Contaminated oil (2002 V6)
Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2021 4:49 pm
Hello,
I believe a more unscrupulous garage has poured Mono Ethylene Glycol into both my engine and transmission. I use it as a cheap antifreeze along with de-ionized water. I left it in the back and noticed it missing after a supposed timing belt change but thought I'd misplaced it. It may or may not be that garage. I'm not entirely sure but something he said afterwards points me there. One thing I do know. It went in there with clear oil after a change (elsewhere) and came out with black oil! It's now too long ago to do anything about it. I've only recently noticed as I am just learning about the Bongo now.
It's gravity means it floats on top of oil. I think a guy I took it to tried to get rid of it from the engine by loosening the rocker cover thereby leaching out the MEG. I first noticed it and thought it was coming out the head (clear liquid) but it was in fact the rocker cover. I've re-tightened and now fine. It had also flooded the rear most 2 spark chambers in the rocker on either side and was causing a miss-fire. That along with loosened ground wires on the rocker caused massive fuel consumption. Hence I noticed. All tight now. I am taking it in for an oil change locally then running for a bit and doing another.
My question is this: Since the MEG floats on the transmission oil how can I remove it? I thought of putting one end of the coolant line in an empty container and the other in 20L of ATF.
Does anyone think this will pump out the MEG?
I will not name names...
Note: MEG is very viscous and boils at a very high temp/freezes at a very low temp. It has lubricating properties.
Sorry for the drama!
I believe a more unscrupulous garage has poured Mono Ethylene Glycol into both my engine and transmission. I use it as a cheap antifreeze along with de-ionized water. I left it in the back and noticed it missing after a supposed timing belt change but thought I'd misplaced it. It may or may not be that garage. I'm not entirely sure but something he said afterwards points me there. One thing I do know. It went in there with clear oil after a change (elsewhere) and came out with black oil! It's now too long ago to do anything about it. I've only recently noticed as I am just learning about the Bongo now.
It's gravity means it floats on top of oil. I think a guy I took it to tried to get rid of it from the engine by loosening the rocker cover thereby leaching out the MEG. I first noticed it and thought it was coming out the head (clear liquid) but it was in fact the rocker cover. I've re-tightened and now fine. It had also flooded the rear most 2 spark chambers in the rocker on either side and was causing a miss-fire. That along with loosened ground wires on the rocker caused massive fuel consumption. Hence I noticed. All tight now. I am taking it in for an oil change locally then running for a bit and doing another.
My question is this: Since the MEG floats on the transmission oil how can I remove it? I thought of putting one end of the coolant line in an empty container and the other in 20L of ATF.
Does anyone think this will pump out the MEG?
I will not name names...
Note: MEG is very viscous and boils at a very high temp/freezes at a very low temp. It has lubricating properties.
Sorry for the drama!