[AT] Engine flushing etc.

[Skip Cleveland]

Motor oil can hold quite a bit of grime in suspension, away from any bearing 
surfaces until it can get it to the filter. Do you think that a thin liquid 
like kerosene might make dirt into sort of a liquid sandpaper?
Just a thought.
Skip
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Francis Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 1:58 PM
Subject: [AT] Engine flushing etc.


>    I have always been a little concerned about running an engine with K-1
> in it but it is probably fine as long as you don't get carried away and 
> run
> it too long. Surely it is better for an engine than the dirt... I have
> drained engines and then poured K-1 through it to flush out the stuff that
> settles to the bottom. I have also put in about a gallon and ran it very
> briefly. I never really felt that it hurt anything but I still had a 
> nagging
> feeling that it lacked any real qualities of lubrication and it also costs
> something like $900 a gallon now...   ;-)   If I have an engine now that
> seems a little dirty I flush it with a gallon of diesel fuel. I know that 
> it
> at least lubricates an injector pump. It also seems to remove a lot of 
> junk
> and is finally cheaper than gasoline here and a ton less than K-1. I'll 
> bet
> that a lot of those little K-1 heaters sat idle this year.   :-)   For a
> little more than the price of a gallon of K-1 and with my senior discount 
> I
> can go to a local Chinese buffet and eat myself silly...   ;-)
>
>
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> "farmer"
>
> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana, USA
> robinson at svs.net
>
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