Oil Flush

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DazzyA
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Post Sat Jan 28, 2006 9:39 am

Gonna change the oil today and wondered how you flush the system, and whether to would be of any real benefit.
cheers.
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Post Sat Jan 28, 2006 11:52 am

It is worth doing if you think the oil hasn't been changed in a long time or if bits of gasket have been crumbling in....

Don't do it very often though, the car wont like it!

buy a can of engine flush, do as it says on the tin :-)

oh and slick50 should lessen any damage caused by flushing it..

Wait for someone else to reply incase I am wrong!
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Post Sat Jan 28, 2006 12:00 pm

somethin like this

http://www.wynnoil.co.uk/products_main_frame.htm

can get in halfrauds
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Post Sat Jan 28, 2006 12:14 pm

oh and slick50 should lessen any damage caused by flushing it..

type in slick 50 into google and your see loads of articles about them being sued by the US government about making false claims. Some actually argue that it damages the engine.

Buy some flushing oil (not a chemical flush) far safer.
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Post Sat Jan 28, 2006 12:17 pm

8O sorry didn't know that!
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Post Sat Jan 28, 2006 2:27 pm

cheers guy's, off to the shop's again.
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