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Default Antifreeze in the Oil filler!..


"tony sayer" wrote in message
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Alright a bit OT!! but my ditzy daughter for some unknown reason went
and dumped around a litre of Antifreeze down the oil filler of her
Mondeo earlier. Fortunately she realised her mistake and some muggins
looks like having to do an Oil change tomorrow;(.

If she had run the engine would this have harmed it at all?.

Never heard of anyone doing this before always a first time I suppose!
Anyone any ideas on what the outcome might have been if it had been
started?..

TIA......
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Tony Sayer


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I doubt if a simple drain down will be good enough. It would be worth giving
the engine a good clean with flushing oil before putting in new oil. This
will clean out the antifreeze and leave a clean sump for the new oil.
Flushing oil always seems a bit expensive since you only use it once and
then throw it away but the results can be very impressive. And it's much
cheaper than a new engine.

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