Kerosene To Flush Engine?

[kfud]

On 2001-06-07 19:19, effeddex wrote:
STP engine flush was CAD$9.99... taht's US$0.02...

btw, where is the friction gear noise supposed to come from and what is the friction gear??

cheers!

There's another STP flush you can buy. It 40$ CDN. smurf that $hit. :grin:

Cool! "f u k" turns into smurf, LOL! :grin:

[SlammedJDM]

what about a rinse of Automatic transmission fluid?? Thats what i do sometimes. Goes in bright red, comes out jet black.

[tracer bullet]

After reading all this here a few months ago, I did it. It DID get a lot of junk out of the engine, that is this stuff (run abot 25% kerosene and 75% cheap oil for 3 changes in a row, run about 10 minutes each, back to back) this stuff came out black the first time, dark the second time, and not as dark the third and final time. I refilled with Mobil 1 afterwards.

So it did apparently clean some stuff, however it did not get rid of any noises. In fact if anything, it might even be a little louder. I decided not to push it...

The next plan was to pull the valve covers off and take a look, at the same time as the friction gear washer and the phenos went in, the timing belt an water pump... Basically a big pull-it-all-apart day. I was planning to pull a couple lifters out and see if I could find out what's up with the noise, see how the cams looked, etc. Then either replace some stuff or do the flush again down the road to clean the rest.

(But my friend has it now, maybe he'll do it, I don't have to fix anything for the next 59,900 miles on mine ~ such a mixed feeling not having the PGT anymore)

[Rick_96PGT]

Any mechanical device in the engine that already has some defect will not be cured by flushing the engine with any substance...
If the defect exists before it will exist after...Thats a fact you can bet money on...

What the kerosene or any other flush does is remove deposits and sludge from the internal system...That is its sole purpose...

The reason I asked about his HLA's, is mine and a few people I know who have tried this also noticed that the HLA's were quieter to no noise at all after the flush with kerosene...

I took great pride in the maintenace of my engine and vehicle...The entire time I owned my vehicle, I never had a problem...Except that damn E-ram (POS)...

Maintenance is the key to longevity in an engine...This does not stop at oil changes either...
Regular decarbing and engine flushing is a must in my book.... (Usually once every 6 months, unless I was being lazy...)

[effeddex]

just one note for everyone who does a flush.
MAKE SURE to change your oil and filter after about 500 miles because the dissolved crap will reclog your HLAs.

And if you feel uneasy about the 1/4 oil 3/4 karosene, do a 50:50 mixture.

Cheers!

[Evil Probe]

I did this today and I'll say that when I did it the first time, it looked really black, almost like the oil that I drained out prior to the flush. The second go round, it really didn't look too bad. Just a question though. Each time after I put the mix in there, smoke was coming from the hole where you add the oil. Is this normal when doing this? The car is running fine though. I let it idle for about 10 minutes each time.

[TakimanPGT]

I'm going to try this. Lets see what happens.

[Hans[93GT]]

On Sunday June 3, 2001 8:03 PM, effeddex wrote:
any opinions on engine restore v6??

cheers

"Restore" is junk, snake-oil marketing.

By the way, since when does STP cost $40 Canadian? I don't understand where you guys are getting your prices. ANY bottle of engine flush, STP or otherwise, should only cost $3 to $5.

Also, no matter what you use to flush it with (STP or kerosene), you guys better change your oil a couple hundred miles afterwards, because there will be peices of sludge that won't come loose for a few more days.....and you don't want those pieces to clog the HLAs.

[tracer bullet]

I've done it, and I attributed the "smoke" to evaporating kerosene. It smelled like it anyway, not like something burning, but just simply getting warm and evaporating. You'll have to check exactly what yours looks and smells like, but I wouldn't be worried about it. Make sure not to overdo the amount of kerosene though, or you could be causing some hot spots, which would be BAD for the bearings.

[IsIt24]

Hans[93GT] is right, I just did the kerosene clean on monday, (did an excellent job, my oil is still clean after ~50miles), yes there was "white smoke" (the same kind I used to get when I took a propane torch to dry out kerosene heaters when I used to fix them, so tracer is right) but I just changed my valve cover gaskets (wednesday) and put pheno valve cover gaskets on, to get to the point there was a lot of "loose" gunk that just fell off under the covers, etc..

[Evil Probe]

I've still got about 2.5 gallons of Kerosene left after doing the flush. I bought 5 gal. cause I didn't know how much I would need. What should I do with the rest. Start a little bonfire with it? HEHEHEHE!

[Evil Probe]

I've still got about 2.5 gallons of Kerosene left after doing the flush. I bought 5 gal. cause I didn't know how much I would need. What should I do with the rest. Start a little bonfire with it? HEHEHEHE!

[effeddex]

when u drain all of that oil/karosene, what do you do w/ it?? so much oil!!

[TakimanPGT]

Just dispose of it in the correct way! Usually gas stations have a disposing tank or something.

[Evil Probe]

On Saturday October 20, 2001 3:29 AM, effeddex wrote:
when u drain all of that oil/karosene, what do you do w/ it?? so much oil!!

Call around to some local businesses and see if they run their furnaces off of oil. I know that some around here do.