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Re: 'Oil Gelling' a.k.a. Sludge
Posted to Technical Theory Forum on 2/25/2002

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Michael,

I agree that something's being lost in translation on the lifter bucket issue, but the general gist of the article makes sense. Higher oil temps + neglected oil changes + cheap oil filters ... Login to read more.