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[Bobtail4x4]

but it can make engines "pink",

 

[Robotstar5]

A local engine rebuilder recommended using diesel engine oil in everything. It has more detergents in it and it keeps the insides of the engine cleaner.

My BIL ran diesel fuel in his engine for a few minutes to clean it out.

 

[Nederlands]

My BIL ran diesel fuel in his engine for a few minutes to clean it out.

Added to the engine oil i hope?

Did that once with an old nissan patrol 3,3L
Half a liter diesel ontop off the engine oil.

Motor was really clean after about ten minutes idling.
(Removed rocker cover before and after)

 

[julianthegypsy]

I was always taught never to put detergent oil in an old engine that had never run on it, or it will distribute accumulated gunk into every oil way.

 

[RichardM]

I was always taught never to put detergent oil in an old engine that had never run on it, or it will distribute accumulated gunk into every oil way.

Especially if you have a sludge trap in the crank.

 

[indykid]

Still no answer?
Maybe they would answer you!

Did you send them that same picture you showed us?

If so, it might explain their lack of response. Give them a chance and take a wider shot with the full thing in frame.

 

[carl0s]

£145, screwfix had a sale on them and I had a voucher on the top.
Not exactly cheap and the genuine tapes are very pricey, but you can pick up clone tapes from aliexpress (until Rachel bans it) for a couple of quid, and they seem decent enough.

Wide variety of tapes and heatshrinks, and the auto cutter allows you to chain up labels to avoid too much wastage on the lead in.
Handy bit of kit, I've got a job coming up where a few hundred cables will need labelling up at both ends, so it will have paid for itself if that goes through.

I got one too, on the same deal.
The cutter is great.
It does patch panels perfectly, with the weird 4-module measuring stick thing, and sequences numbers/patterns perfectly.
Also does faceplates (dual rj45) nicely too, and the flag-labels for when you just have to label the cable itself.
I'm pleased with mine.
Prior to that I had the basic p-touch that I bought from Costco for £17.99 about 20 years ago.

Also, the tapes from Amazon are fine. 1/4 price of originals. Same goes for Brother laser printers (most of them).