Diesel engine wash

The best thing for any deisisal is to flush it once evey couple of years , go for it willem , it will do it the world of good

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Hey Willem

If you want to try this product Give me your address and I will send what i have left over to you . I sold my diesel and just found the two bottle of this product when i cleaned my garage on the weekend. I had a 1981 MQ partol diesel and when i sold it had 580k and I used this regularly. I was put on to it by a friend who swears by it. Let me know
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Willem,
stared using the fuel treatmant about a 4 months ago after contacting the company and asking a heap of questions. Received alot of decent info and has since solved the blue/white smoke when starting up in the morning, when accelerating up hills/under load and improved fuel economy form 12L/100km to 10.5L/100km. Seems to be great stuff.

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Willem. I sort of get the idea you have a 60s. with 2H motor. These donks are a "go forever" unit, but with mainly 2 major defects. 1/ very prone to oil sludging (I think the crankcase breathing not adequate) 2/ prone to wear the end of the rocker arm above the valve stem.
I once "looked" after one of these, and when asked about "this rattle" reckoned it was time for valve clearance to be looked at. (had checked it 6months ago) Clearance checked ok, but rocker arm seemed to go up and down much more than feeler gauge indicated. So, off with the rocker shaft assembly. But oh, the blooby sludge. It was thick. Mind you, it had clocked 375k./km. and never missed a beat. The ends of the rocker arms were worn (a circular indentation the size of the valve stem) about 0.030" which could not be picked up by the feeler gauge. The arms were ground off to provide a new surface ( probably loosing some hardening) which rectified the "rattle"
So back to the sludge issue - I had read about these products, but also reckoned they could only be mineral solvents. Thinks me, what about that "el cheapo" spray can degreaser ($2.00 at /prices) Bought 2 cans, emptied into a litre of oil, drained the sump (took a while to empty) and put the mixture plus enough straight oil to bring it onto the dipstick and told my friend to run it like that for a couple of days then bring it back. She came back after a week reckoning the 'ole girl hadnt gone so well for years and when I drained the oil it fairly flew out. Off with the rocker cover and honestly you couldnt believe how clean it was, all back to clean metal. And of as last week still going strong, now close to 400k. A lot of its life was in Arnhem land, so perhaps some of its scheduled oil changes were occasionally overlooked.
Anyway, bit of a ramble, but I do think that the type of product is worthwhile, if only to desludge the system, after all our own system needs the occasional purge (mine gets one twice a week whether it needs it or not - and its not an enema!)
I reckon there will be a lot of life left in that unit, cheers.

G'day willywag! What a great vehicle to build upon: it will more than likely end up with a kennel al of its own, and become your pridenjoy! Just another thought about that vintage; if the gear lever seems a bit "loose" and if it sort of slips out of fifth (especially on over run) it will more than likely be the nylon bush on the lever pivot. Not much to replace,(about $2.50) but a very common problem often diagnosed as far more serious with the then inflated costs to rectify. (the stealers never tell the troof!)
cheers.

G'day Willem. Just slipped back a year or so with the totem!. A really good fix for the back leaf springs is the "polyair" bag system. 20 psi for "as is", up to 100psi for more than you can load her with. Original Toyo springs not worth a squirt of Oodla Wirra billy goat pee, and local replacements too costly compared to afore mentioned.
cheers.

Willem. Must admit to taking a bit of licence there! We did come through that way from the hill and the name fascinated me! I also know you are (well, sometimes) in P/bro. so thought you may have the wry chuckle. However, i'me sure you are well aware the old billy goat exists most places!
Me, well live on the mid n. coast nsw. Little spot called Crescent Head. Not much of a place unless you like fishing, unspoiled beaches, good access to the new england ranges for 4wd adventures and now they are starting to establish bl@@dy vinyards producing 1/2 decent wines! Tell you what, even the climates not too bad either!
cheers. the kesh.

Willem for just a quick 'desludge' you can try the old diesel in the engine oil trick!! Been done by many over the years. For yours you could get away with a litre but for a 4 I would do half that.

The diesel is supposed to clean it out well, just drop the old, fill with elcheapo and bring up to the fill mark with half-2-one litre of dieso.

Might be worth trying before you fork out lots for the chemical cleaners. We all know how effective an old dieso bath is for cleaning parts!

Goodluck,
Matt.