RangeRoller dt
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Okay I will add a poll option just for you mate
ok am confused, can't see post numbers, never mind lol
Only works if its an iphone 6.5.I couldn’t see post numbers in past, I can now on iphone6 but only if screen is sideways.
Worse for a phone, you get post numbers but also everybody's signature (some are huge) after every message
Add,black is normal, frequent oil and filter changes better than flushing.Okay I will add a poll option just for you mate
Yes fuel not sump oil.Thst was the fuel it ran on not what was in the sump surely
ok am confused, can't see post numbers, never mind lol
Morning Tony, I only posted that in case any inexperienced member got confuse and filled their sump with paraffin.Yes fuel not sump oil.
Morning Tony, I only posted that in case any inexperienced member got confuse and filled their sump with paraffin.
It's ok just don't close the bonnet if the wick in the oil filler is litHold on. You mean I shouldn't have filled mine with paraffin?! I thought that was part of the flushing process.
Morning Tony, I only posted that in case any inexperienced member got confuse and filled their sump with paraffin.
Morning Alan. I did mention that Paraffin was used back in the day as a flushing agent for diesels. Common practice to add it to sump oil as a flush.
That sounds more realistic, I wouldn't want the engine running with kerosene in the sump, iI would be worried about the pressures put on the big ends and main bearings without propper lubrication.Kerosine seems still popular too for flushing. There’s a guy on YT fills his engine entirely with it, then takes the fuel pump fuse out so it won’t run, cranks 50 times then drops and uses the kerosine to run his heater after.
Ye ive seen ones that pour water into intake to clean out old diesels. If it hydrolocks can bend the pistons all sortsThat sounds more realistic, I wouldn't want the engine running with kerosene in the sump, iI would be worried about the pressures put on the big ends and main bearings without propper lubrication.
The results are.... Hardly surprising
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Left is drop one - black , right is drop 2 (+white) - black
Well done Alan bach
Main difference is how much thinner drop 2 is. I do believe the agents in the white helped to catalyse the suspension of the dirt but being thinner allows it to flow out far betterer. It’s hard to tell but especially on the dipstick the mixture doesn’t look black as much as gray like @landowner mentioned and was particularly easier to clean up the black in the filter housing etc after drop 2. Another 200ml or so drained out when left overnight plus I managed to swob some more out of the drain hole
I’m reserving judgement until its ran with new decent oil a bit, but there is a lot less crap floating around my engine now no doubt. True this would also be the case without the additive, maybe driving it a while is the best way for the oil to absorb most residue before dropping?
Frequency is definitely the key factor either way.