I was just changing my oil today and i accidentally added about a tablespoon of 80w-90 gear oil to my crankcase. the rest is 5w-20 conventional with a total oil capacity of 5.5 quarts. how bad of a screw up is this? Do i need to drain out all the new oil or will that little amount of gear oil really make a difference?
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Accidentally?
Anyway, I wouldn't worry.
Anyway, I wouldn't worry.
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Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete
Accidentally?
Anyway, I wouldn't worry.
Yeah, we need more details, this is funny
Accidentally?
Anyway, I wouldn't worry.
Yeah, we need more details, this is funny
i had poured some heavy gear oil in an old (5w-20) quart bottle so i could use my transfer pump to change my rear differential fluid. of course my writing had come off and i totally forgot when it came time to change the oil....
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i may just drain it again and refill...i'll probably leave the filter tho
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i may just drain it again and refill...i'll probably leave the filter tho
How?
don`t worry about it!!
This won't harm anything.
I wouldn't do it on purpose though.
I wouldn't do it on purpose though.
thanks, i probably won't run it very long anyway as it is the "rinse" phase of an auto-rx treatment. anyway, i'm not going to change the oil again...but i will if i hear any funky noises coming from the engine in the future.
i won't go OCD on ya....
it is reassuring to have you guys tell me it is okay though
i won't go OCD on ya....
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Leave it in, maybe it will do some crazy cleaning, or increase fuel economy or make your engine purr like a kitten. In other words, maybe we have another oil additive in the making here...
Yea, nothing to worry about. Personally, I wouldn't worry if you had an entire quart in there...
A tablespoon out of 5.5 quarts? A used oil analysis wouldn't even pick that up.
It is more or less like adding stp to your oil.
Originally Posted By: BrandonVA
thanks, i probably won't run it very long anyway as it is the "rinse" phase of an auto-rx treatment. anyway, i'm not going to change the oil again...but i will if i hear any funky noises coming from the engine in the future.
i won't go OCD on ya....
it is reassuring to have you guys tell me it is okay though
Of course there is the slight chance it will cause your engine to fall out when a semi truck is following and his truck will knock your engine to the ends of the earth. While its now clean inside because of the Auto-Rx, the engine is never found.
thanks, i probably won't run it very long anyway as it is the "rinse" phase of an auto-rx treatment. anyway, i'm not going to change the oil again...but i will if i hear any funky noises coming from the engine in the future.
i won't go OCD on ya....
Of course there is the slight chance it will cause your engine to fall out when a semi truck is following and his truck will knock your engine to the ends of the earth. While its now clean inside because of the Auto-Rx, the engine is never found.
Originally Posted By: BrandonVA
I was just changing my oil today and i accidentally added about a tablespoon of 80w-90 gear oil to my crankcase. the rest is 5w-20 conventional with a total oil capacity of 5.5 quarts. how bad of a screw up is this? Do i need to drain out all the new oil or will that little amount of gear oil really make a difference?
I had something very similar happen to me last year, and I chose to leave everything alone and run it as-is. Then all of a sudden, 8 months later, I ran over a broken pair of scissors in the roadway and ruined a tire.
Take from that what you want, but if it were me, I'd drain that puppy and I mean FAST!!
The Nuke
I was just changing my oil today and i accidentally added about a tablespoon of 80w-90 gear oil to my crankcase. the rest is 5w-20 conventional with a total oil capacity of 5.5 quarts. how bad of a screw up is this? Do i need to drain out all the new oil or will that little amount of gear oil really make a difference?
I had something very similar happen to me last year, and I chose to leave everything alone and run it as-is. Then all of a sudden, 8 months later, I ran over a broken pair of scissors in the roadway and ruined a tire.
Take from that what you want, but if it were me, I'd drain that puppy and I mean FAST!!
The Nuke
Leave it. The only entity that will know the difference will be you.
Originally Posted By: Astro14
That little quantity isn't going to do any harm...but I can see that you're going to go OCD on us...
Isn't that a requirement to to register here on BITOG???
Wonder how many of us submitted fake documents to slip by the OCD requirement???
A small amount is a total non issue... I've never used any in a engine but have loaded up the late 70s Ford power rack & pinion with gear lube when they got cranky, made 'em work like new...
That little quantity isn't going to do any harm...but I can see that you're going to go OCD on us...
Isn't that a requirement to to register here on BITOG???
Wonder how many of us submitted fake documents to slip by the OCD requirement???
A small amount is a total non issue... I've never used any in a engine but have loaded up the late 70s Ford power rack & pinion with gear lube when they got cranky, made 'em work like new...
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