<VV> anecdote-oil evidence

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In a message dated 7/5/2005 2:43:03 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
djtcz at comcast.net writes:

> A Hot Rod Engine swap Handbook from the 60s advocated judging engine 
> condition based on a sly peak at the valve train area through the oil filler hole 
> (on engines built that way).  Accumulated gunk was a bad sign.  I have come to 
> regard that test as very useful. although cleanliness may indicate a 
> desperate attempt to fix a sad engine.
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Good advice in the 60's...maybe 70's,,,,,

But, an old carlot trick......Add Kerosene / Pearle Solvent to any sludged 
engine and with apiece of carboard in front of the radiator.... run until it 
boiled over....CLEAN  as new.....after a drain and refill....


Matt Nall / Patiomatt / WCUH / Chairman V V
69 Monza Cpe., 66 Monza vert, 65 Crown v8 Cpe.
Somewhere between Reno, NV and Coos Bay, Or.