I Put Water In My Car Oil

[Dennyblonde]

I put water into the place where oil should go by mistake. The warning light on the dash went off and I drove for an hour to get home. What should I do about this, there is now some gunk on the dip stick and around the oil filler cap?

[bookbinder]

Take it to a garage and get it looked at.

[donny48]

Get it to a garage have it flushed out and hope you have not done serious damage.

[Buenchico]

Simply book your car into your local garage for an oil change, explaining why it's needed. With luck everything should then be OK.

[SlackAlice]

Needs an oil and filter change, preferably without driving it anywhere. Depends on how much water you put in, on how much damage you've done.

[ivor4781]

you tube how to look after your car to start with

[ToraToraTora]

change oil and filter as suggested, should be fine.

[bookbinder]

As a matter of interest, what did you imagine you were putting water into?

[EDDIE51]

Engine oil is designed to hold water in suspension as an emulsion. Do an oil and filter change as recommended and refill with new clean oil. It should be fine.

[Tilly2]

I'm waiting for someone to mention your username, Denny.

Good luck with getting it sorted out.

[bookbinder]

Oh, Tilly! Surely nobody on AB would do that, would they? Well, it never occurred to me to mention it!

[RATTER15]

Well, it just said 710 on the cap!! http://i.imgur.com/DV33LuQ.jpg

[Tilly2]

Gerroutofit, BB. :-)

[TWR]

I would ask your local garage to FLUSH the system with flushing oil, then refill with normal oil, Lesson Learnt here.

[Togo]

Lol @ Ratter15.

[Togo]

Not too serious Denny, just don't put oil where the water should go. (^_*)

[Tilly2]

:-)

[DTCwordfan]

Dipstick - as suggested. Just as well it wasn't the fuel tank.

[EDDIE51]

A lot easier to sort out than putting oil into the places where water should go! Just imagine the mess if you put oil in the washer water bottle or the radiator !!

[mikey4444]

This reminds of something that happened many, many years ago. I used to have a Beetle and when my nephew was very young, I caught him just in time, as he was about to pour some water into the oil hole !

I am with everybody else here....take it to a garage and get an oil change done pretty quick !

[MantaRay]

As most other people have suggested, replace and renew the oil and filter then give the car a longish run to help clear any condensation both within the engine and it's associated pipework. You might have to do this oil and filter change a couple of times until you see no further emulsion either on the dipstick or under the oil filler cap. Try to avoid any shorter journeys until you have done this. By shorter journeys I mean less than around 8 miles as it takes around 10 miles to get the oil temperature up to full operating temperature. I can't emphasise enough...get some heat into that engine to boil out the water/condensation.