Worse Advice Ever !
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Originally Posted by Oldvetter
One person wrote in on a car do-it-yourself help column, that a person told him to run his car engine for 2 minutes with the oil drained and the oil plug removed to get every last drop of used oil out of the engine !
Needless to say, the column writers told him this was NOT adviseable, especially if he didn't want extreme excessive wear and his engine to freeze up.
One word, INCREDIBLE !
Needless to say, the column writers told him this was NOT adviseable, especially if he didn't want extreme excessive wear and his engine to freeze up.
One word, INCREDIBLE !
When dad pulled the dipstick, there was barely any oil on it. Brother had driven 35 miles with a nearly empty crankcase to get to our house and the car still ran.
Mabye Ford built tough engines or something...
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From: Edmond, OK...One of the first rules of online forums: If you don't like what is said but can't refute it, attack the poster.
I thought the best way to clean out the engine was to:
1. Drain oil
2. Fill Crankcase with Dawn diswashing detergent
3. Start engine and drive for a few miles to work it in
4. Drain Dawn out of engine
5. Break up clay bar and put in engine.
6. Run engine for 1 minute with clay bar. Remember, dont use the clay bar if you drop it on the ground.
Now, your engine should be very clean and you can use whatever oil you think does the best job.
jeff
JK of course just in case someone actually believes this. lol
1. Drain oil
2. Fill Crankcase with Dawn diswashing detergent
3. Start engine and drive for a few miles to work it in
4. Drain Dawn out of engine
5. Break up clay bar and put in engine.
6. Run engine for 1 minute with clay bar. Remember, dont use the clay bar if you drop it on the ground.
Now, your engine should be very clean and you can use whatever oil you think does the best job.
jeff
JK of course just in case someone actually believes this. lol
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From: Longview Texas
In the 60's, a guy that owned a service station back home used to run a gallon of white gas through each vehicle he did oil changes on. Said it cleared out all the gunk. Sounded like a good story, but I'd never let him do it to mine. I couldn't imagine doing something like that (or running it without oil) on today's engines.
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From: You should have told him it would not hit 185 if you dropped it out of the back of a C130 with 4 heffalumps inside trying to get to the Golden Corral.
there was a guy who made the forum rounds with an oil change trick. he had this new srt-4 dodge and couldn't/wouldn't figure out how to get the oil drain plug off. he decided the smartest thing to do was take the oil filter off and start the engine. he even went so far as to post his great "find" on the forum. they gave him an endless amount of shiite. the way i found out was a cross posting to another forum and it was almost to stupid to actually believe. he stopped posting soon after and the forum got many, many hits...enough to set viewer records even.
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From: Wichita Falls Tx
35 years ago I worked with a dude (he was a mechanic) that poured a can of B12 (carb cleaner??) in the crankcase before each oil change, drive it 50 miles and then change the oil. He claimed it didn't hurt anything.
Any comments of THIS practice?
Any comments of THIS practice?
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From: Waldorf MD
There used to be an engine flush, that you ran for 15 minutes (car idling) before you changed oil. I used it once, when water (from flood) got into my 1964 Corvette. Never had a problem with that engine.
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Originally Posted by army2000
yea, the same numb-nut probally drives around with his tires deflated to get all the air out of his tires before he breaks them off the rim 
Errrr, that's not normal practice?
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From: Tampa FL
Originally Posted by Red_Racer
My brother-in-law (who knew nothing about carcare) once had a Maverick (remember those?). He noticed that it was running rough and so brought it over for my dad to take a look at.
When dad pulled the dipstick, there was barely any oil on it. Brother had driven 35 miles with a nearly empty crankcase to get to our house and the car still ran.
Mabye Ford built tough engines or something...
When dad pulled the dipstick, there was barely any oil on it. Brother had driven 35 miles with a nearly empty crankcase to get to our house and the car still ran.
Mabye Ford built tough engines or something...
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From: Lovin Life Oh
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but seriously my grandpa continually tells me that if you have an engine thats old and needs flushed otu the best thing to do is drain it and dump2 quarts of tranny fluid in it
i always think hes full of **** but he swears by it
anyone ever here of this?
but seriously my grandpa continually tells me that if you have an engine thats old and needs flushed otu the best thing to do is drain it and dump2 quarts of tranny fluid in it
i always think hes full of **** but he swears by it
anyone ever here of this?