Agreed and i always run the engine for ten to twenty mins just to warm it up and then drain the old oil out.OK I am ready to be shot down in flames here, BUT, I was told, a long time ago ( can't remember who but it might have been an old site thread on here !) that using an engine flush on the subaru engine was a bad-bad-bad idea. Never have used it.
Brian
Was it the engine flush in a can products they were referring to, or the reverse oil flow engine flushing machine? Those can wreak havoc on any kind of engine.OK I am ready to be shot down in flames here, BUT, I was told, a long time ago ( can't remember who but it might have been an old site thread on here !) that using an engine flush on the subaru engine was a bad-bad-bad idea. Never have used it.
Brian
That's a new one on me, never heard of a reverse flushing machine !Was it the engine flush in a can products they were referring to, or the reverse oil flow engine flushing machine? Those can wreak havoc on any kind of engine.
Help what? If you change the oil regularly, there is no reason to add anything to the engine other than oil. "Flushing" the engine may loosen harmless deposits which may clog internal oil passages and/or the oil filter leading to oil starvation. It may also expose old seals to fresh oil causing them to leak. To me, these risks outweigh the benefit of a superficially clean looking internal engine compartment.It has 130.000 miles on it and it needs servicing, I though that a good clean out would help before replacing oil.
Not 100% certain but I don't think this is sold in the UK by Subaru dealers !Buy the Genuine Subaru Upper Engine Cleaner - that is what you should be using. It is VERY GOOD QUALITY. I get it from my local Subie dealer sure you could too.
That sucks that you cant get it in the UK! Why on earth would that be the case?Not 100% certain but I don't think this is sold in the UK by Subaru dealers !
I would just stick to a genuine , reliable service.
Brian
Because we have decent petrol that negates the use of engine cleaner. :biggrin:That sucks that you cant get it in the UK! Why on earth would that be the case?
Not fair! :Banane08:Because we have decent petrol that negates the use of engine cleaner. :biggrin: