Do u guys use oil flush when changing oil?
06-21-05, 05:39 PM
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Do u guys use oil flush when changing oil?
I heard a few people say that is good for cleaning out varnish and gunk.
**** that.
When I change the oil, I'll let it drain overnight, fill with new oil (don't change the oil filter yet), run the car for a few minutes, and change the oil filter and fill back up with oil.
**** that.
When I change the oil, I'll let it drain overnight, fill with new oil (don't change the oil filter yet), run the car for a few minutes, and change the oil filter and fill back up with oil.
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Originally Posted by neit_jnf
buy the cheapest 10w30 oil and cheapest filter you can find, change the oil with it, run the car for a few miles to circulate the whole system and then change it again with top of the line oil and filter
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what he said. I've started doing that (change oil on saturday, drive where I need to go, and change oil and filter on sunday). I do this every 1500 and the car seems to like it a lot (the engine is starting to get progressively smoother, not sure how though).
06-21-05, 07:56 PM
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Oil flush = waste of money. All name brand oils available today have detergent additives to keep deposits from forming (varnish forms from fuel drying out, not oil). In fact, ester-based synthetics actually do it without any additives due to ester's natural cleansing properties.
06-21-05, 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Kento
Oil flush = waste of money. All name brand oils available today have detergent additives to keep deposits from forming (varnish forms from fuel drying out, not oil). In fact, ester-based synthetics actually do it without any additives due to ester's natural cleansing properties.
yes
you guys are just wasting time lol
seriously
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Originally Posted by Recentlyconverted
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I've started doing that (change oil on saturday, drive where I need to go, and change oil and filter on sunday). I do this every 1500 and the car seems to like it a lot (the engine is starting to get progressively smoother, not sure how though).
I've started doing that (change oil on saturday, drive where I need to go, and change oil and filter on sunday). I do this every 1500 and the car seems to like it a lot (the engine is starting to get progressively smoother, not sure how though).
85k on my engine, many at WOT/high rpm at the track
synthetic every 3k miles
absolutely zero oil-related problems with motor
06-22-05, 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by rynberg
You people are crazy.
85k on my engine, many at WOT/high rpm at the track
synthetic every 3k miles
absolutely zero oil-related problems with motor
85k on my engine, many at WOT/high rpm at the track
synthetic every 3k miles
absolutely zero oil-related problems with motor
really? you've run synth the entire time (and yes, I know I'm a bit over the top with this car, but hell, better to spend the 1/2 hour changing the oil and filter than bein stuck on the side of the highway.................. on fire..........)
06-22-05, 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Recentlyconverted
really? you've run synth the entire time (and yes, I know I'm a bit over the top with this car, but hell, better to spend the 1/2 hour changing the oil and filter than bein stuck on the side of the highway.................. on fire..........)
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Originally Posted by Sgtblue
I'm not making the connection between the frequency and methods of changing oil... and engine fires.
just being extreme, but I will admit, with the amount of problem I have run into with the 7 in only the last year of owning it, I'm a bit of an extremist when it comes to maintenance (when money allows, that is, if not, the car is just parked and left till I can have it in running condition again).
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Originally Posted by Recentlyconverted
just being extreme, but I will admit, with the amount of problem I have run into with the 7 in only the last year of owning it, I'm a bit of an extremist when it comes to maintenance (when money allows, that is, if not, the car is just parked and left till I can have it in running condition again).
In 4-1/2 years on this forum, I have yet to see A SINGLE CASE of anyone having to rebuild a motor due to oil-related damage -- excepting cases where they didn't HAVE any oil....
Like I said above, my motor had 85k on it, with many track events (most in hot weather). Zero oil-related problems with the motor with 3k mile oil changes, running Mobil 1. Some of the 85k miles were on dino juice, but the majority were with synthetic.
06-22-05, 09:15 PM
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Originally Posted by rynberg
You would save more money if you weren't doing double oil-changes every 1500 miles....it's totally unnecessary and is a waste of your time, money, and our depleting oil reserves.
In 4-1/2 years on this forum, I have yet to see A SINGLE CASE of anyone having to rebuild a motor due to oil-related damage -- excepting cases where they didn't HAVE any oil....
Like I said above, my motor had 85k on it, with many track events (most in hot weather). Zero oil-related problems with the motor with 3k mile oil changes, running Mobil 1. Some of the 85k miles were on dino juice, but the majority were with synthetic.
In 4-1/2 years on this forum, I have yet to see A SINGLE CASE of anyone having to rebuild a motor due to oil-related damage -- excepting cases where they didn't HAVE any oil....
Like I said above, my motor had 85k on it, with many track events (most in hot weather). Zero oil-related problems with the motor with 3k mile oil changes, running Mobil 1. Some of the 85k miles were on dino juice, but the majority were with synthetic.
06-22-05, 10:36 PM
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I've got a cumulated 400k+ miles running Redline 20w50 in both 86SE and my FD.
ZERO problems.
Hence I laugh at the ignorance of people that pigeonhole all synthetics as the culprit to engine failure.
ZERO problems.
Hence I laugh at the ignorance of people that pigeonhole all synthetics as the culprit to engine failure.
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