3.0 engine flush?

[Deleted User 38384]

I'm thinking about doing an engine flush with AmSoil Engine Flush this weekend when I do my oil change.

Any reasons I shouldn't do this?

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[grimmjeeper]

 

[Deleted User 38384]

I've used seafoam in the wife's Subaru, but the amsoil stuff is a little bit different. You simply poured in, idle the vehicle for 15 minutes turn it off and do your oil change.

Seafoam wants you to put a 100 to 300 mi on the vehicle before you do the oil change.


I mostly just curious if it might adversely affect the turbo in any way. If you haven't noticed, our oil gets pretty black pretty quick. I just think it would be a good idea to be preemptive about sludge buildup.

 

[grimmjeeper]

I've used seafoam in the wife's Subaru, but the amsoil stuff is a little bit different. You simply poured in, idle the vehicle for 15 minutes turn it off and do your oil change.

Seafoam wants you to put a 100 to 300 mi on the vehicle before you do the oil change.


I mostly just curious if it might adversely affect the turbo in any way. If you haven't noticed, our oil gets pretty black pretty quick. I just think it would be a good idea to be preemptive about sludge buildup.

Personally, I just change the oil regularly and more often than recommended. The detergents in the oil help prevent sludge buildup.

All of the snake oil treatments and cleaners are just that. Snake oil.

 

[Deleted User 38384]

Personally, I just change the oil regularly and more often than recommended. The detergents in the oil help prevent sludge buildup.

All of the snake oil treatments and cleaners are just that. Snake oil.

Yeah I'm a 5,000 mi oil change guy myself.

I do agree with the snake oil stuff, other than lubrication in the fuel for our diesels, most of that shit don't do crap.

I just know that dumping soot into the engine does impact the oil as well. I feel like it probably leaves more sludge than gassers do.

I'll just run the flush and if anything negative comes of it I'll let y'all know about it so you don't do the same.

 

[AC77]

I replace the oil an filter around 4500

engine flush they all contain Kerosene

 

[grimmjeeper]

Yeah I'm up 5,000 mi oil change guy myself.

I do agree with the snake oil stuff, other than lubrication in the fuel for our diesels, most of that shit don't do crap.

I just know that dumping soot into the engine does impact the oil as well. I feel like it probably leaves more sludge than gassers do.

I'll just run the flush and if anything negative comes of it I'll let y'all know about it so you don't do the same.

I agree on fuel lubrication. At least for the fuel pumps we got from the factory. That one is somewhat documented.

My concern with these cleaning treatments is what they do to the oil. How much thinner do they make it and how does that affect their ability to protect the bearings? How much damage is being done when you dump that stuff in your engine?

 

[Chris A]

YouTube a guy named Lake Speed an oil expert. Explains why oil additives can be a bad thing. He is a proponent of fuel additives due to the quality of US diesel. Very interesting if you are into the techie stuff.

 

[garykk]

Don’t waste your money. Regular oil / filter changes with the proper oil will keep your engine clean.

 

[Deleted User 38384]

I replace the oil an filter around 4500

engine flush they all contain Kerosene

I was actually reading on a TJ forum that they say kerosene is cool to flush your engine with only if you're doing an engine rebuild, and that otherwise you should use one with detergents and not kerosene itself. Also read that for gas vehicles, diesel is a great product to use as an engine oil flush.

I'll definitely have to look at the AmSoil product I have and see if it lists kerosene as part of the ingredients. Though honestly with a 16 oz bottle and it only being in my engine for 10 to 15 minutes, I doubt it's going to do any damage.

Y'all should see the reviews for these things, they're like night and day positivity.

Initially I was thinking about running Royal Purple 0W-40 because it is a API-SP product, But kind of decided against it mostly because it would have cost me $130 bucks to get 12 quarts, and there weren't many options to get anything but 12 quarts unless I wanted to spend $80 to get exactly 9 quarts, So I was like let's try something else.

The other option is run some seafoam in there for a hundred miles and then do my oil change. I did that and the wife Subaru at 55,000 mi, and her oil came out much darker than it normally does.

 

[Deleted User 38384]

YouTube a guy named Lake Speed an oil expert. Explains why oil additives can be a bad thing. He is a proponent of fuel additives due to the quality of US diesel. Very interesting if you are into the techie stuff.

Yeah I was watching some guy I think his name was like oil nerd guy or something like that on YouTube, he was basically saying the same thing. That's part of the reason why I stopped running Hotshot products in my oil.

 

[AC77]

I was actually reading on a TJ forum that they say kerosene is cool to flush your engine with only if you're doing an engine rebuild, and that otherwise you should use one with detergents and not kerosene itself. Also read that for gas vehicles, diesel is a great product to use as an engine oil flush.

I'll definitely have to look at the AmSoil product I have and see if it lists kerosene as part of the ingredients. Though honestly with a 16 oz bottle and it only being in my engine for 10 to 15 minutes, I doubt it's going to do any damage.

Y'all should see the reviews for these things, they're like night and day positivity.

Initially I was thinking about running Royal Purple 0W-40 because it is a API-SP product, But kind of decided against it mostly because it would have cost me $130 bucks to get 12 quarts, and there weren't many options to get anything but 12 quarts unless I wanted to spend $80 to get exactly 9 quarts, So I was like let's try something else.

The other option is run some seafoam in there for a hundred miles and then do my oil change. I did that and the wife Subaru at 55,000 mi, and her oil came out much darker than it normally does.

I was a parts guy back in the 90’s at a few parts places. Kragen. Chief and etc. I’ve tested all and everything lol and smelled the bottles specifically the engine flush. And I know what kerosene smells like without reading the ingredients. Almost all kerosene is safe (at least back then ). Even the engine degreasers like Gunk it’s kerosene. It breaks down sludge easily and any grease. Tar. Etc. just my 3 cents

 

[Deleted User 38384]

I was a parts guy back in the 90’s at a few parts places. Kragen. Chief and etc. I’ve tested all and everything lol and smelled the bottles specifically the engine flush. And I know what kerosene smells like without reading the ingredients. Almost all kerosene is safe (at least back then ). Even the engine degreasers like Gunk it’s kerosene. It breaks down sludge easily and any grease. Tar. Etc. just my 3 cents

So then, in your expert opinion, do you think it would be a bad idea to put straight kerosene into the oil and idle it for 15 minutes?

 

[AC77]

So then, in your expert opinion, do you think it would be a bad idea to put straight kerosene into the oil and idle it for 15 minutes?

I wouldn't consider my an " expert" and i would NOT put straight kerosene in any engine, diesle or gas, the engine flush over the counters are diluted its not full Kerosene, if there was a possible concern with my won diesel, i would remove the oil pan and inspect, and also get in touch with diesel mechanic and the product that one would like to use as a quick flush , these new motors i assume are sensitive

 

[Deleted User 38384]

I agree on fuel lubrication. At least for the fuel pumps we got from the factory. That one is somewhat documented.

My concern with these cleaning treatments is what they do to the oil. How much thinner do they make it and how does that affect their ability to protect the bearings? How much damage is being done when you dump that stuff in your engine?

I do agree, it does thin it out. That's part of why with the AmSoil stuff you're not supposed to put the engine under load, just supposed to idle it for 10 to 15 minutes.

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