Apparatus and method for engine cleaning
OwnerParviz R Horriatinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus configured to perform a static and a dynamic cleaning of an engine at the same time or separately, as well as to back-flush the oil pump screen of the engine, air purging the engine and prime the engine with oil before filling the engine with the required oil amount. The apparatus has a holding tank for storing a cleaning solution, a pump, an oil drain adapter configured to connect the apparatus to the oil drain of the engine, a transfer tank and an oil filter adapter connected to a first and a second conduit. The pump is selectively in fluid communication with the holding tank, to pump the cleaning solution from the holding tank into the engine, and with the oil drain to draw the cleaning solution out of the engine.
Claims11
A cleaning machine to clean an engine, where the engine has an oil pump to circulate oil therethrough and an oil drain from which to drain the circulated oil therefrom, said cleaning machine comprising:
- a source of engine cleaning fluid;
- a cleaning fluid pump lying in fluid communication with said source of engine cleaning fluid to pump the engine cleaning fluid from said source;
- a cleaning fluid inlet line extending between said cleaning fluid pump and the engine to supply the engine cleaning fluid being pumped by said cleaning fluid pump from said source thereof to the engine to flow therethrough;
- a cleaning fluid outlet line extending between the engine and said cleaning fluid inlet line such that a first portion of the engine cleaning fluid flowing through the engine is recycled by way of said cleaning fluid outlet line and said cleaning fluid inlet line to the engine by means of the engine oil pump;
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- an oil drain outlet line extending between the engine oil drain and said cleaning fluid inlet line by way of said cleaning fluid pump such that a second portion of the engine cleaning fluid flowing through the engine is recycled by way of said oil drain outlet line and said cleaning fluid inlet line to the engine by means of said cleaning fluid pump.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.