Carrington, Tom wrote: > > I have heard of changing the oil, but substitute one of the quarts of oil > with ATF (Automatic Transmission Fluid. Supposedly the ATF has a high > detergent concentration to help knock out the sludge from auto tranny valve > bodies. > > Run the engine for a day or two with that mixture, then change the oil and > filter again. > > TomC > tcarrington@relitech.com > http://www.relitech.com/tomc > http://volksweb.relitech.com > 85 Vanagon Crew Cab > 82 Westy diesel=>gas conversion > 65 Notchback > > > > > Volks, > > > > After changing from winter to summer tires on me moms 94 VW Vento, I > > also pulled the oil dip stick, to check the level. It was > > plenty of oil, > > but the oil was more like black syrup. How do I wash the > > engine, on the > > inside? I can think of one way to do it, buy 20 liters of cheap oil, a > > couple of filters and change oil once a week 4 times, and fill up with > > good oil. Does the list think this is a good way to do it, or should I > > do it in any other way? > > multi grade oil is loaded with detergents and if anything I would add marvel mystery oil and change it twice a week or every ten heat cycles atf is for tranys and thats all I would use it for Bob |
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