Quote Originally Posted by ZEUS View Post
I'm just curious Gussie, where did you get the idea to do oil changes that way? Was it passed down by dad or researched or what? I personally, run seafoam thru everything for a few days before an oil change to loosen up gunk. I also used to use a quart of Marvel to replace a quart of oil during changes (4 qts oil/1 qt Marvel) but found the oil level drops a quart pretty quickly - a few hundred miles. When I use a full 5 quarts of oil though it seems to maintain its level.
Hi zeus
Being on the inquisitive side of the street is better then be on the challenging one,that's why i replay to you........

I change my oil that way simply because a engine with low mileage doesn't need any seafoam,although the seafoam is the best known engine flushing aplication so far,but it should only use on high mileage engines that doesn't had a good maintainance's record,today's engine oil has enough detergents & cleaning properties to keep the engine clean,especially if you bought the car brand new.

Some engines does well with other cleaning aplications,others engines no,even engines built by the same manufacturer for the same vehicule does not respond to the same cleaning proceeds at the same mileage because once a brand-new car hits the street the engine will be exposed to different factors & conditions & even performed differently from another car with the same engine.

That's what i stand for,i don't challenge any body way's to maintain their vehicule,but is also good to read,learn,watch & understand other's point of view even though you may not agree,follow & just think is bogus or a bunch of BS.

My 1rst vehicule was a 2nd generation toyota MACHO,a SUV that looks quite similar to the two doors trooper,which i purchased brand new when i was only 17 in 1991 & turn it into a rally cross SUV back in my country (venezuela) & became member of the national isuzu 4x4 rally club,that buggy never,ever dropped on me even with all the beat i gave him,months before coming into the US back in 2004 i sold it to my cousin with the average of 135K miles performing the same oil proceed i've shared with you guys & as today that buggy still runs with almost 240K on the clock because my cousin does the same stuff as i did.

I'm aware that i'm a newbie here & probably many old members consider that newbies aren't well aknowledge about cars,but that theory doesn't always apply,even though i am not the hand-on-tool kind of guy because never liked to mess around with greasy parts,but i know pretty well how a car works from up down,have no doubts about that.

I never add any oil flushing additives into that toyota macho's engine which in fact is also a V6 with 198 HP & never had to do any rebuilt job on it & because my Vx had only 38K on the clock at the time of purchased i knew oil additives isn't needed & confirmed by my mech when he tear down the upper block to work on the valve train.

And with this post i consider this thread over. Thank you !