Thread: oil change

Originally Posted by shad

does anyone use when they change their oil the engine flush cleaner by nulon to clean sludge etc out of motor pros or cons would be appreciated

.... Simply put

... NO ... DON'T DO IT ...

You will end up doing more harm than good, IMHO
As the motor gets older ... it's the excess sludge & carbons that keep the motor sealed up ... just before it collapses in a heap and needs a rebuild

If you want a clean motor .... change your oil & filter on a regular service basis

Mike

is it a diesel engine your talking about?

if so i use to put 2-3 litrs of diesel in the oil of my old diesel lux, run the engine for 5 min and do a oil change. i got out so much more sludge and crap out when i put diesel in just before the oil change. it was shocking that it was in my engine. i did oil change every 6000k's

the engine had about 400,000ks on it when i sold the car and was still running strong.

if its a petrol engine and really dirty i'd just run some diesel oil in it for a few oil changes as they have more things in to help clean the engine.

I pulled the rocker cover off my Tdi on the weekend,10K changes since new and there was bugger all sludge.Forget the cleaner,use good oil. Pat

thanks for the help will stick to straight oil change

I change my V8 oil regulary and when I stripped off the sump, heads, rockers, the valley all was clean as a whistle.

Originally Posted by shad

thanks for the help will stick to straight oil change

Beauty

Originally Posted by shad

does anyone use when they change their oil the endine flush cleaner by nulan to clean sludge etc out of motor pros or cons would be appreciated

A little story on that carbon cleaner "wonder tool in a can"

I was living in Kalgoorlie (many moons ago) ... and being young and silly, decided to give this wonderful stuff a go in my 390 cubic V8 Ford galaxie
(it was a old car still, at the time, but the motor was healthy)

To cut a long story short ... I had to go bush / so I just parked the car in my mates backyard & it was left (Nulon) in the oil / motor for over a week / not driven

When I came back, I flushed it out, and then stuck in new oil
The result was that the Nulon worked, too well .... I ended up with a smokey Joe motor .... It had stripped all the carbon off everything, It never really sealed itself back up again

Mike

For what it's worth, l use the nulon engine cleaner everytime. Gaskets are for sealing, not carbon!

Originally Posted by Chase

For what it's worth, l use the nulon engine cleaner everytime. Gaskets are for sealing, not carbon!

Gaskets cant help seal worn rings when your cleaner removes the carbon build up behind the rings.
Micky Mouse goo may be ok when used from new but a quality oil will do the same thing for less dollars
cheers
blaze