gary96360

i washed my engine today, after i was done i took off the bag covering the distributor and the dip stick got pulled a bit out, tiny bit of water went down about 3 drops, i quickly pressed the dipstick down. should i drain the oil or just leave it.

Jay351

If it was only 3 drops, I woulndt worry about it. But it can't hurt to change the oil

toylocost

No biggie. It will boil off first time you run it. It could accumulate that much just cooling down during normal operation.

Windsor

Drain and refill is pretty cheap and quick. I'd drain, as well as try hard to flush the tube with oil. But I'm paranoid like that.

superpeanutman

three drops is nothing. take it on a long trip, get it running hot, that will fix it. if your paranoid, add some additives.

gary96360

i just changed my oil less than 2,000km (1,250miles) but im too cheap to change it. ive done much worse, my last truck i used a funnel to pour oil into it after i did it i looked into the skinny part of the funnel and i saw some dirt in it. i didn't even bother changing the oil. its sad that i care more about a few drops of water in my yota than dirt in a newer ram lol.

rngrchad

In cold weather the condensation that will build inside your motor creates more h20 than a few droplets of water. You'll be fine. Don't worry about it man. I've sucked gallons into my yota's and pumped it out the tailpipe. It's good to flush the system once in a while.

rngrchad

Yeh, no kidding your paranoid. It's your money, use it to line big-oil's profits a bit more and change your oil for the sake of the recession.

aviator

I would'nt worry about it... it's not like a little water in the pan is going to hydro anything lol and it will boil off before it will do any real harm... next change do a flush first and that will handle it.

Windsor

pshaw, not like you drive a Prius.

I was expressing the "when in doubt" clause. If OP was concerned enough to post up, might as well just flush it.

rngrchad

Chicks dig guys who drive prius's. I'm gonna sell all 3 yota's and join the priustech forums. Seeya!

Windsor

nice.

rngrchad

See I told you chick's dig prius's:

Windsor

What are the odds that those ladies are vegetarians?

rngrchad

I dunno, I'll ask them. I just met them on priustech.com They are coming over tommorow night to drive all my yota trucks to the stealership so I can trade them in on one prius. Yes, that's right, all 4 of them ladies will be riding back with me in my new prius. I'll post pics tommorow. Stay tuned.

gary96360

anyone know who set the standard for oil changes every 3,000 miles. that could also be a money making scheme by the companies lol

gary96360

i love the sight of a vehicle blowing water and coolant out of the tailpipe. i bought the truck with a blown headgasket and loved to drive it in short bursts around the neighborhood, creating a mountain of smoke and stink.

Windsor

Even better is the Mazda rotary engine with an apex seal not working (either stuck in the "down" (non-sealing) position or plain ol' worn out). The cure to get it started is a touch of ATF in the intake (carb or however you can get it in).

When the engine fires up, the car belches a nasty-smelling white smoke-screen that is guaranteed to impress your neighbors.

gary96360

i bet that a cop will pull you over if he/she sees it haha, especially in california.

Jay351

Uhoh... here comes the smug!! Gonna move to sanfransisco n start sniffin yer farts?