gossie
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Lazy cheap people that don't change oil and filter on time need to be banned from owing a vehicle.
Welcome to Just Commodores, a site specifically designed for all people who share the same passion as yourself.
Following the manufacturer’s service schedule is not being lazy or cheap.Lazy cheap people that don't change oil and filter on time need to be banned from owing a vehicle.
Yes it only a cheap car that I purchased for $2300. It has a damaged passenger quarter panel ONLY that will cost me $1000 to fix and the rest of the car is good except for the quite v6 engine with sludge but the rest of the car is very good with leather seats and good shiny paint.@VFSV6FORME sorry to read that your motor looks to be suffering sludge issues but reading the link you provided re Flushing Oil Concentrate, it seems to provide you with a possible solution if the testimonials can be believed.
If you do choose to go down the FOC path in the hope it will cheaply fix your sludge issue, it would be fantastic if you could pull the driver side rocker off and take before and after photos so we all can see if it does indeed work. Heck, forum rules allowing, may be the manufacturers will ship you the product gratis so you can doing a review on withinthis thread.
good advice just be careful as some have done this a weeks later engine dies due to sludge on oil pick up, full tear down sump removal required if bad sludge, that filter looks terrible.Some time ago, when I worked in a Service Station, we had a similar issue with a customers car, the oil was like thick glug/treacle,
So what we did, was mix up 3 litres of STD engine oil, and 2 litres distillate, and placed a new filter on the motor, and ran it for 15 minutes [Not Drive It] , then drained it, and the amount of sludge that came out, was incredible,
Where you may need to do that a couple of times, and you are correct, replace the oil pressure sender,
This may helps clean the motor out.
good luck.
PS: After the clean out, probably do a Oil & Filter change after a couple of weeks of driving around, and that will probably remove more sludge.