What r u guys' opinion on Engine Flushing, Decarbonizing, etc ?

[nitrus]

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[martinchan]

engine flushing...eerr.. i done it every 10.000km.
fuel saver and more powerful. go a head for that.

 

[arcurad]

If for me i would prefer Flushing my engine instead cuz its more effective i think :Not_Impressed:

 

[minikar]

Correct me if I am wrong.

Decarbonizing - cleaning the combustion chamber >upper engine. Some says carbon cleaning.

Flushing - cleaning lower engine where your engine oil is.

Another one would be manifold and injector cleaning.

 

[punktuichea]

decarbonizing is clean all the carbon inside ur angine related to the combustion.
is so good for doing that, i highly recommand to clean it.
this can maintain ur engine to tip top condition.
it's prevent clog/slow respone or low power hapen to ur car.
can do every 20k km,since the price oso not so cheap.
and the engine flushing is use to flush out all the sticky dirt from ur engine.
but the disadvantage is wil wear ur engine cylinder and piston ring ezly if do it so often.
i wil do it every 50k km.
dun so often to flush ur engine, it wil cause pressure leak in cumbustion chamber.
and wil damage oso the moving parts inside ur engine slowly if flush engine so often.

 

[minikar]

Many believe is a NO to flush oil engine, I agree to that as most of the part are so loose and you might lost more compression and more loose part.

'light flushing' can be done by using the same viscosity DIESEL's car engine oil for a short while for extra cleaning.

 

[radiohead77]

my mech say its okay to flush. just done my flushing. feel better.

 

[minikar]

Moderately new engine is ok to flush but not for old engine i guess

 

[radiohead77]

my engine 1998 . okay kar? 200 000KM clocked

 

[minikar]

It depends. Generally, considering an 8 year-old engine that clocked 200k should has suffered considerable wear and tear.

If you never flush your engine before and been using mineral/ semi-syn all this long, I suggest is not a good time to start flushing or changing to synthetic oil.

 

[huakenny]

can flush but dun use flushing chemicals.

use lighter grade engine oil to flush it....so it wont harm internal parts...


or u can use diesel engine's engine oil coz the detergant effect in diesel engine oil is better than gasoline engine oil.....

 

[minikar]

If you think flushing is necessary, then go the milder way. http://engineoil.blogspot.com/2006/08/clean-your-engine-inside-out.html

 

[JINEIL2EN]

hahahahaha......."old pants no to wash" hahahaaha.....

 

[ylkien]

Well, here is my opinion :

1) Flushing
Previously, I used to flush my engine every alternate oil change. But after that, i read on a site, that flushing was the "old" way, as engine oils nowadays can work properly w/o flushing. Ability of the engine oil is determined by how much "soot" it can hold. When flushing, it might spoil piston rings, as it "strips" the oil off.

2) De-carbon'ising
Haven't tried it before, as I don't know how this product actually works. Saw pictures of cars having this done. There was a lot of white smoke coming out.

 

[huakenny]

De-carbon'ising
Haven't tried it before, as I don't know how this product actually works. Saw pictures of cars having this done. There was a lot of white smoke coming out.

its a chemical.....suck into vacuum hose so it can reach combustion chamber...to clean the carbon deposit inside....can pm me if u wanna know more:_:

 

[minikar]

I am still wondering why it has to be white smoke when decarbonise. I am not saying I am non-believer, could it be water vapour. Some decarbonising chemical cantain water, hydrocide or alchohol.

 

[mengz]

white smoke bcoz its carbon being burnt. if its clean, wun have white smoke coming out. at 1st i also had the same thought as u. so to prove to myself, i did the decarb process twice in a row. 1st time alot of white smoke coming out etc etc. when the white smoke subside, i did the process one more time. this time very minimal smoke only. so, it shows that the white smoke is not from the chemical.

anyways its a very simple DIY job ler. just get the chemical anybody can do it themselves. to whoever that needs help, just pm me and i'll be more than happy to help :)

 

[nitrus]

mengz : where did u get ur decarb product from ?

 

[minikar]

Some ppl use the carb cleaner, some use injector cleaner instead...also wd40 and feed it to the vacuum pipe/ tube.

 

[nitrus]

Feed it to the vacumn pipe ??? Isn't the carb cleaner/injector cleaners/wd40 used to spray into the mouth of the carb? o_O