valve cover pics

[finalyzd]

Recent pics from a 1995 honda civic used conventional oil whole life with fram extra guard filters about 5k intervals. well did a oil change about two weeks ago, before i did that poured in a oil system cleaner. ran it for ten min drained, then poured in syntec blend 5w30 with mobil filter. two days before i did the oil change i looked in the oil fill hole and noticed everything was very dirty looking, alot of varnish


well my mom drove the car(her car)for about one week. noticed valve cover was leaking so replaced it and wow everything looks very clean underneath. maybe i didnt get a good look before i did oil change but maybe the cleaner helped? or i dont know i just thought i would share it with you guys

to all the fram haters...146,000 miles still no blown engine. had to say it

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b223/pinky_1106
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[finalyzd]

also if you noticed the sludge on the valve cover looks like something is washing it away

 

[willix]

You never mentioned what you used for Cleaner, just that you added crank case cleaner. If you say MMO you are a liar.

 

[finalyzd]

its just called oil system cleaner by qmi. stuff we have at the shop. i use mmo in my 350z tho lol

 

[willix]

The hardware looks very clean, it did a nice job cleaning. What oil is run in it? whats QMI stand for?

 

[finalyzd]

i used castrol syntec blend and its the companies name and on the bottle it says heartland oil system cleaner made by qmi.

 

[Robenstein]

Im glad the orange can hasnt killed your car, but after two first hand experiences seeing what Fram can do, I wont use anything but there extended guard. And there would have to be no other options for me to pay that much for what I can get in a Pure One for almost half price.

Also glad to see your oil and cleaner combo is working.

 

[tomcat27]

I love your omg.ocod sign!!!

 

[Art_Vandelay]

It looks like new! Are you saying that the inside of the valve cover is similar to what you originally saw on the engine itself before the cleaning agent? If so that product must be the best of its kind. Wow!

 

[finalyzd]

i dont plan on using the cleaner again. just run the blend. I am also happy that if the cleaner really did all that, my shop is not wasting money on the product.

 

[jorton]

Do you think it's possible the cleaner cured your oil burning problem? Here's the MSDS. Another member will probably describe the ingredients.

Heartland MSDS

 

[finalyzd]

i think you talking about the nissan altima. this is the civic sir

 

[jorton]

Oh, you're right. But that might be worth a try in the Altima.

I did find out the 2-butoxyethanol in the Heartland cleaner is organic.

 

[finalyzd]

Well I actually tried there engine flush and nothing happened so it looks like somthing that I'm gonna have to deal with.

 

[sangyup81]

Originally Posted By: finalyzd
to all the fram haters...146,000 miles still no blown engine. had to say it

right, because if you used anything cheaper than a Fram Extra Guard (like say a Super Tech from Walmart), the car wouldn't have lasted 146k miles

living in an easy climate and using an engine that is easy on oil couldn't be the reason why that engine lasted for such an enormously long time

 

[stenerson]

Looks great. I removed mine this fall and looked like that (except my valve cover was spotless). 8 years on Mobil 1 15w50 in Caravan 10-12K ocis. I mostly used Fram also, but found out through coming here that I could get filters that are better and cheaper. So I figure, why not?

 

[ARB1977]

My old 97 Civic used Fram X2 filers and Syntec 10W30 its whole life...eventhough i traded it in it was spotless.

 

[Boomer]

2-Butoxyethanol is a very polar hydroxy ether and will dissolve a lot of stubborn stuff! I have no dobt that is why the crud on the valve cover itself is apparently peeling off. Only problem might be getting little undissolved pieces caught in the oil galleys. Also, this stuff will strip the paint right off of your car so be careful with it.

 

[addyguy]

Looks good. Button it up and drive it for another 146k miles.

Next!

 

[finalyzd]

Originally Posted By: sangyup81
Originally Posted By: finalyzd
to all the fram haters...146,000 miles still no blown engine. had to say it

right, because if you used anything cheaper than a Fram Extra Guard (like say a Super Tech from Walmart), the car wouldn't have lasted 146k miles

living in an easy climate and using an engine that is easy on oil couldn't be the reason why that engine lasted for such an enormously long time


Its just people make it seem fram is a horrible filter and will most indefinitley cause damage. I personally don't even like fram, I do wish mobil had that grippy stuff on there can.