Posted by ScottyHOMEy on January 14, 2011 at 23:20:36 from (70.105.249.18):
In Reply to: engine oil posted by Mike from Wisconsin on January 14, 2011 at 16:52:55:
All the advice is good.
Detergent for sure, but Brian's idea about dropping the pan on a machine of questionable/unkown history to clean it first is a good one. All you'll need is a new pan gasket and to make note, as you take them out, of where the longer and shorter bolts around its circumference go.
Detergent oil will suspend the crud it picks up, so it's a good idea to get rid of any excess crud you can and the pan is the most accessible access to the most likely place for crud to accumulate.
You could also remove the valve cover (a new gasket should be budgeted there, as well) and wipe off anything you can reach handily with a lint-free rag. If it's especially ugly under there, you can brush it down with a parts brush and kerosene/diesel (pan off or drain plug open).
From that point,after things are buttoned back up, run it, but shorten up the first couple of oil-AND-filter change intervals. Change out first at 3-5 hours, and again another ten after that, then go back to the regular interval.
Detergent oil doesn't scrub or break up accretions of crud. It just suspends what it picks up so that it can be carried to the filter.
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