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Oct 19, 2001 | 07:41 PM

ROD BROWN

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flushing the engine

today at the chevie agency, the tech reccommended flushing my engine with a machine.can anybody tell me if there is any advavtage to this process or is it a way to extract some friendly cash from a sucker(me).i change my oil every 3000 miles. would I benefit from this prcedure :chevy :flag (stars and stripes forever)

Oct 19, 2001 | 07:54 PM

intel55

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Re: flushing the engine (ROD BROWN)

A oil flush is not needed on sythetic oil cars, such as your vette. They do not get the sludge that regualr oil does.

Oct 19, 2001 | 10:27 PM

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Re: flushing the engine (ROD BROWN)

ROD,

The mechanic wants to flush your bank account.

If you are using Mobil I and changing it and the filter at 3,000 miles, I promise you; your engine is as clean on the inside as it could possibly be.

Good luck.
Mark

Oct 19, 2001 | 10:38 PM

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Re: flushing the engine (MDT)

RUN, don't walk from them...flushing your bank account is all they will do. Trust in the Force, Luke. :chevy

Oct 19, 2001 | 10:58 PM

Andy@A&ACorvette

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Re: flushing the engine (ROD BROWN)

Yours is nice and clean but on really sludgy engines it can break some of that nasty stuff loose and actually cause major damage. Some of that sludge is already in the oil galleys , past the pump and filter. Guess where it goes when it break sloose? Right into the bearings!

Oct 20, 2001 | 09:01 AM

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Re: flushing the engine (ROD BROWN)

Now if they were talking about flushing the transmission, THAT'S a whole different story. I would recommend doing that when you go to change your transmission fluid and filter. This flush actually gets ALL the old fluid out of the trans and the torque convertor. My Chevy dealer charges about $100 to do this process plus the parts. (filter and trans fluid)

Oct 20, 2001 | 11:12 AM

tabbruzz

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Re: flushing the engine (ROD BROWN)

Rod,

Go to http://www.envirolution.com , This system is used at many dealerships around the country. I would call their tech support with any questions you may have.

Regards,
Tony