Sludged Mileguard MO3506 After Engine Flush *pics*

[mannys9130]

I took this filter off a customer's truck. It was a mid 2000s Chevy V8 work truck, and it was the typical abused, neglected, unloved work truck everyone has seen before. The customer said it had seen many unintended extended OCIs and was sludgy on the inside. He wanted to clean it up, so he added a bottle of Rislone engine flush at the START of the OCI with Formula Shell 5w-30, and ran it the ENTIRE 2-5k mile OCI! We recommended to the customer several short 500-1000 mile OCIs to clean up the remaining sludge and to stick with a quality synthetic to do cleaning instead of what he had just done.

The Mileguard is a white Extraguard sold to quicklube shops as the bulk bargain filter. E core, paper end caps, etc. In this case, none of that even matters.

This is the video I made of the cut. It was too grizzly to just take photos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZhgfa9KZtM

 

[Lubener]

YUK !!

 

[Garak]

Holy guacamole! You're right, it really doesn't matter what filter that is, since the only thing that is really visible from the pictures is that it is an ecore. Either that, or you made a chocolate cake in the shape of an oil filter and slathered it with runny frosting, and made a mess of the bench while doing so.

 

[mannys9130]

Yeah, it was pretty gnarly.

I assure you Garak, it wasn't a cake or I would have eaten it.

 

[xxch4osxx]

Oh my, that is just horrible. I'm surprised that engine still runs with all that nasty mess. The oil galleys must be close to being plugged.

 

[demarpaint]

Wow, I'm surprised it survived. The customer screwed up running the Rislone as long as he did, good thing you suggested shorter OCI's for that mess. I guess he didn't want to pay for a pan drop, and valve cover removal and manual clean up, which would have been the better way to tackle that horror show. Thanks for posting the pics!

 

[AirgunSavant]

Bad for sure!

 

[R80RS]

That's the most sludged filter I've seen anywhere. Can't begin to imagine what the rest of the engine looks like.

 

[mannys9130]

Originally Posted By: demarpaint
Wow, I'm surprised it survived. The customer screwed up running the Rislone as long as he did, good thing you suggested shorter OCI's for that mess. I guess he didn't want to pay for a pan drop, and valve cover removal and manual clean up, which would have been the better way to tackle that horror show. Thanks for posting the pics!


Thanks.

You're welcome for posting the pics. I'm a new member, so I posted these pics and the video, an engine air filter, a cabin air filter, and a valvetrain pic to break the ice and introduce myself.

I had never seen sludge so bad in my entire life until I finished the oil change on that truck. Scarred for LIFE.

 

[spasm3]

Thats pretty bad! That engine has to have been running in bypass, i'm sure the bearings look like [censored].

 

[SumpChump]

Tell us how long she lasts. I suspect another 40k.

 

[Kira]

Thanks for the shots of that filter. Now I'll have nightmares! !

That video shows you the best bang-for-the-buck nitrile glove expenditure in history. Kira

 

[Bluestream]

The filter did it's job

 

[Joel_MD]

Originally Posted By: Bluestream
The filter did it's job

Yeah, that filter wasn't letting any grit get past!

 

[05LGTLtd]

Couldn't watch the video here. Did the customer see the opened filter/drain. What was their reaction? Did they decide on a better plan of action?

 

[Pontual]

Thats the way to clean in one OCI... Or ... Is this a flush propaganda? Never seen a product working so well.

 

[ls1mike]

What were the details on the truck? Mileage and such. Holy cow! that is horrible.

 

[bullwinkle]

How does it SOUND??? Can't believe it didn't spin a rod bearing with that mess!

 

[53' Stude]

Thank you mannys9130 for the cut and post. Filter does look terrible

 

[mrsilv04]

And people think that a little bit of piston slap is some sort of a fatal issue with these engines... They seem to be a little tougher than that.