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Post by rolskii » Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:20 pm

david7m wrote:Dont you use engine flush before dropping the oil?

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If yr a red neck hillbilly and you use cooking fat for engine oil.... then yes..!
I would not recommend to flush yr engine at all...... you will wash off all the carbon deposits that have built up over its life.... (primarily is good)
leaving your car to sound like a diesel......
Plus taking all those crystalized deposits into yr bearing shells ...
just order a new engine same time you pay for yr oil flush... :lol:
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Post by MarkB » Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:40 pm

Where is the fuel filter. I have one in the garage waiting to go on...
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Post by david7m » Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:44 pm

I dont do any mods/services on my stuff, because I have no tools (apart from Ikea screwdriver set ;) ) /time or skill .....

Awesome GTi recommend the flush here! (about half way down)

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Post by MarkB » Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:45 pm

rolskii wrote:
david7m wrote:Dont you use engine flush before dropping the oil?

Dave
If yr a red neck hillbilly and you use cooking fat for engine oil.... then yes..!
I would not recommend to flush yr engine at all...... you will wash off all the carbon deposits that have built up over its life.... (primarily is good)
leaving your car to sound like a diesel......
Plus taking all those crystalized deposits into yr bearing shells ...
just order a new engine same time you pay for yr oil flush... :lol:
The only way I would flush an engine is to do 2 oil changes close together. Diluting the dirty oil and crud into the new clean oil.

Years ago running an old mini I noticed that just running good oil in an oil engine cleaned all the unwanted black crap out of the engine itself. which is probably where the mith came from to not run old engines on nice fully synth oil. The old engine is holding together because of the carbon buildups.

If any of our engines are in this sort of state then I'd be expecting a large bill before long...
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Post by jfeb » Tue Jan 16, 2007 2:13 pm

MarkB wrote:Where is the fuel filter. I have one in the garage waiting to go on...
Have a look here: http://forums.audiworld.com/s4/msgs/722730.phtml

I was going to get my local garage to change my fuel filter (I have one sitting around) but having read the write-up on AudiWorld I am now not sure. It looks a bit tricky for the totally uninitiated.
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Post by S4TAN » Tue Jan 16, 2007 2:39 pm

I got MRC to change my fuel filter - IIRC Doug said it is a bit of a PITA ... but definitely a worthwhile thing to do ...
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Post by MarkB » Tue Jan 16, 2007 4:03 pm

Looks fun, thanks
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Post by MCB » Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:29 pm

If yr a red neck hillbilly and you use cooking fat for engine oil.... then yes..!

I would not recommend to flush yr engine at all...... you will wash off all the carbon deposits that have built up over its life.... (primarily is good)
leaving your car to sound like a diesel......

Plus taking all those crystalized deposits into yr bearing shells ...

just order a new engine same time you pay for yr oil flush... :lol:
Spot on :thumbs:
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Post by nikb » Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:18 pm

Offtopic, but why call them halfrauds????

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Post by shineydave » Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:24 pm

because of the extortionate prices they charge, unfortunately there's not many places open the hours they do so i suppose you can justify some of it because of the service. still hurts though to buy a bulb for £2.00 knowing full well i can buy a box of 10 for the same price from the local car spot.
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Post by nikb » Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:53 pm

Fair comment, but you could get a trade card :wink:

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Post by shineydave » Tue Jan 16, 2007 10:40 pm

but you could get a trade card
to be honest i usually buy from my local German and swedish who know me pretty well so i don't get bad prices, it's those occasions when you just get the urge to try something and the only place open is Halfords. they don't keep a bad stock in but it's the knowledge i'm getting the zip in my gimp suit opened severely that knarks me. then again it's the same when i need a bottle of coke for my brandy and the corner shop wants twice what it costs from the asda. supply and demand rules so i'll just have to grin and bear it
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Post by Dr-Al » Tue Jan 16, 2007 11:31 pm

shineydave wrote:...but it's the knowledge i'm getting the zip in my gimp suit opened severely that knarks me.
LMAO

Closing the zips severely brings more tears to your eyes though!
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Post by shineydave » Tue Jan 16, 2007 11:35 pm

sorry Doc but it's not my eyes i'm worried about, i'll be keeping my zips firmly closed, lol
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Post by S4TAN » Tue Jan 16, 2007 11:37 pm

they don't keep a bad stock in but it's the knowledge i'm getting the zip in my gimp suit opened severely that knarks me
... fvcking hell - i just cracked 2 ribs and split a kidney reading that ... bastard!
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