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I drive with a flush after every oil change. I’m a big fan of letting each new oil change flush out the old…
Anybody accidentally driven with a flush?
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There are a few UOA's around here where the sample contained a flush. The flush having the consistency of water slightly thinned out the oil but it wasn't by a lot. You're typically talking 300-500ml of product out of 4-10 liters of oil. In addition many of these flush products are not solvent based and instead are just a high dose of additives. So IMHO depending on the amount of and type oil as well as the required HTHS for the engine it may or may not be a big deal. Ex. 10w-40 in an engine which can take a 5w-20.
Obviously the formulators want to protect themselves because there are just too many variables.
I’ve tried flushes, as mentioned. Most of them, including Liquimoly (back when it was Lubromoly), were solvents.
If I wanted to clean an engine, I would add a quart of HPL engine cleaner and just drive it.
Cleaning slowly has far fewer risks than trying to clean quickly.
https://www.advlubrication.com/products/engine-cleaner
If I wanted to clean an engine, I would add a quart of HPL engine cleaner and just drive it.
Cleaning slowly has far fewer risks than trying to clean quickly.
https://www.advlubrication.com/products/engine-cleaner
I forgot to flush once and then drove.
When I got home my wife was not happy with me.
When I got home my wife was not happy with me.
Nope, in close to 50 years of car enthusiasm and working on cars I never tried a flush. There are better and safer ways to clean an engine, if an engine needs cleaning.
Eh, I think it's not going to hurt a thing. It drops the viscosity slightly....folks driving around with fuel dilution that probably exceeds the flush volume all the time (Honda?). Would I do it? No.
Drove with Seafoam in the crankcase of my W8 for hundreds of miles.....
Drove with Seafoam in the crankcase of my W8 for hundreds of miles.....
Not yet.
There's nothing wrong with driving on a flush. Many get the wrong idea thinking that adding 1/2-1 quart or liter of flush with the rest of the oil is going to collapse its viscosity and cause bearings to clock out. I wouldn't drive aggressively but light driving is no issue.
Now if your engine needs a flush is another topic but there have been some on here who thought their routine non-extended oil changes with good oil wouldn't result in engine issues. But then had some oil burning after a decade or so and after an engine flush they had great results. Some engines are sensitive to deposits and can exhibit issues easily while some aren't.
So is there a reason that makes you consider flushing?
Now if your engine needs a flush is another topic but there have been some on here who thought their routine non-extended oil changes with good oil wouldn't result in engine issues. But then had some oil burning after a decade or so and after an engine flush they had great results. Some engines are sensitive to deposits and can exhibit issues easily while some aren't.
So is there a reason that makes you consider flushing?
One would be a fool to use one of these products contrary to the labeling.
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They won’t due to dodgy business practises and unacceptable employee pay and conditions. They want to but they’re simply unacceptable as an organisation.Not yet.
I like Walmart.
Order it online?
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freight the killer. Would add $100 plus
As a customer or employee?
Atleast when I was there, in 2019, Australia had lots of stores selling of stuff from China, that was a bit better than Walmart grade here, for a bit less that what we pay... We rented a cheaper camper van which kind of means you have to outfit some of the gear yourself and it was all good stuff we bought, for pretty good prices.
I don't know of many businesses or even gov't agencies that are truly "acceptable as an organization". 'Executive compensation' has gotten way out of control for one thing.
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Well OK....but you can't beat their prices on name brand oils.
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So have you used a flush yet or is this just a continuation of the completely hypothetical?
Like I noted, anyone that would use such a product contrary to the labeling is a fool and the consequences would be theirs alone.
Like I noted, anyone that would use such a product contrary to the labeling is a fool and the consequences would be theirs alone.
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