Wow - I’m sure this is a hot potato, but I ask anyway. Do you really, really recommend engine oil flushes? I read the Baltimore Sun column today and was very surprised to see that you do recommend them. Then, my question is this - who offers the type of flush that you recommend? It see…

Any link to that column? I’m surprised they’d recommend it, unless the circumstances were unusual.

engine oil flush only if sludge build up remains after two quick oil changes.

A engine oil flush is NOT going to hurt anything. But I don’t think it does much good if you’ve kept up on regular oil changes.

Ok - since this is a syndicated column, I realize that they might recycle old columns that haven’t been printed in a particular paper - in this case, the Baltimore Sun. Note that I found it in today’s edition, Aug 1 2008, in the classified section for cars. I can’t find it online, and it’s not the…

Thanks for the link. Like I thought, applies to certain limited circumstances (emphasis added): "Now, there is another type of “oil suction” machine that we DO like. It’s called an “engine flush,” and it attaches where the oil filter is screwed in. It’s an automated machine that uses high pressure…

Unless your engine is sludged up, you don’t need it. The best way to determine if it is sludged up it to remove the valve cover, and inspect the top of the cylinder head. Since the oil up there is typically out of the pressurized circuit, and relies on gravity to drop back to the pan through drain h…

The good news about engine oil flushes is that they work well. The bad news about engine oil flushes is that they work well. All the “flushed” sludge tends to get lodged in the pickup of the oil pump. Without removing the pan, it’s often difficult to know if a flush has caused your pickup screen …

Flushing a badly sludged engine is NOT good. What tends to happen is clumps of sludge are dislodged from where they were sitting in the engine and clog up the oil pickup screen. I removed an oil pan from a friends Cuda when he said he his oil pressure dropped to almost nothing the day after he did a…

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pleasedodgevan August 1, 2008, 8:26pm 10

Oil flushes are great if you get paid well for doing them. They’re a good hobby too. I think that you should not fish for trouble and just do the recommended maintenance. This is a general answer to a general question.

Would you use Liqui Moly Pro-Line Engine Flush on a 13yr with 120k Mazda?

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