Hello. I'm changing the oil in my TT auto next week and been told to try this "engine cleaner" stuff ?? Has anyone used this or heard anything about it ?

Also the car has a lazy lifter so planning to use SAE 5-50 if I can actually find any, does this sound right plz?

Thanks.

just plain engine flush will do.

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Hello. I'm changing the oil in my TT auto next week and been told to try this "engine cleaner" stuff ?? Has anyone used this or heard anything about it ?

Also the car has a lazy lifter so planning to use SAE 5-50 if I can actually find any, does this sound right plz?

Thanks.

 

Honestly mate just change the oil and DO NOT use any engine flush at all as it can more often than not cause more harm than good!!! :( I Have seen engines totally mess up after an engine flush so the best thing to do is warm the car up, then drain the oil and just put the new stuff in and it will be fine... :bow:

iv used engine flush prob hundreds, if not thousands of times!!

 

can only remember 1 or 2 cases where it caused a problem, & that was with old shitty engines years ago!!

 

all it does is help dissolve the carbon deposits & laqour inside the engine. when it causes a "problem" is usually where the bores/rings are worn & the carbon sits behind the rings to give a bit more compression.

 

on healthy looked after engines there is not really any risk IMO.

Honestly mate just change the oil and DO NOT use any engine flush at all as it can more often than not cause more harm than good!!! :( I Have seen engines totally mess up after an engine flush so the best thing to do is warm the car up, then drain the oil and just put the new stuff in and it will be fine... :bow:

 

 

 

I would tend to agree, sure sometimes it can be good to use an engine flush but on the other hand it can cause all sorts of problems sometimes in the engine the old gunky oil thats in there(the stuff that you want to get out) will actually be doing good like blocking small leaks the engine flush is just going to dislodge this and move it around sometimes into places you dont want it to like turbochargers! which as you can imagine will cause trouble also when you fill the car back up with fresh oil you might find you have sprung a few leaks. If you have got history of the car being serviced with a engine flush you will probably be alright because the gunky oil wouldnt have been aloud to settle into small leaks ect but if its the first flush and the car has done 70k for example i wouldnt recomend it mate

 

jim