That's a safe, effective method that I have used. Also, if you can't find diesel, plain old kerosene, but just a quart, works as well. Years ago, a product called Shaler's Motor Medic was sold for this purpose. Some old timers told me it was equivalent to kerosene. Ken On Mon, 09 May 2005 16:54:17 -0500 Brad Hogg <LuxoLiner@xxxxxxx> writes: > Here's what I've done in the past and it seems to me to be safe and > effective. > > Take the car for a drive to warm it up to operating temperature. > Take a small jerry can with you. On the way home, stop within 5 > minutes drive of your home and buy at least two qts of diesel fuel. > Before you drive home, pour 1 qt of diesel fuel into the engine, > where you'd otherwise put fresh oil. Drive the car home but don't > drive it hard. You don't have to baby it, just don't stress the > poor thing because you will now have pretty thin oil. The diesel > will thin the oil and add fresh detergents that will help to wash > the engine out. > > When you get home, while the engine is still warm, drain the crank > case. Before replacing the drain plug, pour another qt of diesel > fuel into the engine oil filler to flush out more of the old, dirty > oil. Replace the oil filter and drain plug and fill with fresh > oil. > > Some folks like this approach and some don't. Use this procedure at > your own risk. I've done it to my engines and they are still > running strongly. YMMV > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: DONALDDICKINSOND@xxxxxx > Date: Monday, May 9, 2005 3:50 pm > Subject: IML: Dirty Oil in my 440 > > > Is there a reliable and safe way I can clean out my 440? I have > > been > > changing my oil every 1000 (or less) miles but I still have dirty > > > oil on my dip > > stick. Is this normal, or is there a solution out there? > > > > > > Don Dickinson > > Prospect, KY > > > > 1955 Imperial Newport, Canyon Tan and Desert Sand > > 1967 Imperial Custom Convertible, Ivory and Burgundy > > > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- > This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please > reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be > shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the > Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm > > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm