Coming out of the movie with my kids tonight I stopped for gas and bought a jug of coolant and a jug of wiper fluid, and with my daughter standing there chatting my ear off I inadvertantly poured the entire jug of windshield wiper fluid into the coolant reservoir of my Jeep. I couldn't afford to be stranded in town an hour from home so we drove that bitch back with no issue, as someone suggested I should have no problem getting back and then draining it somehow tomorrow.
Anyone no anything about shit like this. I'm a fucking reject when it comes to vehicles, obviously!
On the bottom of the radiator unscrew the plug and let all the water out; once the water is out screw it back on. Take off the top hose, stick a running water hose in there and let the engine run. Clean out the coolant system
sockeye - On the bottom of the radiator unscrew the plug and let all the water out; once the water is out screw it back on. Take off the top hose, stick a running water hose in there and let the engine run. Clean out the coolant system
Damn.......see this is why I use OG instead of Google for so many things. While I already admitted that I was useless with vehicles, I can tell this language sockeye speaks is legit. He's not fucking with me like some of you are going to try to do following his post, and for that he gets vote ups every time I see his screename until 2026. Thanks for the precise post!
Your fine. Just drain it tomorrow. Or next week even, there's nothing in there that'll cause sudden damage. Don't feel stupid, one time I almost poured in gasoline that I had mixed for my dirt bike, luckily I caught a wiff just as I was about to pour.
OP make sure Fter you drain your radiator to run the engine to temperature with the rap cap off. Once the pump starts pushing coolant through the engine you'll see the level drop in the radiator. You can tell when it's full you see the coolant being cycled through.
Be careful if you do take off the top hose to flush though. Seen a lot of people fuck up their radiator if it gets stuck on. Better to get a razor and just cut it off if you're having too much trouble with it.
the_b00ts - I'd drain and give it a good flush sooner rather than later. Washer fluid is basically water, alcohol, and some other additives. The alcohol will evaporate whenever your engine reaches normal operating temperature. The unknown comes in the form of those other additives in the washer fluid that MAY gunk up. This is actually a common issue, so don't feel dumb, just get it flushed.
This.
Just get it flushed as soon as possible.
Call a bunch of different shops if you don't have time/space/knowledge to do it yourself.
Roy Batty - I hope OP's husband doesn't backhand her!
Lololol,
This lady I worked with checked her oil by looking under the cap, she then filled her engine with oil until she could see oil. Luckily she was only a block away from our shop.
sockeye - On the bottom of the radiator unscrew the plug and let all the water out; once the water is out screw it back on. Take off the top hose, stick a running water hose in there and let the engine run. Clean out the coolant system
Damn.......see this is why I use OG instead of Google for so many things. While I already admitted that I was useless with vehicles, I can tell this language sockeye speaks is legit. He's not fucking with me like some of you are going to try to do following his post, and for that he gets vote ups every time I see his screename until 2026. Thanks for the precise post!
Might be late buy dont screw plug back in when back flushing... or take off bottom hose
Otherwise youll take everything inside engine block and put it back in radiator. .. you eant to flush engine of wiper fluid and radiator
