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sad sad death for a cobra

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http://www.mustangforums.com/f...howthread.php?t=368307

My car was idling like crap the other day so I figured since I just got it, it may have been awhile since anyone changed the oil out. I decided to go ahead and change the oil. I used Mobile 1 synthentic oil like I was reccomended on here. Anyways, I drain out the oil and noticed it was extremely dark and even after 10 minutes of draining, it was still coming out. I decided to go ahead and flush it to make sure all the bad stuff got out. I hooked up the hose, ran water through the engine, started it up and was waiting for the water to come out clean (The engine never went above idle so I was told this would be ok). Anyways, About 3 minutes into this, then engine starts shaking and shuts off. I figured it was all cleaned out so I plugged it up, added the oil and figured I was ready to go. WRONG! The car won't freaking start now. This car has been nothing but trouble for me, I think I am done with it.
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Wow, what an idiot. Hose water? Who doesn't know you're supposed to use only distilled water when flushing it through the engine?
 
Reminds me of that post on a VW forum where the guy pulled his air filter and dumped sand in the intake to "polish" the engine.
 
reminds me of a commercial for some oil additive I saw years ago and they are hosing down the innards of a mopar slant six while its still running.

 
Originally posted by: Iron Woode
reminds me of a commercial for some oil additive I saw years ago and they are hosing down the innards of a mopar slant six while its still running.
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From what I've heard of the slant sixes, you could likely get away with it.
 
Originally posted by: Cheesehead
Originally posted by: Iron Woode
reminds me of a commercial for some oil additive I saw years ago and they are hosing down the innards of a mopar slant six while its still running.
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From what I've heard of the slant sixes, you could likely get away with it.
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probably.

I ran my old slant 6 dry of oil twice and had no noticeable damage. The engine ran no differently. That was really shocking to me at the time.
 
Originally posted by: Iron Woode
reminds me of a commercial for some oil additive I saw years ago and they are hosing down the innards of a mopar slant six while its still running.
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I remember one like this from a number of years ago...except they are pouring sand all over the running motor's exposed valvetrain :shocked: I think it was a Chrysler V8, IIRC.
 
Originally posted by: Black88GTA
Originally posted by: Iron Woode
reminds me of a commercial for some oil additive I saw years ago and they are hosing down the innards of a mopar slant six while its still running.
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I remember one like this from a number of years ago...except they are pouring sand all over the running motor's exposed valvetrain :shocked: I think it was a Chrysler V8, IIRC.
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Duralube
 
There are people who do highly stupid things to cars and I've seen many myself. I once heard where a guy installed a cooling system flush T in a PCV hose rather than a heater hose and ruined his engine. I've seen the results of many "Jiffy lube" mistakes too.
 
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