Project: Adding Flashlube

Anyone who drives and older car knows that in some cases modern fuels can be harmful to the valve seats of your engine.

The solution to the problem is to add something to your unlead fuel to help with the upper cylinder lubrication. Easy if you run petrol, a bit harder if you run dual fuel. Enter the "Flashlube" kit.

This kit is hooked up to a vacuum line on the carb of your engine to "suck" through some of the special lubricant at a steady rate, which automagically mixes with the fuel.

Click here for more info on Flashlube, and what it does.

As the van didn't have any such kit installed, and I had no idea as to whether the heads had been upgraded for LPG and unleaded - I decided to add a kit. After all, the kit won't do any harm!

I picked one up on eBay (again!) for $35. A bargain. The kit arrived, was brand new, and it took a couple of hours to install.

The full kit

For full details on installation of the kit, click here to see the project details in my old holden shed.