Re: Engine Flush
Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 8:28 pm
greyhair wrote:Getting the Penrire Sin oil put into my engine tomorrow.
penrite Technical recommended that I put a detergent based engine flush in the old oil first and not use a solvent based flush.
He recommended Sonax or said he thought Valvoline did one, think that is branded Pyroil.
The guy was a technical bloke and did not sound like he was just trying to seel me something He did recommend his competitors product if I could not get Sonax.
Can only find Nulon, Wynns or Lucas which apparently are all solvent based.
Question
Do I need to use an engine flush, does anybody know why a solvent based one should not be used, if Wynns , Nulon etc. are selling them you would think there would be bad publicity if they damaged engines.
I Doubt they will damage engines, because it most likely does very little,
and is not realy a strong detergent,
I would say its totally unnecesary in a regular serviced engine, as the new oil and filter is the best detergent for your engine, so to speak.
