I don't talk to my van but I always thought a "motor" was electric and an
"engine" was that big hunk of steel or aluminum that has internal combustion
stuff. It's like calling a woman a girl. Have I been misinformed?

William Polowniak
1989 Vanagon GL
1988 Mercedes 300 SE

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph Fortino" <fortino1@ONEBOX.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 3:25 PM
Subject: Re: Soft lifters (was: clarify .006 on lifters) and Trasco filters

> Great tips man. I'm going to roter rooter the heck out of my van
> until it spots almost clear. :)
>
> sure I always do the finger rub test after checking the dip stick this
> is the poor man's way of checking for metal flakes, hehe
>
> seems like i'm tring to get he most of of my VW motor. I even talk to
> my car, DOES anyone else. I say come on baby come on..
>
> take care
> Joe
>
> --
> Joseph  Fortino
> fortino1@onebox.com - email
>
>
>
>
> ----         Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM> wrote:
> > William Said: I first cleaned out my engine by adding Gunk engine flush
> > and running the engine for 5 minutes as per instructions on the can
> > and
> > then draining it.
> > Stan said : Tell us what came out of the engine with the flush.
> > Did you strain the oil to check for bearing flakes, brass distributor
> > gears, iron rings / cylinders.?
> > Was it blacker than usual ?
> > Was it thick with carbon and crud? I mean was it thicker than the oil
> > in
> > just a standard oil dump?
> > This is something you want to check any time you use engine flush.
> > The Gunk or Siloo or other engine flushes normally dissolve varnish,
> > loosen carbon, flush out oil galleries, clean the surface of your
> > internal crankcase.
> > The measure of how good it worked is the crud that comes out with the
> > oil
> > and flush.
> > Its always good to know if they actually did any good or if you just
> > threw your money away.
> > I've flushed engines and had very nice clean oil and it told me that
> > the
> > block internals were already clean.
> > Then there are always the three oil changes scenario, that baby was
> > really stopped up, gummed up, shellacked up and I could definitely
> > tell
> > that the engine flush was cleaning everything or something.
> >
> > Stan Wilder
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