My brother called me today all excited because he screwed up an oil change.
He had just changed the oil in his 2009 Mazda 2.3 and went to get his gallon of distilled water to top
up his coolant surge tank...(I've been teaching him basic maintenance in order to save him some bucks)
His cell phone rang and distracted him and he inadvertently poured a few ounces of the water into the funnel
that was still in the oil fill hole...(he said about 4 ozs....6 at most).
I advised him to drain it out and put in new oil but not a new filter since he never started the engine with
the watered down oil. Should this be enough or should he change it out earlier than usual?
Thoughts?
He drained the unused Valvoline synthetic 5w20 into a clean container...will the water settle out and be able to be used again or should he just dump it?
Thanks...
He had just changed the oil in his 2009 Mazda 2.3 and went to get his gallon of distilled water to top
up his coolant surge tank...(I've been teaching him basic maintenance in order to save him some bucks)
His cell phone rang and distracted him and he inadvertently poured a few ounces of the water into the funnel
that was still in the oil fill hole...(he said about 4 ozs....6 at most).
I advised him to drain it out and put in new oil but not a new filter since he never started the engine with
the watered down oil. Should this be enough or should he change it out earlier than usual?
Thoughts?
He drained the unused Valvoline synthetic 5w20 into a clean container...will the water settle out and be able to be used again or should he just dump it?
Thanks...