Munch

Any good?


Got abit of a noise lifter problem (doesn't help when the oil is black as the ace of spades either), ive heard this stuff is susposed to cure it, Car needs a service so might aswel flush the old shit out hopfeully it will cure the problem


so isit a thumps up or a nah?

gingerman

i use a bit of diesel in the oil does the same thing
just at half the price lol
how would it cure the noise?

pani_k

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Do a search for engine flush on here......doesn't exactly have raving reviews lets say.

I'd buy a cheap proper budget oil of the required grade for your engine and run that in it for 1000 miles or so then drain it and refill it again with decent quality oil.

Munch

because the car has Hydrallic Lifters, it should clean the shit off them!

might aswel when it is gonna have a service, see if that cures the noise of them!

Munch

Oil that is recommend is 0w 30w fully synthetic stuff, hardly cheap @ Ł44 4litres!

fuck using Cheap tacky halfords oils

pani_k

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You're only using it for a few miles, less if you want doesn't have to be a thousand, the point being that you use it to get all the shit out of the engine to leave the decent oil a good base to start working upon.

Munch

mate, even the Halfords stuff is nearly Ł40!

Ł40 or Ł5 can of Engine flush....mmmm

pani_k

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Mate do a search on the forum for what a Ł5 can of engine flush can achieve. Or wait for the experts/people with more experience than me come and tell you what it achieves.

yappstar

https://passionford.com/forum/genera...ine-flush.html

https://passionford.com/forum/genera...nging-oil.html

Munch

intresting, its not for me its for a friend, Like i say it has noisey lifters, this is away that is susposed to get rid of it im toild

Cossy Mike

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Engine flush is poor, I used it my old XR2 years ago and it still contaminated the new oil even though I left it to drain overnight.

Think of the engine wear whilst it's in!

God never again

LHD220Turbo

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i used Wynn's on a diesel astra which had done 160,000 miles, the stuff worked miracles! - personally i wouldnt have a problem with using it in a shitty old car.

you can get some stuff just for lifter problems rather than an all round engine flush

G950KDT

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used it in my AX GTi before swapping to VTS power........never again. completely serviced it, filters, plugs, leads, oil.

ran fine no noises out of place before this... used engine flush with the service and then developed noisy tappets, head gasket gone and eventually burning a tonne of oil out the exhaust. took engine out, checked it all, no real damage from caning it as it barely saw 4000rpm at best, then saw reviews and spoke to people about this stuff........never went near it again complete con

Munch

intresting replys on those threads posted

As i said, the Oil in this car is black, the lifters are noisey as they are, surely it can't do it that much harm if the Oil is Really black, surely gotta be doing it a favor

LHD220Turbo

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try it on fresh thinner oil and see how that goes

DanW@FastFord

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Never had any issue with Halfords oil. Used it regularly on a Golf that had 240K when I sold it on. You just don't pay the 'cool tax' you pay with some other brands.

3i_gaz

am not a fan of engine flushes.

lucas stabalizer is good stuff if you have a noisy lifter.

Munch

lets be honest Dan, how many would use it in there Cossie's?

Fudgey

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isnt halfords oil just rebottled esso stuff?

thats what i heard a few years ago anyway?

Munch

isit?

Doesn't matter as i get i get 45% off @ Europarts who sell Castrol Edge anyway lol

ben_frst

crap i had to buy some halfords oil the other day and @Ł15 for 2 liters its not cheap i get 5 liters of fully synthetic for just under Ł12

Ginge !

mate not even staff get that

oil flush on a car thats done more than 70k miles and never been done before could cause the engine to burn oil ect as the gunk in the engine will be acting at a seal,,,, clean that and you get issues aswell as people blaming the flush for causing problems

do some research on oil, 1000k miles of cheep semi synthetic wont kill a engine,,,,,,,, and theres no chance you get 45% off castrol at euros as i work there

yappstar

Is the Ł40 with or without discount?

Or you could set up as a trader on here and rival oilman with those discounts!!

Munch

most


but i do & if i can get an Parts for ANY car not just euro, discontinued or not!

Munch

Ł44 in halfords, so whatever it is in euro's (i guess it will around the same price) i will get discount on that

i also get trade @ Cambley Auto factors etc but not as much

Munch

Ginge, i bet you i do get 45% off!


my contact there is very high up there!

kev 3dr

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a few very regular oil changes should sort it for you mate !!

Had a orion ghia years ago with noisy tappets and gunged up rocker cover etc and a did the oil and filter twice in the first month the once a month for 4 months and it worked wonders !! 6 months after the last oil change when i did it again the oil was still in cleanish colour

Glenn_

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I knew a lad who had a cavalier GSi and he used an engine flush.The tappets used to be as noisey as fook after he did it.

rs2klee

take the lifters out, tap them quite hard on a workbench or good surface and the center pin will come out with the old shitty oil, clean them up and put the center pin back, fit back into place. run the engine with some nice fresh oil, new filter ect. they will make a racket at 1st but will sort out after a few mins when the oil gets to the lifters.. sorted

OldDan

Agreed!

DanW@FastFord

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It doesn't automatically make it shit just because Cossie owners like to stick to certain brands.

Csm

Dinnae be too fussy with the cossie's, they either leak most of out out all the seals or burn it anyway or collect it in the breather tanks

dojj

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why don't you just find oilman o here and ask him

i've always changed the oil fairly regularly, but when i did the cossie i used to wait till it was change time, drop the oil, put some "normal" oil in, run around softly for about a week, then drop it and put the expensive stuff in

back then oil was fairly cheap and you could get away with doing this sort of thing and tipping it into and old container and duping it at the recycling depot, don't know if you can do that now as it's free for me at the local kwik fit

Munch

bump it up for some more thoughts

Cosworth 304R

Hello.

I've always used Wynn's motor cleaner on all my cars after I've bought them...Put new filters on them, and a good oil brand, and never had any problems what so ever.

For the 70's cars I always use Castrol GTX3 10w40 and a bottle of 250 ml Wynn's Gold.

On the M3 E30 and the Cossie I always use Castrol TWS Motorsport 10w60, and put no oil adictives.

I change the oil every 7.500 km's, doesn't matter if the oil looks new....or every year, even if the car does less km's than stated before.

For the old cars, to clean and save the valves I use castrol Valve Master Plus.

On the M3 and Cossie I use Bardhal Injector Cleaner every 5.000 km's.

That's about it...

Cheers

Jorge

Munch

cheers for the reply guys

saph4be

what worrys me is with all these garages now joining THE GOOD GARAGE SCHEME they use engine flush on every service!

pani_k

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Thank fuck then that I do the servicing myself.

Cosworth 304R

That's Crazy !!!

It´s only to be used ocasionally, I only use it once I buy the cars to clean the engine !

If used frequently in will damage the seals, because it's a agressive product !

You will get the same result on your motor seals, as if you use agressive flushing radiator fluids all the time on your radiator....What a bunch of Idiot Mother F***....

Steven_RW

My family use wynns flush on all their cars.

170k mile 1.3 a reg escort still going strong.
250k mile v6 mondeo still went strong.
170k 1.3 g reg estate, still went strong,
whatever mileage that was on my last v6 mondeo when I sold it to dumped, was loads over 100k iirc,
150k mile rsturbo running 195 at the wheels etc etc etc, u get the picture.

They were all perfect, powerful and clean engines.

HOWEVER in the M3 and the evo, I just pay someone to service it as u need to keep the history up and I don't think they flush it and the service intervals are massive compared to what we run on any of our other family cars.

RW