I just had to contribute...

Back when I was a "kid", my old man used to flush his engine with Diesel
probably every 25,000 miles.  He was an aircraft mechanic, so I guess he
new a few things.  It cost a bit in oil, but he swore by it, and the
1972 Dodge Dart (225 slant 6) that he bought new & was his pride & joy
went almost 300,000 miles on an untouched engine.

He would drain the oil, replace with diesel, start the engine & run for
maybe 15 seconds, then let it sit for a while, drain the diesel, put oil
in, let engine run for a while, change out the oil & move on.

I always thought it was strange, but he said that diesel actually has
reasonable lubricating qualities at low temperature & no load.

Honest, this really happened, I remember standing in the garage watching
him run  his pride & joy with diesel as a lubricant just waiting for the
engine to seize.  I was into repairing lawn mower engines at that phase
in my life (ah, good old briggs & stratton motors :-) ) and knew all
about pistons, cylinders, crank shafts, connecting rods, valves, etc.

I personally run an engine on diesel, but what's to stop a good old
"flush" with diesel??  Any mechanics have a comment on this QUESTIONABLE
technique??

Cheers,
Steve Williams

neil wrote:
> --- TC <trclark@SHAW.CA> wrote:
>
>
>>>> Thxs for some very good suggestions ...
>>>>
>>>> Well I think iam gonna get a gotcha stick ....
>>>> if that fails a shop vac 1/2" clear plastic tube
>>>>
>>>> But more as an excercise if I was not able to
>>>>
>> get all the paper towel
>> out
>>
>>>> & filled with low life oil ran it for 15mins
>>>> would I not find the paper towel in bits pcs in
>>>>
>> the oil filter
>>
>>>> the oil is under pressure & it has to pass the
>>>>
>> filter b4 going onto any
>>
>>>> critial areas
>>>> do ya think the oil pump would  choke
>>>> or does the oil splash around on the bottom of
>>>>
>> the crankcase & maybe get
>>
>>>> chewed up
>>>> and sprayed over bearings cranks etc
>>>>
>
> hey.
>
>
> if you've haven't run engine, what about filling and
> 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?
>
> 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?
>
> If a push rod tube could be removed (w/o taking off
> head?? ) and flushing fluid sprayed around by "feel"
> at sides of case through pushrod tube opening, would
> that wash bits o rag toward drain point? i.e. oil
> drain opening?
>
> And if it's "paper towel" bits in there, as an
> alternative idea, is there some kind of fluid that you
> could let sit in case, that would disolve the paper
> towel?
>
> Just some tedious crazy thoughts....
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> Neil Nicholson.
> 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.
>
> http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
>
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