[Supras] Distributor Cap/Rotor

[Mike Long]

On 3/28/07, Supraman <supraman88 at verizon.net> wrote:
> Sean Cavanaugh wrote:
> > also does anyone have a recommended way to truly flush the oil in the engine?
> >
> > I know places like jiffy lube will fill the engine with fresh oil with an additive, run it for a few minutes then drain it all out and fill it back up with oil again. trying to clean some slightly cooked oil out of engine.-Sean
> >
> >
> Why do you want to flush the oil? I did that once with a Corolla SR-5
> and saw my Oil Pressure drop by 1/3 after doing it.
>
> Just change the oil, drive for 1500 miles and change again, and change
> after 1500 miles, then get on 3,000 miles thereafter.
>
> The ONLY thing I add to my oil is Marvel Mystery oil. I did it on that
> Corolls, and then on a Corolla GTS I bought in 1986. The '80 SR-5 went
> 244,000 miles before I traded it for the Hachiroku, and that now has
> 259,000 miles on it; never a sludge or oil problem. I would drain it,
> fill it with 5.5 qts of GOOD oil (I use Castrol GTX) and 1 qt MMO, drive
> the 1500 miles and do it again. I would keep adding the MMO (well, I
> *DO*!!). On my GTS, I have NEVER had to have the valves reshimmed! (The
> GTS has basically the same engine as the Supra, minus 2 cylinders)

I'll second MMO.  I've used it in both my RX-7s and my Neon while I
owned them.  And with the wankel engines I could even premix it with
the gas.

Cheers,
Mike, 87T