Just pour cheap thin oil in the filler tube and let it run out the drain
hole. You should see bits  right away, and you'll know when you're done.
:-)

Jake

On 9/14/06, TC <trclark@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> > hey.
> > if you've haven't run engine, what about filling and
> yup not started yet :(
> > flushing case with engine flushing fluid to "wash"
> > and/or suspend any bits of rag so when drained, bits
> > of rag follow flow of fluid to a place where you can
> > get at them?
> 1.9 water box
> > I don't recall which engine you have, but is there
> > enough room (in case of air cooled) to tweezer these
> > flushed bits out between oil strainer and case?
> >
> > And if it's "paper towel" bits in there, as an
> ya thats it
> > alternative idea, is there some kind of fluid that you
> > could let sit in case, that would disolve the paper
> > towel?
> Yah i thought about that but google was not my friend :)
>
> http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&as_qdr=all&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=resul
> t&cd=1&q=chemical+dissolve+paper&spell=1
>

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Jake
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