been
cleaner, longer living motors.
If your wondering who does this, pro race teams do it.
http://www.hotflusher.com/performance.cfm?Page=6
I had a conversation about oil quality with Lake Speed about four years ago and
have been a believer ever since . My brother races a Porsche 914 with -12 lines
running to two mocal coolers
in the front of the car. That system carries roughly four to five quarts in the
coolers and the lines alone. Would you change the motor oil and leave all that
old oil in there? We don?t.
I say why wouldn?t you do it if your oiling system is set up to do it. I?m just
adding a couple simple components to my pressure cooker oil charger and by the
weekend
will have a filtered recirculating flush system, so, why wouldn?t I do it?
After the addition of the fluid pump and filter I?ll have about $ 150.00
invested in the system
and about three hours labor. I consider it time & money well spent.
jg
From: Bill [mailto:Bill at ponostyle.com]
Sent: Monday, January 1, 2018 11:14 PM
To: Jim Gray <toodamnfunky at comcast.net>
Cc: fot <fot at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Fot] oil line & cooler flush chems
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.
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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