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Dick L

09-05-2006 07:18:01




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Back in the 1960"s I worked in a factory of 300 workers or more. Take home pay was on the high side 70 dollars a week for me and I made more than most in the factory. I was the plant auto/truck mechanic and did repair work at home in the evenings. Most of the people that I worked with ran their car until it would need more repair than it was worth. You could buy an older used car for 50 to 100 dollars that ran fairly good. Problem was that a lot of them had not had regular oil changes. When you would remove the oil pan plug what ran out would be thick and black. You could crook your little finger into the pan and feel thick crud that would not run out. Without loan power and just spending what money that could be scraped up to buy the car, a tear down was out of the question. I would put 6 quart of diesel in a 4 quart crankcase and run at not over 30 MPH for some where around 5 to 6 miles and pull the plug on the pan while still hot. Refill with diesel and run at an idle for a few minutes and drain again. Refill with new 10 weight oil and run for around 20 miles and drain while still hot. Refill with 30 weight oil and then back to the persons regular oil change which some did not do often. Never seen any engine damage from this treatment. This was not an idea that I dreamed up as most service stations around here would do this for people that did not have money to buy better cars.

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Sid

09-05-2006 19:52:19




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 Re: Old Timers Story in reply to Dick L, 09-05-2006 07:18:01  
Dick L I have done pretty much the same thing myself on a couple of old cars. Sure stopped a lot of rattling. Got quite a few miles out of something somebody else gave up on.



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