Have you ever met a real redneck mechanic? I just had the maintenance adventure of a lifetime. This guy bought an Audi A4 with a turbo 4-cylinder engine traded for an old motorcycle because the engine was completely sludged up and a mechanic quoted an outrageous price to swap in a junkyard engine, more than the car was worth to the owner. The dealer was worse, much worse, so it was adios amigo to the Audi for the owner.
The new owner, our redneck friend completely warmed up the engine and pulled into his driveway. He then poured a quart of laundry bleach into the running engine and ran it for about 15 minutes. Then with the engine still running he pulled the drain plug and as the oil drained he poured 5 gallons of used 15w-40 diesel oil (he's a diesel mechanic) in the engine as it ran and oil drained out the bottom into a big pan. As the oil ran out he poured a gallon of new diesel oil in and as he started to run out of new oil he shut down then engine, changed the oil with new 15w-40 diesel oil and a new filter.
His wife has been driving the car for about a thousand miles now with no problems and no sludge. To say I was surprised would be a bit of an understatement.
He said he's going to modify the pan so that it holds 6 quarts of oil and he says if he can get his hands on the jerk that designed all this he'd wring his neck. He said that getting in there to get the oil pan will be the worst headache he's ever had working on a car. The only reason he got the car and might keep it is because new new wife likes it and he bragged that he could "fix" it.
The new owner, our redneck friend completely warmed up the engine and pulled into his driveway. He then poured a quart of laundry bleach into the running engine and ran it for about 15 minutes. Then with the engine still running he pulled the drain plug and as the oil drained he poured 5 gallons of used 15w-40 diesel oil (he's a diesel mechanic) in the engine as it ran and oil drained out the bottom into a big pan. As the oil ran out he poured a gallon of new diesel oil in and as he started to run out of new oil he shut down then engine, changed the oil with new 15w-40 diesel oil and a new filter.
His wife has been driving the car for about a thousand miles now with no problems and no sludge. To say I was surprised would be a bit of an understatement.
He said he's going to modify the pan so that it holds 6 quarts of oil and he says if he can get his hands on the jerk that designed all this he'd wring his neck. He said that getting in there to get the oil pan will be the worst headache he's ever had working on a car. The only reason he got the car and might keep it is because new new wife likes it and he bragged that he could "fix" it.
