Is there any real mechanical benefit to periodically flushing a diesel engine (other than it make the flusher feel like they're accomplishing something
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I've have heard drain the engine hot then pour a couple of quarts of cheap oil through it. Seems like that would only flush the oil path to the crankcase and the bottom of crankcase leaving a lot of surfaces untouched.
Seems like a good magnetic drain plug would accomplish more.
I question the wisdom of running anything in a turbo diesel that dilutes the oil for anytime because of bearing surfaces etc.
So what say ye?
I've have heard drain the engine hot then pour a couple of quarts of cheap oil through it. Seems like that would only flush the oil path to the crankcase and the bottom of crankcase leaving a lot of surfaces untouched.
Seems like a good magnetic drain plug would accomplish more.
I question the wisdom of running anything in a turbo diesel that dilutes the oil for anytime because of bearing surfaces etc.
So what say ye?