Installing Flashlube on a VY V6 LPG?

[rokkz]

Anybody have any specific instructions on installing the Flashlube Kit on a VY V6 (ecotech) with Injected gas?

I have previously read a VX Commodore had flashlube kit installed, however there was greater valve/seat wear toward the front compared to the
rear due to the installation of the kit, being at the rear wear the throttle body is located, with the front valves/seats not receiving the same amount of lubrication as the rear.


Cheers

[PoweredByCNG]

Just out of interest, how many km did your VX last on gas?

Regards,
Dave

[rokkz]

Just out of interest, how many km did your VX last on gas?

Regards,
Dave


was not my vx, was a post. PoweredbyCNG, what your thoughts on the flashlube setup?

Have Tartarini injected setup, which is good, however the installation was a disgrace!

Cheers

[iamhappy46]

The best way to install a flash lube kit is my removing the intake manifold top section and plumbing in two -4 or -3 fittings with one at the front and one at the back to even distribute the Flashlube.

Keep in mind though, that way too many people think it is a requirement to drain the flashlube quickly from the bottle and set the bottle flow rate too high. This causes liquid to pool inside the manifold and under acceleartion, guess which cylinders have the liquid poor into them...

A fine mist is a much more efficient way of running Flashlube :)

[German Statesman]

Don't waste your money - another profit-booster for dodgy installers.

The idea behind the upper cyl lube kits sounds great but the application is wrong. have a look at the size of the drop of oil that comes out, and how often....the heat of the intake manifold evaporates it before it even gets to the combustion chamber.

If you're lucky it will reach somewhere near it, but all we ever saw was 'vapour trails' from the oil entry point on the underside of the intake manifold.

[iamhappy46]

Based on the top post, it appears to work or they would not have noticed the rear bias on the kit ;)

It does not evaporate with manifold heat and can be tested by putting a few drops on top of the inlet manifold with the engine at operating temp. Even taking it for a test drive and it will still be a liquid although smeared around a bit.

As it is designed as a valve lubricant, it would not really matter if it was evaporated as it is only there to lubricate valves as gas does not have its own lubricant. Liquid or gas, as long as it does its job then it is fine.

I set the system up on a VS Commodore before the owners went around Australia, came back and had to replace the intake port gasket a few months later... as I said before, it works well if it is setup correctly :)