“She added washer fluid to the 710 cap”
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Doom@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’m aware that this is a shit post, buuuut I just want to point out if this was very old oil it would be black sludge. This oil looks contaminated. Probably with coolant. If we’re going to do a sexism let’s at least accurately identify the engine problem.
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Doom@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Nah. In my experience it’s normally dudes that cause this problem by pouring cold coolant into a hot engine. Hot engine block plus cold fluid = BAD. The engine block cracks. If you ever need to add coolant only do it when your vehicle is cold (If it’s an emergency and you can’t wait for the engine to cool make sure the engine is ON and you add coolant slowly). If this only happened because someone just poured the wrong fluid into the wrong hole, hell yeah, because I’d rather do a clean out then have to replace my whole god damn engine.
phar@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Wow if your engine block cracks because you put room temp coolant in, you should consider a better make of vehicle. That’s ridiculous.
Doom@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Thermal shock.
ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world 1 month ago
Yeah, that underside of an engine is way too spotless and clean to have driven the distance needed to break down engine oil.
Botzo@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Agreed with both of you.
That’s the classic “milkshake” color and is definitely from coolant.
Agent641@lemmy.world 1 month ago
How would coolant get in there? A mechanical failure, or would someone literally pour coolant into the oil hole?
michaelalf@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Cracked coolant port(s) in the cylinder head usually. Although, I’ve seen people put washer fluid in power steering reservoirs. So yeah pouring coolant directly into the engine could also result in this nightmare.
/Also in modern cars, the liquid/liquid oil coolers fail surprisingly often.
donnywholovedbowling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Very common with a blown head gasket, though I’m not sure how often that happens in modern cars