Posted by trucker40 on October 26, 2008 at 18:00:09 from (69.152.171.118):
In Reply to: engine oil posted by mikegpage on October 25, 2008 at 19:39:53:
The thing to do is switch to Rotella 15-40.You can find it lots of places,diesel specs are better than gas anyway,and it might actually clean it up.It is probably a good idea to remove the pan and clean the sludge out anyway no matter what oil you use.The biggest thing you have to worry about is the screen of your oil pickup getting plugged up with crud and causing damage.If its an old motor you dont know anything about its a good idea to pull the pan anyway,look at the bearings if the oil pressure is low maybe put them in.Of the motors I tore down,the ones that had Rotella 15-40 were the cleanest inside.The only thing that might happen is it might leak out the front and back seal.If it does it needs new main bearings and new seals anyway.
One time an old guy told me to drain the oil in his pickup and leave the filter on it and then put the plug back in the pan.I did.Then he poured a gallon of Diesel in it and fired it up and let it idle.Then drained that out and put new oil and filter back in it.He said he did that once in a while.Maybe he was on to something because that was in 1987 and he still has that old Chevy pickup,with the same motor in it,and he still drives it sometimes,and he drives the heck out of it,70mph everywhere.A clean motor is a happy motor.I dont know if I would go that far,but I would change the oil a few times if nothing else to get the sludge out.
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