Hi
Iwas trying to put oil and water in my car this evening and I put a few pints of water in to the oil by mistake. I knew straight away I had done it. I will phone a garage tomorrow but does anyone know will I be able to drive it to the garage about 2 niles away or will I have to get it towed? What will I need to get done to it. It is a 99 car and is petrol and I hope it wont cost much. Any advice please
Hi
Iwas trying to put oil and water in my car this evening and I put a few pints of water in to the oil by mistake. I knew straight away I had done it. I will phone a garage tomorrow but does anyone know will I be able to drive it to the garage about 2 niles away or will I have to get it towed? What will I need to get done to it. It is a 99 car and is petrol and I hope it wont cost much. Any advice please
Assuming you haven't tried to start it just ring round and get someone to come out and drain it, fill it with 5 litres of cheapo flushing oil, drain it again and refill. You may as well get them to put a new oil filter on at the same time too.
Somebody who runs a rescue business might be a good bet as their wagons will run on anything, they often use the drained fuel from misfuelled diesel cars.
After a week or so take the oil filler cap off and check for mayonnaise-type deposits (a dead giveaway for water in oil). If you see any then repeat the above.