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Ditch
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   18th Feb 05 at 10:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
give it an oil flush, then flush it again... and again!!


Hardly any of the awful tappet noise on cold start, and runs a dream!!
Sod the labour involved in cleaning out the tappetts!
just make sure your oil is actually spotless clean!
Ditch
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18th Feb 05 at 10:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
( awaits the "I change my oil twice a day posts")
willay
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18th Feb 05 at 10:28   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
you await any posts I think.
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I change my oil twice a day for performance
Ditch
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18th Feb 05 at 10:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by willay
you await any posts I think.


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18th Feb 05 at 10:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
remove rocker cover, n cams..... remove lifters...

soak in petrol overnight to clean, then soak in engine oil for a while.... then refit....

flushing oil through the engine wont really do much to them
Ditch
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18th Feb 05 at 10:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
It stopped the nasty rattling for now, and can imagine it has cleaned some gunk off the little diaphram bit, but obviously not gonna be as effective as doing it properly...
bradfincham
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18th Feb 05 at 11:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
its not a massive job to sort them, as ak said clean them with petrol then soak them in oil! Not a massive job really!
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18th Feb 05 at 11:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
sorted my nasty noise, was the oil cap that was loose and rattling, i been adding loads of additives and stuff
Ditch
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18th Feb 05 at 11:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
get a new car before that one dies on you 3CM
Fad
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18th Feb 05 at 12:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
not a great fan of that engine flush shit as it fucked my first set of lifter and started leaks all over the place...
also i heard soaking it in petrol to unblock the pin hole in lifters is a bad idea its alright for a while then eventually it messes them up. I have never done this myself just heard it from someone i know who rebuilds these engines on a daily basis.
3CorsaMeal
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18th Feb 05 at 12:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Ditch
get a new car before that one dies on you 3CM


am working on that one
Ditch
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18th Feb 05 at 12:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Fad
not a great fan of that engine flush shit as it fucked my first set of lifter and started leaks all over the place...
also i heard soaking it in petrol to unblock the pin hole in lifters is a bad idea its alright for a while then eventually it messes them up. I have never done this myself just heard it from someone i know who rebuilds these engines on a daily basis.


never actually used any engine flush either, just used up about £1000000 worth of Vaux oil, and every time I drained it came out that little bit cleaner!!

Its had about five/six oil changes in the last month, as the sump has been off as many times!! Just glad I wasnt the one paying for the oil
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18th Feb 05 at 12:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I've had more oil changes than weeks the car's had the engine in.
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must be coming of to that time of year when i change my oil

 
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