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Old 19-10-2007
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just topped up the car engine oil & without looking grabbed the wrong bottle. I put aqbout 400ml of 75w -90 oil in instead. Do i need to drop the whole oil or would this small amount not really matter?? pls help im going insane.
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400 mils in 6 litres would not worry it. What grade was there in it to start with, do you know?
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thnks go jeep, yr the man. it would have been factory grade equivalent. was done at last service. least now dont have to drop the oil.
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Don,t feel bad
at least the sump plug was fitted, I bet theres a few stories in that dept out there!
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at least the sump plug was fitted, I bet theres a few stories in that dept out there!
I'm guilty there
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i did one worse, drained my trans fluid by mistake, dont know what i was thinking that day. I had to run up the street and get some fluid post haste!
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Don't feel too bad,

My wife killed a lawnmower by filling it with unleaded instead of 20W50!

"It sounded funny until it went bang" luckily no flames were involved!
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