Re: ihc-digest V5 #79

[John Hofstetter <hofs@domain.elided>]

>My brother in law, who is a VERY good mechanic (professional), suggested
>not long after I bought my 72 Scout II that I go get some of the Gunk
>Engine Flush (I think that's the name, but you guys know what I'm talking
>about) and run it through the engine to clean out the old grime and stuff.
>
>I don't really mean to mistrust him, but over the years I've heard some bad
>to go with the good, things like causing seals to leak and causing new
>clogs as the loosened crud flows to new places.
>
>I'm just looking for some of those "I tried it" opinions-
>
>Paul Brakefield
>"Dirtball"

Paul,
Have a great vacation. I worked on computers at a school office today, and
everyone looked so tired on this last day before vacation that it reminded
me that I'm really glad that being that tired and needing a vacation that
bad is a thing of the past for me.

I wouldn't put a flush into a 25 year crankcase. I'd put a high detergent
oil, most any modern oil, in it and change that oil and the filter every
1500 miles or so for a while. In my mind, it's kind of a question of trying
to dissolve the crud all at once, or a little bit at a time.

John

John Hofstetter a.k.a. Ol'Saline, who's been a lot of places none of us is
allowed to go anymore and that's a real tragedy, and who to quote the
senator from Texas, "has more guns than he needs but not as many as he
wants"
79 Scout Terra with 8000 lb. Warn Winch, Detroit Locker in rear and limited
slip in front, 4" Trailmaster lift kit, Holley Electronic Fuel Injection,
Mallory Unilite Distributor                                  MSD ignition
"It's a legend", but it's too darn long and too darn wide sometimes to go
where I ask it to go.

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