enginee flush

[Hardcore]

well. since my oil is lyk yellow. going to flush it out with that enginee flush you can buy. and place sum just crappy oil in it for a week. run it. and then do an oil change and change the filter, and put some proper good oil in.

am just posting to see if anyone has flushed there enginee before and is there anything i need to know before i do it lol? and you know the second time i put the oil in, after a week. shud i flush it again???

[mr rugby]

I carried out an engine flush last weekend.
I used a liquid flush called forte.
It is a reputable brand within the industry...so they say.

Heat engine to normal temp
Add the flush to existing oil
Tickover for approx 1/2 hour if engine oil is dirty/bad, or 20 mins if oil is clean.
Switch off
Let engine cool down.
Drop the oil and filter
Fit drain plug with new seal if required
Fit new filter
Top up with fresh oil
Check for leaks

There you go.

Mr Rugby.

[CraigMK4]

My oil was so f**ked i had to replace the oil seperator and breather pipe where all the membranes had blocked up. Just give it a flush and maybe check the airbox and clean any excess out of there too. Makes a huge difference!

[Hardcore]

ahh craig mate. were did you get that pipe from and how much did it cost you? orr do you know the sizeill need, and how is it attatched? cus ill just buy a colourfull one which is extended so i can put the little breather pipe near the airflow of my car cus i have a different air filter you see.

[Hardcore]

id better bump this.. lol before it gets too far down and forgotten about :O

i need to know how the breather pipe is conneected lol before the weekend :O:O and were is the oil seperator is that an easy job to replace?

[Spaceghost]

Planning on doing a flush/oil change over the easter weekend on my 6n to hopefully quieten thetappets down a bit!

Anybody know what the best oil is for the 6n engines? I've got the 1.4 8v.

Cheers!

[polo-sib]

ahh craig mate. were did you get that pipe from and how much did it cost you? orr do you know the sizeill need, and how is it attatched? cus ill just buy a colourfull one which is extended so i can put the little breather pipe near the airflow of my car cus i have a different air filter you see.

The breather pipe is linked to the air filter box which sits on thr throttle, it usually gets gunked up with an oil and water mixture from short journeys, so pouring some flush down there wont do any harm, the pipe has about a 1.4 diameter and is entering the filter box at about 45 degrees from the drivers side.

But most of the oil flush is poured into where you would pour the oil top up, once done run engine for half hour pour all old oil out from the bottom of the car jacked up, once empty take oil filter of with oil wrench. Put new oil filter on, tighten the oil bolt back on and fill up with your new oil.

I recommend Castrol GTX 10w-40 I think, or the even better Castrol Edge 5w-30, which I am planning on trying on next. Hope this helps.

[CraigMK4]

Sorry Hardcore i never saw your question! Bought the breather for about 4 quid from my local VW spares place. I only replaced it because the problem persisted, and a lot of other parts were being replaced on the oil line at the same time so it was worth doing.

[Hardcore]

lol its ok. cheers.

i bort sum of the mobil super s. semi synthetic stuff. shud be doing it this weekend wif me dad and changing the oil breether pipe. extending it to where the airflow is to my enignee. iv also found a guy whos going to change my head gasket and skim it for me:) soo should be good. hes gona fit the GT camshaft which iv been after for ageees, and change the timing belt and water pump shud all b done by the end of this munf ill b well happy if it all works out cus everything has gone rong so far haha .


cheers for all your help fellas!!