Mixed up oil containers....
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Mixed up oil containers....
Ya so im an idiot, I have two identical Mobil one high mileage containers, one with the extra oil from the last change for topping off every so often, and one with the old brake fluid from installing new clutch hydraulics.
I managed to pour about maybe a 1/4 cup, probably less, hardly anything really, into the fill hole before I realized it was brake fluid (it was mostly from the latter half of the clutch bleed, so it actually looked pretty clean). Of course I never started it or anything, just drained it, and poured about a quart or so of fresh oil through it with the plug open. Before I refill with $30 worth of oil, any thoughts on if its safe now to go ahead and refill? Im sure I probably washed most of it out, but if anyone has any thoughts?
I managed to pour about maybe a 1/4 cup, probably less, hardly anything really, into the fill hole before I realized it was brake fluid (it was mostly from the latter half of the clutch bleed, so it actually looked pretty clean). Of course I never started it or anything, just drained it, and poured about a quart or so of fresh oil through it with the plug open. Before I refill with $30 worth of oil, any thoughts on if its safe now to go ahead and refill? Im sure I probably washed most of it out, but if anyone has any thoughts?
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Brake fluid in the engine is bad, but a 1/4 cup isn't very much, so that is good I guess.
If it was my car I'd remove the valvecover and soak up the fluid in the area around the fill-hole region with towels. You can try to flush any remnants down to the oil pan with a cheap conventional oil like Castrol GTX. I would do a complete flush with cheap conventional oil, pouring 5 quarts down the cylinder head, before filling with a good synthetic oil. It might be a bit of over-kill but you don't want brake fluid to make it into the bearing areas of the motor. Dilute it as much as you can through flushing.
If it was my car I'd remove the valvecover and soak up the fluid in the area around the fill-hole region with towels. You can try to flush any remnants down to the oil pan with a cheap conventional oil like Castrol GTX. I would do a complete flush with cheap conventional oil, pouring 5 quarts down the cylinder head, before filling with a good synthetic oil. It might be a bit of over-kill but you don't want brake fluid to make it into the bearing areas of the motor. Dilute it as much as you can through flushing.
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Heat up a quart of cheap oil in the microwave. Hot oil will run through there like water.
Pour it into the motor as fast as you can pour it in, drain plug out.
The hot oil will wash it right out.
Pour it into the motor as fast as you can pour it in, drain plug out.
The hot oil will wash it right out.
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