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| posted on July 4th, 2010 at 10:30 AM |
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ok i've bought a flashlube kit and...
I know some of you think I have wasted my money and some of you think I have done the right thing and I have had valves receed in to the head before
so prevention is better than cure.
It's still not installed as I'm not 100% sure about the best place add this on the system, where to drill the holes and mount the fluid tank.
Can anyone give us a few pointers, pics etc where and how you guys have installled yours?
Mine will be on a 2lt motor
Cheers all
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| posted on July 4th, 2010 at 11:16 AM |
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Give Grumble a call
Futue te ipsum!!!
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| posted on July 4th, 2010 at 03:12 PM |
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what about the inlet just like the dizzy hose
wait twin carby?
one for each carby lmao
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| posted on July 4th, 2010 at 09:54 PM |
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I am asssuming that it is a 2litre kombi,i usually mount the bottle on the left hand corner as low as possible (usually sits on the foam seal)and tap
into each manifold as high as possible so it doesn't gravity feed ,then fit the threaded tubes into the manifold,fit your hoses with the "T" piece
and adjust the flow.Try to ensure that the "T"is in the centre of the hose between the carbs. Cheers Les
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| posted on July 4th, 2010 at 10:03 PM |
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Cheers Les and all for the info...PM'd you for just a tad more.
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| posted on July 4th, 2010 at 10:12 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Ragerty
I know some of you think I have wasted my money and some of you think I have done the right thing and I have had valves receed in to the head before
so prevention is better than cure.
It's still not installed as I'm not 100% sure about the best place add this on the system, where to drill the holes and mount the fluid tank.
Can anyone give us a few pointers, pics etc where and how you guys have installled yours?
Mine will be on a 2lt motor
Cheers all
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adding oil to the fuel is a very bad idea and it may in fact cause VSR not prevent it
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Ragerty
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| posted on July 4th, 2010 at 10:22 PM |
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Hey Johny R... Oil as in the Flashlube lubricant?
Anymore to add on this as I've not heard this before and keen to learn more?
Any guys out there that this has happened to?
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| posted on July 5th, 2010 at 09:01 PM |
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Flashlube is an upper cylinder lubricant,it is also used on engines running on gas.I have never seen or heard of upper cylinder lubes,redex,flashlube
or others causing the said problem in over 40 years working in this trade.
Sorry raggerty your pm didn't come through.
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| posted on July 5th, 2010 at 10:19 PM |
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Yeah it is an upper cylinder lube
Upper cylinder lube went well in a Holden Grey motor but I hav'nt seen one of those in a while. I hope I don't need to look at one any time
soon
Adding oil to the fuel kills the octane rating 
All vw heads were fine for unleaded , alloy heads, hardened valve seats, chrome valve stems .
Why would you add oil to the fuel when a reduced octane rating equates to a hotter running engine ?
Also Gas engines are more suited to a lube as the gas is very high octane and a little drop from that high number is OK.
Hey Grumble do you sell the stuff ?
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| posted on July 10th, 2010 at 08:53 PM |
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I probably shouldn't bother but-If the valve seats are hardened,chrome stems etc I haven't seen any other reasons for the valve seat recession(which
apparently doesn't happen where jonny is).When the unleaded fuels replaced the old super which had lead as a lubricant we had a spate of vehicles
closing valves due to seat recession,they would eventually get to a stage of no adjustment left with the screw fully retracted.The only way we in the
trade could ease this problem was to fit a flashlube kit or add it at each fill,this saved a lot of owners a major job.As I said in a past post I have
seen no proof that it does not work and base my advice on personal experience.I have been working with VW's since the mid 1960's and could not be
called a johnny come lately with no experience. I do not intend to slag anyone or keep putting posts up to defend something that I know works and
works well.As for johnny's last question-yes I do use the product and also will supply my customers if they request it.A lot of them purchase their
own product (flashlube or other)elsewhere.Cheers Les
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| posted on July 16th, 2010 at 01:27 PM |
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Les
i note you didn't specifically say Vw's were the subject of valve recession. Old holdens and fords yes, but VW's, i doubt it. European
manufacturers were well ahead in respect of leaded fuel phase out.
It's always easy to the better side of a particular product when the bank balance is involved.
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| posted on July 19th, 2010 at 11:35 PM |
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Les
Do you seriously believe the VSR in VW air cooled engines is caused by NOT using flashlube ? 
Remember there has been no lead in the fuel since 1970 in the USA
Vw engineered there early model cars to run on almost any fuel .
IMO Adding oil to the fuel is not needed unless you use LPG or a 2 stroke 
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