<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">That link is about flushing oil coolers and lines. It seems to me you’re talking about flushing your motor as well, which has all kinds of complicated traps that hold stuff. I’m not questioning the benefits of flushing external lines and coolers, but I don’t think I’d flush a motor. Mine get disassembled and cleaned pretty often as it is. <br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 1, 2018, at 9:14 PM, Jim Gray <<a href="mailto:toodamnfunky@comcast.net" class="">toodamnfunky@comcast.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Bill,<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">I have equipped my oiling system so I can tap into it anywhere and force feed old oil out and new oil in. It’s really pretty painless and the reward has been cleaner, longer living motors.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">If your wondering who does this, pro race teams do it.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.hotflusher.com/performance.cfm?Page=6" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://www.hotflusher.com/performance.cfm?Page=6</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">I had a conversation about oil quality with Lake Speed about four years ago and have been a believer ever since . My brother races a Porsche 914 with -12 lines running to two mocal coolers<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">in the front of the car. That system carries roughly four to five quarts in the coolers and the lines alone. Would you change the motor oil and leave all that old oil in there? We don’t.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">I say why wouldn’t you do it if your oiling system is set up to do it. I’m just adding a couple simple components to my pressure cooker oil charger and by the weekend<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">will have a filtered recirculating flush system, so, why<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i class="">wouldn’t</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I do it? After the addition of the fluid pump and filter I’ll have about $ 150.00 invested in the system<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">and about three hours labor. I consider it time & money well spent.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">jg<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Bill [<a href="mailto:Bill@ponostyle.com" class="">mailto:Bill@ponostyle.com</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, January 1, 2018 11:14 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Jim Gray <<a href="mailto:toodamnfunky@comcast.net" class="">toodamnfunky@comcast.net</a>><br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>fot <<a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" class="">fot@autox.team.net</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Fot] oil line & cooler flush chems<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">I have to ask: Why? It seems you’d potentially do damage with whatever solvent you use being trapped somewhere it won’t drain from. Who does this? I’ve never heard of it as a racing practice. Might be a way to extend the life of high mileage engines, but even that seems unlikely. <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""><br class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></div><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;" class="" type="cite"><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">On Jan 1, 2018, at 10:31 AM, Jim Gray via Fot <<a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">fot@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">First, Happy New Year !<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">I hope everyone has a break free & leak free 2018.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Anyhoo, I’m moving to my next stage of engine & oil cleanliness. In the next couple weeks I’m making a recirculating oil cooler and line cleaner<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">with filtration. What I’m not sure about at this point is a suitable chemical to do the work. I’ve heard about kerosene but just thought I’d ask<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">the collective for input.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Currently I use my home made pressure cooker oil flusher/charger thingy. I made it so I can push pressurized, heated generic/low cost oil through all my lines and cooler<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">just to get minor particulates out and then fill everything with new Valvoline 20/50. I have oil line taps throughout the system so I can pre-prime the accusump, lines & cooler<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">and for pre-start up priming.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Any thoughts on a suitable chemical or petrol product I could circulate without blowing things up ?<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Thanks as always,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">jim g<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">_______________________________________________<br class=""></span><a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">fot@autox.team.net</span></a><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""><br class=""></span><a href="http://www.fot-racing.com/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">http://www.fot-racing.com</span></a><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""><br class="">Donate:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">http://www.team.net/donate.html</span></a><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><br class="">Archive:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.team.net/archive" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">http://www.team.net/archive</span></a><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><br class="">Forums:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.team.net/forums" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">http://www.team.net/forums</span></a><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><br class="">Unsubscribe/Manage:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/bill@ponostyle.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/bill@ponostyle.com</span></a></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>