Advice vs pros and cons of engine flush

I've told this story before, but when I was a bicycle ridin idiot kid, I used to ride over to see this OLD guy who ran a service station way further than I was supposed to ride my bike. lol I've seen him drain all the old oil out and fill it back up with 100% diesel fuel, start it and let it run for like 30 minutes. It was the blackest chit you ever saw comin out. lol Then he'd put a new filter on and fill it up with oil. Old man Balkom was his name. He said that's how he'd done it since he was a kid and that was probably about the turn of the 20th century, cause he was OLD and this was probably 72 or 73.
Yes
Diesel is a Great cleaner!
I was accused once of not changing the oil on a twin engine boat because the oil was So Black before and after changing it!
After that anytime a engine had dark oil I would drain it then put 1 gal Diesel with 1 qt oil in and run (idle) it for about 15 min or so
After draining that and filling with new oil and filter its hard to read on the dipstick because it's So Clean!!
Been doing that for 30 years...