Valve chatter or spark knock?

[LX5liter]

Originally posted by crazypete
What is this transmission fluid trick I'm hearing about? I'm curious now. I just drained my PS rack and forgot that I had no PS fluid and I heard ATF would work. DOES IT EVER! That ps is like a new system! I'm curious what ATF would do in the engine. I mistakenly bought 5 quarts of type F which doesnt go in my AOD so I need to give it a purpose.

It's supposed to clean all the grunge out of the engine and free up sticky lifters etc...it has a fairly high detergent content so it cleans the engine up from the inside. IMO, if you use a good oil and do regular oil changes you will not need to use the ATF. The new oils have enough additives in them, (unless you run them too long) , they do a pretty good job of keeping things clean.