Re: It's alive and ticking!

[farna@xxxxxxx]

Note that the main ingredient in Gunk Engine Flush is diesel fuel! Don't know what additives they put in it, the most immportant would be extra detergent to keep gunk suspended. 

On June 29, 2005 andrew hay wrote:

> gunk brand motor flush.  take your oil down a quart [i've always just
> waited until i was a qt low], run until warm, add flush, idle ~15
> minutes, change oil.
> 
> the first time i used it i let the engine idle longer than 15m, more
> like 30.  the idle which i thought was good, increased slightly and
> smoothed out and a ticking lifter [sic] stopped.  i couldn't dump the
> drain pan right away but when i did there was a metric buttload of
> sludge in the bottom.
> 
> i was also advised it would ruin my seals as hardened sludge was the
> only thing holding them together, but oil consumption went down
> afterward, from 1000 to 1500 miles/qt.
> 
> this was on a '66 ex-at&t fleet car with 199 and probably over 200000
> miles on the clock, in the early '80s.
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