Should I use engine flush?

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Re: Should I use engine flush?

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Chose not to have it. Seemed to be not much point from your posts. Got car back but they never changed the damn fuel filter or the pollen filter. I asked them to change the oil and all the filters but the girl obviously didn' t pick up what i was saying. I can change the pollen filter (in the passenger footwell????). Can I just drop in a new fuel filter, making sure to clean oit the housing or should I change whole housing?
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Re: Should I use engine flush?

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Have you a photo of your fuel filter?
I think yours may be one where the whole thing is sealed and has to be changed as a unit - they always send one for me and I have to return it.
If it is a replaceable paper filter then the retaining ring can be quite difficult to shift.
I bought some oil filter pliers and they do the job quite well and are not expensive.

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If it is the second type, I always remove the filter housing and give it a good clean. Probably unnecessary but doesn't hurt.
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Post by Eddie Nuff »

I've always flushed out with diesel. Chuck a small cupful in as it warms up, drop the oil and then flush out until clear.
Every six months for the past eight years on my old Xantia - oil doesn't start to darken until five months in. :-D
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Eddie Nuff wrote:I've always flushed out with diesel. Chuck a small cupful in as it warms up, drop the oil and then flush out until clear.
Every six months for the past eight years on my old Xantia - oil doesn't start to darken until five months in. :-D
Same here. I became a fan of this after chucking a litre of diesel in the oil of a 4 litre HO Jeep Cherokee that was rattling it's tits off at the top end. Drove it around a few days like that, changed the oil and it was quiet as a mouse ever after


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