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MustangMan00 -> engine sludge (5/10/2008 10:56:47 PM)

just got a beater, i opened the oil cap and it looks pretty nasty, but it did make a 400 mile trip home and got 36 mpgs, so it cant be that bad right?/

wantign to know if you guys know of any oil additives that I could use to help me out?

thanks a lot

  
99BlackPonyGT -> RE: engine sludge (5/10/2008 10:58:04 PM)

drain the oil out and run water through it to clean it out [8D]

mattlowe01 -> RE: engine sludge (5/10/2008 10:59:50 PM)

no no no your doing it wrong 99

you need to suck sand through your intake while the car is running to clean everything. Its kinda like sandblasting...

SKAR -> RE: engine sludge (5/10/2008 11:03:24 PM)

what do you mean by sludge? like nasty oil? or like white jizz?

dimebag -> RE: engine sludge (5/10/2008 11:06:01 PM)

seafoam

Jasperstang308 -> RE: engine sludge (5/10/2008 11:06:06 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: MustangMan00

just got a beater, i opened the oil cap and it looks pretty nasty, but it did make a 400 mile trip home and got 36 mpgs, so it cant be that bad right?/

wantign to know if you guys know of any oil additives that I could use to help me out?

thanks a lot


do a couple oil changes to clean it out

SKAR -> RE: engine sludge (5/10/2008 11:08:59 PM)

run oil syestem cleaner in it then change your oil



simpsonfan13 -> RE: engine sludge (5/10/2008 11:26:00 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Jasperstang308

quote:

ORIGINAL: MustangMan00

just got a beater, i opened the oil cap and it looks pretty nasty, but it did make a 400 mile trip home and got 36 mpgs, so it cant be that bad right?/

wantign to know if you guys know of any oil additives that I could use to help me out?

thanks a lot


do a couple oil changes to clean it out


id do that AND seafoam it
and mustangman whats your new beater?

mustangcat -> RE: engine sludge (5/10/2008 11:28:56 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: mattlowe01

no no no your doing it wrong 99

you need to suck sand through your intake while the car is running to clean everything. Its kinda like sandblasting...


I was gonna suggest pooring gatorade in the ciggarette lighter..

connor90 -> RE: engine sludge (5/10/2008 11:37:13 PM)

just change the oil...flush it if you want but thats probably not necessary. 

while your at it make sure to grease your muffler bearings and top off your blinker fluid

white04gt -> RE: engine sludge (5/11/2008 1:03:31 AM)

They do sell that big can of engine sludge cleaner.  You put it in the oil before you change it.  Let the engine run a few minutes.  It's really really thin and breaks down the sludge.  Just make sure you dont run the engine more than a few minutes.

mattlowe01 -> RE: engine sludge (5/11/2008 5:55:03 AM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: mustangcat

quote:

ORIGINAL: mattlowe01

no no no your doing it wrong 99

you need to suck sand through your intake while the car is running to clean everything. Its kinda like sandblasting...


I was gonna suggest pooring gatorade in the ciggarette lighter..




no no no no... the gatoraid helps with eletrical problems, like a dead battery. Its the electrolytes... DUH [:@][:@]

imnotmy77stang -> RE: engine sludge (5/11/2008 7:26:25 AM)

PROTIP:

gotta watch it if your wanting to flush it..... you put in a motor flush and chunks of crap break lookse they can end up clogging your oil pump pickup screen or an oil galley somewhere and just land you with a failed motor. not to mention even after countless flushes the inside of that motor will still look like absolute crap.

flushes only work when there is no real "buildup" to speak of, they are the equiv. of just rinsing off a plate with 8 day old taco meat stuck to it when what it really needs is a scrub to get the crap off of there.

HONESTLY, the best thing to do if its running ok now is to do regular oil changes to prevent further buildup and just leave it alone.



Explosive -> RE: engine sludge (5/11/2008 8:50:58 AM)

Change your erl and call it good. It's a beater.

r.barn -> RE: engine sludge (5/11/2008 8:54:11 AM)

Seafoam

MustangMan00 -> RE: engine sludge (5/11/2008 9:39:19 AM)

its a 95 mercury tracer(1.9L 5 spd) and thanks guys im bout to run to the parts store and pick up some stuff

imnotmy77stang -> RE: engine sludge (5/11/2008 9:49:44 AM)

glad you took the only sound advice posted in this thread [8|]

  

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