Just put 1 Litre of two stoke oil in my car (Ford Ka)-in the oil filler bit . A senior moment. Will this cause any problems.?
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Just put 1 Litre of two stoke oil in my car (Ford Ka)-in the oil filler bit . A senior moment. Will this cause any problems.?
Probably. Get it out and start again, I would. I assume you were changing the oil otherwise you shouldn't have been able to fit a whole litre in?
Si
What's a 'senior' person doing driving a Ford Ka?
;-)
On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 08:15:11 +0100, "Mungo \"Two Sheds\" Toadfoot" mused:
Yep.
You'd be surprised, I had a car, X plate, used to fit about 4 litres of oil in every couple of Months, but I do do slightly higher mileage then the average senior Ford Ka driver.
If you were topping up the oil, a litre seems rather a lot to be putting in at one go. What volume is required is get you from the low mark to the high mark on the dipstick? What is the overall engine oil capacicy? [Your driver's handbook should provide answers to both of these questions.]
Two stroke oil is thinner than normal engine oil, since it's designed to be mixed with the fuel in 2-stroke engines. It won't lubricate a 4-stroke engine as well as 'proper' oil. I would drain *all* the oil out ASAP, and refill with the proper stuff, and change the filter too for good measure. If you don't feel competent to do it, get a garage to do it. Driving round gently with the current mixture won't do too much harm in the short term, but change it as soon as you can.
The OP stated that he'd put 'two stoke oil' into his Ka; now, a Stoke is the measurement of viscosity - is 'two stoke oil' equivalent to 200 cS (centi-Stoke) oil? What viscosity of oil should be inserted into a Ka? Enquiring minds .... he may be trolling ... or perhaps not!
An interesting theory! I read it as STROKE and believe that was what he meant, even if he wrote STOKE.
I would be very surprised if the viscosity of engine oil was specified in Stokes - or even in Centistokes (cSt) - on the tin, the more usual designation being SAE 10W/30 or whatever.
FWIW, there's an equivalence table at
I have had a series of new Rover cars, all of them petrol with steel rims. I gave up checking oil levels, tyre pressures, brake fluid levels and power steering fluids between services. They were so good, that none of them ever dropped below the minimum and I was doing more than 20,000 miles a year.
Going back a few years, I did have some Austin cars that wanted a litre of oil occasionally.
What volume is required is get you from the low mark to the high
Isn't this something akin to the thread a few months ago about putting petrol into a diesel engine car. I think the general consensus was it was OK providing that the ratio was within certain limits.
One litre of oil will not dilute 4 litres that much, surely?
Dave
Thanks for all the expert advice which has been absorbed. I meant Stroke not Stoke (not trolling). I will be back with another "c*ck up" soon no doubt:-)
If you only do short journeys, it probably won't. If you do long, fast journeys, it might. To put your mind at rest, you should drain all the engine oil and put fresh oil in. If you change the engine oil yourself: It's recommended that you warm the engine up by taking the car on a short (as required) run. Then drain the oil quickly. If a garage does it for you, _insist_ on them warming the engine up first.
Sylvain.
Fast journeys - In a Ka ?????
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Not in the UK. The railways screwed it up, like everything they do.
Don't think so. But 'fast' is relative anyway! If you were to run a 4-stroke lawnmower flat out on 2-stroke oil it wouldn't do it any good! [The 'Ka' always seemed a bit agricultural, to me!]
Even the smallest one can exceed the national limit by over 20 mph. They also handle very well so will beat many much more powerful cars on the twisty bits.
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