Going to get car serviced, oil change etc and seem to remember reading that engine flush, which most garages seem to use, is not good for turbo cars. Is this the case. Also, what oil for a cosworth.

 

20w/50 for summer, 5W50 for winter.

why should you flush your engine? regular 5000km oil change does it better and keeps your engine in good condition.

 

Engine flush if used regular good if not bad, I use castrol 10/60 all the time in my escort cos


Dave

 

Dave,

how often is regular, I get the car serviced every 6k miles, mostly to keep a good record and get a stamp from the garage, and keeping an eye on the oil in between. Should I be changing the oil more often ie 3k miles?.

 

If a engine is clean and oil been changed regually then its always a good idear to use engine flush, I do. I change my oil every 2500 miles mybe i am a bit fussey .

If i was you i would change it every 3K , 6K is a bit long in a cossie, exspecally if you drive it how it should be driven, Never use engine flush in a engine full of black sluge as it ends up in the sump and blocks the oil strainer,

Dave

 

5000km, thats about 3000miles. its good to change oils in 3000miles. but i dont think engine flush is needed. good oil cleans engine better.

 

I never use engine flush on my cossie engine, heard the hydraulic tappets dont like it, and I use Mobil1 Motorsport oil in mine, 15w50? oil changed every 3-6000miles.

 

 

decent quality oil and regular changes should be no need at all to use a engine flush.

if you do use a flush though bear in mind any crap that may be sticking to the sides of the block etc is all going to get loosened up and thus in a very short time will fill the oil filter full of shite so you'd be best to change the oil filter within a few days of running a flush through it.

personaly i wouldn't touch the stuff though

 

Don't flush, just use a decent synthetic oil.

The addative packs in proper synthetics are better and you won't need to flush.

Cheers
Simon

 

Dont bother with the flush mate did that to an XR2 once along with a full service and i ended up with huge amounts of back pressure and oil pouring out everywhere!

as has been said good quality regular changes are the key