Re: engine oil additives

dont ever use engine flush on modern engines .

it wont do them any good if you run an engine without proper oil .

just change the filters and change the oil and thats it .

modern engines dont get sludged up like they used to and modern oils will have
cleaning agents in them anyway to stop this .

On or around Sat, 27 Nov 2004 15:07:17 +0000, Mr.Nice.
<mr.nice@*nospam*clara.co.uk> enlightened us thusly:

>On 27 Nov 2004 14:23:44 GMT, [email protected] (M0bcg) wrote:
>
>>dont ever use engine flush on modern engines .
>>
>>it wont do them any good if you run an engine without proper oil .
>>
>>just change the filters and change the oil and thats it .
>>
>>modern engines dont get sludged up like they used to and modern oils will have
>>cleaning agents in them anyway to stop this .
>
>Would you call 1984 a modern engine for the purposes of this?

yes, but the key to this is "modern oil". In petrol terms, API SG was the
first standard to specifically address the anti-sludge issue. I forget
which diesel one applies, but I daresay there is one.

if the engine's been run for a long time on cheap crap oil, as old ones
often are, then you could look for evidence of sludge, in the rocker cover
is a likely spot. Sludge is typically black stuff a bit like soft tar...