Cleaning gunk out of engine

Posted by Bruce on February 27, 2004 at 08:04:52 from (24.213.27.142):

I discovered that my bobcat's engine has a lot of oil "gunk" on the bottom of the oil pan. Normally, I would drop the pan and clean it...problem with this is...I have to remove the engine from the machine to access the oil pan. This appears to be a significant amount of work, and while I understand that it would be the "best" way to remove it, I would prefer to find a way to flush most of the stuff out. I have been soaking it with kerosine, and flushing through the engine, but does anyone know of a better way or oil system flush I could use??

My intention now is to use a hose and air pressure to spray kerosine into the oil pan from the oil plug drain hole in an effort to " flush" the gunk out, then run new oil and filter for 20 minutes, then drain, flush again, and refill with oil and new filter for a longer run. ( maybe a few hours on this oil) before changing again.....

I am looking for any better ideas.....short of removing the engine...

Thanks

Bruce

Follow Ups:

• Re: Cleaning gunk out of engine Bill Smith 09:56:04 02/27/04 (1)
  • Re: Re: Cleaning gunk out of engine Ol Chief 19:09:07 02/27/04 (0)

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