Home Made Flash Lube Kit

m3taL · #1 31-08-2008, 06:51 PM

Hey

Just wondering if anyone has ever made a Home made flashlube kit.

i reckon $130+ is Expensive for what it looks like. so yeah.. anyone done it??

might give it a go

hakhawk · #2 31-08-2008, 07:01 PM

$130? im sure we sell them for about 79 at work(autobarn)

744driver · #3 02-09-2008, 12:36 AM

is flashlube necessary for the ecotec engine if running LPG??

vxcalais_01 · #4 12-09-2008, 07:52 PM

Yes it is necessary, and secondly, they only cost $70. get the Flashlube, or Moreys kit, then when that oil is finished, use the Penrite LPg oil as its only $11 for a litre. The others are $16-19.

It is necessary and cheap insurance, you just trying to cool and moisten the gas charge. This is how it tries to stop damage to valves etc. When i did my manifold gasket, i could see how the stuff was coating down the intake to the valves. Some people claim it doesnt get to the valves, (bull****). When you have the setting too high, what it smoke out of the exhaust !!! Drill the hole in the plenum cover, just behind the throttle body, this was it gets heaps of vacuum and distributes well. Good luck.

744driver · #5 13-09-2008, 01:36 AM

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Originally Posted by vxcalais_01

Yes it is necessary, and secondly, they only cost $70. get the Flashlube, or Moreys kit, then when that oil is finished, use the Penrite LPg oil as its only $11 for a litre. The others are $16-19.

It is necessary and cheap insurance, you just trying to cool and moisten the gas charge. This is how it tries to stop damage to valves etc. When i did my manifold gasket, i could see how the stuff was coating down the intake to the valves. Some people claim it doesnt get to the valves, (bull****). When you have the setting too high, what it smoke out of the exhaust !!! Drill the hole in the plenum cover, just behind the throttle body, this was it gets heaps of vacuum and distributes well. Good luck.

mate where can i find one for 70bucks?

hakhawk · #6 13-09-2008, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by VYsam

mate where can i find one for 70bucks?

Don Kyatts should be the cheapest, then autobarn, probably repco and supercheap should sell them aswell.

vxcalais_01 · #7 17-09-2008, 12:08 PM

As above said, Repco, Supercheap, all have for $70

cracker · #8 19-09-2008, 12:04 PM

whats it really do? cool the gas, that doesnt make sense that gas is allready very cool, and the oil breathers are plumbed back into the intake anyway, my mates vs 5L has this gas lube thing and in over one year its used next to none

woteva · #9 21-09-2008, 10:09 AM

In my LPG VN commodore I had about 10 years ago, the gas fitter said he used Auto Trans fluid. Another gas fitter there was using 2-stroke mix in his Moreys lube system.

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Originally Posted by cracker

whats it really do?

wets the valve seats to lubricate them as gas is dry.

vxcalais_01 · #10 23-09-2008, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by cracker

whats it really do? cool the gas, that doesnt make sense that gas is allready very cool, and the oil breathers are plumbed back into the intake anyway, my mates vs 5L has this gas lube thing and in over one year its used next to none

Things are all relative and in comparison to petrol. The gas charge is also dry, the lubricant adds moisture to it. Aslong as the oil has the right flash point, doenst fully burn so it can leave a coating on the parts. Look up Moreys, Flashlube etc and read about it on there. Its a preventative more than anything, trying to mimick the petrol that the car was deisgned for in the first place.