****HELP!**** Put oil in with my coolant

[zarcatho]

okay a while ago i had a fight with my raditor a hose was message up and was leaking okay and i took it up to someone and they fixed it and alot of antifreeze came out so on my way to james down i decide to just fill the raditar up a little it didnt take more then a cup maybe a lil less. but the bottles of anti freeze and 5w 20 oil were both blue and i accidently put 5w 20 oil in my antifreeze!!!!!! help i have no idea whats going to happend i dont have money to put anti freeze in it untill friday is anything bad going to happen??? theres a CUP or more or less IN MY RADATOR ....is something bad going to happen??? its been running fine even kinda better idk why im worried what could happend advice please???? its a 96 subaru outback should i change it asap or just leave it?

[httrdd]

It is a closed loop system so it prob shouldn't hurt. I know us head gasket failure guys have about that much in ours. Lol. I wouldn't worry since it should still go through tstat. Change it when you can.

[jey]

Drain and change it ASAP.

[impreza_GC8]

Yeah you need that out of there fast. I cant tell you exactly why it's bad but it is bad. I suppose if it hasn't been cold where you are you can drain the coolant/oil and replace with water until you can afford some more, don't do this if it's been freezing cold where you are.


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[StatGSR]

drain, Flush, and replace ASAP

[Huffer]

Overall consensus is to drain your coolant, and refill - you will want to this maybe a couple of times to make sure you have the oil out ASAP.

This is like drinking something that should only be used to clean your face...

[zarcatho]

can i just drain and change it or do i have to flush im only 17 geting pain 50 bucks to spend so i dont think i can offored to flush it...

[StatGSR]

^ you could flush it by just putting in water, and draining it a couple times, you don't need to use coolant to help flush out more of the oil....

[green97gt]

extend the top hose with more hose, or rolled tinfoil onto a large garbage can or something..(epa)

wait for thermostat to open....

put the garden hose into the top of the rad, turn it on, tun the car until it runs clear, refill with coolant.

might take a few minutes, and some fiddling with the hose, off/ on...off..on

its not the end of the world.

its just oil...and clean..no worse that radiator stop leak.

but yeah, sooner rather than later.

[httrdd]

Nice to know. I thought it would not be a problem for a couple of days as long as it does not get below freezing. I know that he had to flush though due to build up.

[StatGSR]

^ you do know oil doesn't freeze right bud? :grin:

[httrdd]

Yea I do. I was thinking that the oil might mess up the coolants freeze point and the oil would turn to sludge. Yea it sounds dumb now.

[jey]

Oil also doesn't mix in with coolant or water :)

[decke48]

flush with lots water. oil + radiator hose isnt good, oil will soften rubber

[ouch1011]

drain, Flush, and replace ASAP

Yep. The hoses and o-rings in the cooling system don't work with oil, and combine that with the high temps of the cooling system, and it will destroy the hoses, and fast. Plus, oil and water makes sludge, that'll coat the cooling system and make it less effective. Possibly overheat. Bad.