**** engine oil in radiator by mistake

gpx123

big hose attached to it.. and yeah i can see the oil i guess whatever liqud was already in there was pretty full cause after about less than half the quart i stopped because it was about to overflow

DEpointfive0

Push the car out?

If it was my car, this is my plan of attack.
Turkey baster idea.
Drain the radiator
Flush it with a hose
Drain radiator
Fill radiator with water and a bit of dish soap
Run car with radiator cap off.
Drain, refill with water
Run car with radiator cap off.
Drain, refill with water
Run car with radiator cap off
Fill car with radiator fluid. Drive like normal

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Chuck33079

If it's that little oil and you pop off the upper hose, wouldn't all the oil come out? I can't see you being down on coolant far enough for the oil to be in the radiator.

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DEpointfive0

I guess, but I feel it wouldn't all come out. Best would be if you could pump the fluid from the bottom up.

The thing with the oil is that it will cost and stick to anything it touches, so in my mind I don't want it to run anywhere else

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Chuck33079

Yeah, I'd rather be safe than sorry. Flush the whole thing.

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gpx123

how much does a radiator flush generally cost you think from a shop?

towing probably gonna cost like 100 then the cost of flush



so basically def dont take to dealer though right?

Chuck33079

Do you know another shop to take it to? If not then take it to the dealer.

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DEpointfive0

$60-70, you want them to do it a few times.


No dealer for you. At all




(Maybe a dumb series of questions... But... Do you have insurance? [A lot of companies offer free towing] Do you have AAA or equivalent? Do you think a few hundred bucks to fix this problem is a lot? How old are you?)

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Joepro

we get trans fluid mix in some systems when the coolers in the bottom of the rad cracsk and mix. After the rad is replaced(not suggestion you replace yours) we flush it out with a standard hose in the rad cap. While I do no suggest it, we have run degreaser through them in extreme cases. That being said, I would drain the system, flush it with a hose, re fill, and do it again after 5k miles. Next step, find a car mentor...

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gpx123

70 bucks wouldnt be too bad... thanks ill make sure to tell him i want it done a few timse

i have state farm wonder if they cover towing?

Solomatrix

DEpointfive0

You MUST be young. Yes, they usually cover towing up to like $125, unless you opted out of it, even though it only costs like .50/month

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Dude here

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1slow370

Its not really that big of an issue, get out what you can(try to get most of it), fill it up with coolant and drive the car for a week. the rest of it will end up in the overflow resrvoir after the week and all you will have to do is pop the resrvoir off and clean out like it was a piece of Tupperware. trace amounts of oil wont hurt anything. easy way out is to just take it to get flushed in which case i would just get out as much as i could, fill it with coolant and just drive it to a local garage. Like DE said if you had put coolant in your oil that would be different (would mean changing the oil immediately and running a little diesel or kerosene in the oil for a little bit and then changing it again, still not the end of the world unless it was driven with the coolant in it).

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cautupwitdm

This is the most hilarious thread I've seen so far. You seem totally clueless about cars it sounds like and you shouldn't be the one adding fluids. Why were you adding oil in the first place?? Did you check the headlight and blinker fluid while you were at it? JK

When you get it towed make sure they put it on a flat bed truck and they have boards or something to decrease the initial slope when they are loading it. Also, make sure they use the tow hook and not anything else. You have a tow hook in the trunk that installs in the grill of the car left side. Some tow companies have no idea how to load our Zs and I don't want to see your next post saying your bumper is all messed up.

You might already know these things but you did put oil in your radiator so just making sure. GL

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