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Old 01-24-2014, 11:38 PM   #51
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Default Re: Cleaning oil pan sludge without dropping it- before changing to detergent based o

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Originally Posted by Timsalways View Post
As a rule of thumb, how often should the pan be dropped? I have a 1930 Tudor and dropped the pan to fix an oil leak and found the main tube was missing, the oil leak is fixed, but I read somewhere it should be dropped every so often because there is no filter
10-15 years will do it.
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