catsknr@nospamcox.net wrote in news:6hicj2hd2t0mcnbdtdoosvujc7aobtefrg@
4ax.com:

> Back in my younger days when I worked in the oil field,when we would
> change the oil in the v-12 diesel engines we would fill up the crank
> case with diesel to clean the innards. This was done since the engines
> were new and we would just idle them for a minute then drain, idle
> again with new oil, then change that. We never had a problem.

ATF is better for that purpose; more acid, better cleaning.
Drive a few miles with it, under varying load/rpm, then drain.

This is how one of the best Land Cruiser diesel tuners in Europe treats his
personal vehicle....

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Bye,

Willem-Jan Markerink

The desire to understand
is sometimes far less intelligent than
the inability to understand

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[note: 'a-one' & 'en-el'!]