Today I changed my oil. 25,000km on the dial and I knew it would need sorting ASAP. Spoke to the Roo with regards to soot/Carbon build up on the oil pick up in the sump etc. Even though it may have been overkill at such very low kilometers I decided to make a 300ml can of Liqui Molly engine flush a new part of my engine servicing every 25,000km. My wife drives the Prado mainly about town each week and I think due to the start stop nature of the car; this is a good idea. I added the 300ml can and let the engine idle for about 10 or 12 mins and then dropped the oil/oil filter.
I noticed that the engine spat out just over 9 litres of rubbishy black oil. Counting the 300ml of cleaner, that's still around 1 or 1.5 litres more oil than it normally does. After the filter was changed and the oil refilled, I used the starter button and clutch to spin the engine a few times to ensure oil pressure in the block, before starting the engine and idling it up to temp to final reset the oil level.
Maybe a yearly thing for me, but I think very worthwhile.
I noticed that the engine spat out just over 9 litres of rubbishy black oil. Counting the 300ml of cleaner, that's still around 1 or 1.5 litres more oil than it normally does. After the filter was changed and the oil refilled, I used the starter button and clutch to spin the engine a few times to ensure oil pressure in the block, before starting the engine and idling it up to temp to final reset the oil level.
Maybe a yearly thing for me, but I think very worthwhile.
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