Coolant sucked in to motor. Could it have called issues
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Coolant sucked in to motor. Could it have called issues
So im starting this thread for a neighbor as I was not sure the outcome of the situation. So he removed the IACV to clean it, but upon installation back on the car he forgot to reinstall the gasket and the car started to smoke instantly. He let it idle and revved it some to see if the smoke went away not sure where it came from, until I went over and noticed the gasket beside the can of carb cleaner. We reinstalled the gasket and the smoking went away after about idling for a couple seconds, car seems to be back to normal now. You guys think any damage was done after this incident, or did it just burn off the coolant and it should be fine?
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He may not have damaged anything as the motor wasn't driven hard and with low load at idle.
Change the oil immediately, you don't want coolant mixed in oil as it will kill the lubrication quality of the oil. I would do two quick oil changes, use cheap oil as a flush for the first one , and refill with your oil of choice for the second fill. Don't drive the car , dump the current contaminated oil, refill with new oil, let it idle for a minute, then dump the oil and refill with new oil and a new filter. That's what I would do. The intake manifold may have coolant residue, you might want to remove the throttle body and have a look in the manifold and clean up any residue that may be in there before starting the motor again.
Change the oil immediately, you don't want coolant mixed in oil as it will kill the lubrication quality of the oil. I would do two quick oil changes, use cheap oil as a flush for the first one , and refill with your oil of choice for the second fill. Don't drive the car , dump the current contaminated oil, refill with new oil, let it idle for a minute, then dump the oil and refill with new oil and a new filter. That's what I would do. The intake manifold may have coolant residue, you might want to remove the throttle body and have a look in the manifold and clean up any residue that may be in there before starting the motor again.
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He may not have damaged anything as the motor wasn't driven hard and with low load at idle.
Change the oil immediately, you don't want coolant mixed in oil as it will kill the lubrication quality of the oil. I would do two quick oil changes, use cheap oil as a flush for the first one , and refill with your oil of choice for the second fill. Don't drive the car , dump the current contaminated oil, refill with new oil, let it idle for a minute, then dump the oil and refill with new oil and a new filter. That's what I would do. The intake manifold may have coolant residue, you might want to remove the throttle body and have a look in the manifold and clean up any residue that may be in there before starting the motor again.
Change the oil immediately, you don't want coolant mixed in oil as it will kill the lubrication quality of the oil. I would do two quick oil changes, use cheap oil as a flush for the first one , and refill with your oil of choice for the second fill. Don't drive the car , dump the current contaminated oil, refill with new oil, let it idle for a minute, then dump the oil and refill with new oil and a new filter. That's what I would do. The intake manifold may have coolant residue, you might want to remove the throttle body and have a look in the manifold and clean up any residue that may be in there before starting the motor again.
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Originally Posted by JFUSION' timestamp='1423240167' post='23496027
He may not have damaged anything as the motor wasn't driven hard and with low load at idle.
Change the oil immediately, you don't want coolant mixed in oil as it will kill the lubrication quality of the oil. I would do two quick oil changes, use cheap oil as a flush for the first one , and refill with your oil of choice for the second fill. Don't drive the car , dump the current contaminated oil, refill with new oil, let it idle for a minute, then dump the oil and refill with new oil and a new filter. That's what I would do. The intake manifold may have coolant residue, you might want to remove the throttle body and have a look in the manifold and clean up any residue that may be in there before starting the motor again.
Change the oil immediately, you don't want coolant mixed in oil as it will kill the lubrication quality of the oil. I would do two quick oil changes, use cheap oil as a flush for the first one , and refill with your oil of choice for the second fill. Don't drive the car , dump the current contaminated oil, refill with new oil, let it idle for a minute, then dump the oil and refill with new oil and a new filter. That's what I would do. The intake manifold may have coolant residue, you might want to remove the throttle body and have a look in the manifold and clean up any residue that may be in there before starting the motor again.
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If you're lucky, you only got a some coolant into the combustion chamber where it quickly vaporized and went out the tail pipe. Good thing about water turning to steam at high pressure, it's an excellent cleaner, so you might have cleaned the combustion chamber a bit. I would still listen to J and do an oil change just for peace of mind.
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