View Poll Results: to DO or NOT to do the ATF cleaning method...
DO ATF method
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27.59%
DONT do ATF method
21
72.41%
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cleaning engine... ATF for 5 min between oil change?
09-26-2006, 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by 8GTOKLR
atf is a detergent not a lubricant as much. to do the cleaning you have to mix 2 cups atf to a gallon of gas for fuel system. havent heard of putting a quart in the oil. they do have additives that do that instead of
09-28-2006, 08:19 PM
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why not chevron tech or redline fuel treatment???
09-29-2006, 06:45 AM
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Originally Posted by scotts94_z28
why not use something made to clean the engine and not some redneck tricks. just use seafoam once a year and be happy why **** with what works
after reading the seafoam sticky i went out and bought the seafoam... but they didnt have any deep creep... ill have to look around a bit more
09-29-2006, 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by 1baddls1
after reading the seafoam sticky i went out and bought the seafoam... but they didnt have any deep creep... ill have to look around a bit more
If you're going to run it through a vacuum line to clean your engine, you want the non-spray can version, just the regular can. That way you can feed it into a funnel directly into a vacuum line (brake booster works well), and clean out the engine. The spray is more for cleaning carbs, throttle bodies, intake manifolds, ect.
09-29-2006, 11:30 PM
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Yes, this is an old school trick that I have done with no issues.....I personally wouldn't do it frequently, and yes, it does clean the engine out however I have heard of peeps doing this and spinning some bearings and have to replace em......I put 1 quart of ATF with 5 quarts of oil and drove about 50 miles then changed my oil and it was black when it came out.....then i used 2 quarts of clean oil and flushed out the engine then put GC (6 quarts) in and everything was fine....but there is other safer alternatives as stated in previous posts....I voted NO, but I don't think it will hurt anything as long as u don't rev high and keep it in tooo long 
09-30-2006, 02:59 AM
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Doing this is an absolute waste of time....it probably wont hurt anything, but your engine is not going to get any "cleaner" from it.... Ls1s do not have a sludgeing problem.
