Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 20:03:55 -0600
Reply-To: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject: Re: coffee filter oil test
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I got your photo and it looks near perfect; as it should.
I wouldn't bother with any more of these nasty filter test unless you
have occasion to run engine flush or get another VW from another source
and run the engine flush on it.
Personally I use this test on 80-83 Westies or Vanagons that I buy to
restore or recycle.
One of the first things I do is run Siloo, Gunk or other engine flush and
strain the oil to determine if the engine is worth working on. I've
gotten some pretty nasty looking bearing flakes, bronze particles, gasket
sealer, pieces of O rings and silicone sealer from these engines. On some
of the engines that have been sitting for several years I've gotten rust
and a fair amount of iron with the flushed oil. I always get a lot of
just plain old soot and grit.
Most of the old VWs I get are pretty well worn with an unknown history
but if the lifters can be cleaned the combination of the flush and MMO
will normally bring them around after about ten start - run cycles that
bring the engine up to full operating temperature.
Thanks for your diligence in working through this testing, cleaning,
straining routine with me.
Stan Wilder
On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 15:20:27 -0800 developtrust <developtrust@HOME.COM>
writes:
> Dear Stan and group,
> Stan Wilder's advice has been helpful and thoughtful to me. Today I
> took
> your idea and mixed about a half cup of that oil which I drained
> yesterday.
> The oil that was run with Marvel Mystery oil for 700 miles.
>
> I took a photo of the opened coffee filter and don't see much. I
> used one of
> those no bleached brown coffee filters. I will pmail the photo to
> Stan or
> anyone else who want to see. The specs on the filter might just be
> bits of
> plastic specs from the oil container as it was dirty to begin with
> from
> previous oil changes.
>
> It would have been better to filter the oil from the engine flush a
> week or
> so ago but that oil is long gone. Stan I wish I had the benefit of
> your
> experience before I threw away that engine flush oil. It would have
> been
> useful to see what was fluched out.
>
> Fortunately in my opinion the oil from ths last change looks pretty
> clean.
> Stan I'll pmail you a copy of that coffee filter photo. Anyone else
> interested pmail me for the photo. Next time I'll use the white
> coffee
> filters. We use the brown filters at home because the bleached white
> ones
> contribute to cancer.
>
> William Polowniak
> 1989 Vanagon GL
> 1988 Mercedes 300 SE
>
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