Thread: CEM oil flush results:

Hey folks, I know another member has a thread going on using the Cost Effective Maintenance products.
Here's going to be my log of results.

First up, I was having heating up issues on my Tdi(98 Auto).
Runs fine almost all the time, except when I ran the A/C on a hot day and had the underpowered Tdi loaded up(eg. up a long incline of more than 5mins. Less than 5min loading it'd heat up to waht I thought would be acceptable .. say high 90's low 100's °C.
But past 5mins, it's rocket up quickly past 100°C and in some instances reached past 115°C.
Long term those temps aren't ideal for longevity(me thinks).
Anyhow, so I started with the coolant flush stuff they sell. I believe it worked pretty much as they advertised it too. It cleaned out some gunk that the two flushes I tried using the garden hose 'missed' months earlier.

So I tried their oil flush.
My 300Tdi would darken it's oil basically after a couple of weeks running(about 500Klms) or so.
Used the oil flush a few months back(near on 10K klms now) and it seemed to help keep the fresh oil clean till about 3K kms mark.
Just didn't bother too(actually forgot too) keep track of it in writing and with pics.

So yesterday I did it's 10K oil/filter change:

Pic 1:
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10K old oil, farily standard looking very solid black consistency. advantage is that it's easy to see the recommended level.
An amount of flush additive was added to the old oil idled for a bit to help 'flush it' as they instruct.

Pic 2:
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30min new oil as per their instructions added an amount of flush then left to a high idle(1K RPM) for 30 mins or so) .. I may have skimped on some minutes, or I may have gone above and beyond .. can't remember but close to 30mins.
this new oil was drained again, stinking hot oil, easy to drain with the quick drain system(I have the Femco version) . Drains directly into a 10Lt drum.
As can be seen, it's quite black, has a very light translucence to it, and this is what I'd see after about 500km running without the flush.

Pic 3:
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1hr driving with the new oil now.
in real life it looks even cleaner than how it shows up in the pics(something to do with the light maybe).
Major disadvantage is that it's nigh on impossible to see the oil level

Will post updates if there are any changes to the oil colour at various intervals in the future.

From now on tho I won't be doing a new oil flush before the proper new oil is then used.
I've now run out of the cheapo oil I've had sitting for a while. So will just add a bit of flush to the old oil before draining from here on.

I've tried oil flush stuff products previously as I reckon many may have also tried. I think I even still have some from all those years ago.
None have really worked beyond what a normal oil change would have done anyhow, but so far I reckon these guys stuff does what they say it does.
If not 100%, then at least 80-90% as they claim.

Next product I'm going to give a shot is their decarboniser and FTC stuff.

Hope this info helps.

Originally Posted by rick130

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Whether that works in practice I have no idea, but it makes me feel better.

There's an idea!

... and you were right about the oil cooler too. I remembered it wrong.
The pipe does a downward bend to the oil pump housing, but it does rise up(over the steering box) from the bottom outlet first. So I reckon at least 4" of oil in the cooler remains.