Not boating related but it sure could qualify

[Oldlaxer1]

I just had a co-worker come in and ask what he should do because he has put at least 1/2 - 3/4 gallon of antifreeze into the oil fill on his $85,000 Audi. I asked how far has he driven and he said oh, about 30 miles yesterday and about 20 so far today. I said I would have it towed to a garage and have them change the oil immediately with cheap oil, run it for about 15 minutes and have them change it again with top quality oil. He says, I'm not paying to have it towed. it shouldn't hurt anything.
He is the #2 at our company....

 

[rustybucket]

I'd venture to say the oil is a milky/chocolatey froth. Bearings may already be toast, engine could very well already be shot. Personally would not start the engine again until it was drained and refilled. Let it drain overnight or a few days if possible.

On the bright side his oil won't freeze this winter! lol.. smh.. some people...

 

[SEVEN]

Just prior to me buying my 53’ the owner hired a yard to do some maintenance. One item was to check and fill the batteries. The employee didn’t speak or read English very well. Instead of adding water to the batteries he added antifreeze. Needless to say Rusty got new batteries before he bought the boat. Unbelievable.

 

[jim rosenthal]

Someone is about to buy a very expensive set of engine bearings, on their own nickel.

#2? Where's the brains of the outfit located?

 

[Oldlaxer1]

#2? Where's the brains of the outfit located?

#2's father is #1 and #3 (that's me!)

 

[Oldlaxer1]

Just prior to me buying my 53’ the owner hired a yard to do some maintenance. One item was to check and fill the batteries. The employee didn’t speak or read English very well. Instead of adding water to the batteries he added antifreeze. Needless to say Rusty got new batteries before he bought the boat. Unbelievable.

Some people have all the luck!

 

[doc g]

Wow , sounds like you are SURROUNDED!! ,
I sold a Toyota Hatchback many years ago. I had just changed the oil and filter and it sold the next day. I got a call from the guy who bought it saying he wanted his money back. I asked why and he related a story that involved the new oil filter "exploding" , the oil pressure gauge dropping off to zero , and the check engine light coming on. I asked what did you do ? He said he tried to drive the rest of the way home when all of a sudden the "engine stopped working". Reminds me of the saying - "ya can't fix stupid" ......Pat

 

[oscarvan]

1/2-3/4 GALLON? Before the real stupid happened what prompted him to put THAT much of ANYTHING in there?

Diesel small cars are, at least up to know, who knows that environmental regulations are going to do, much more prevalent in Europe and thus in rental fleets.

A close family member went over there and put gas in the poor little Volvo diesel rental car. Said it ran poorly after that and then stopped.

 

[racclarkson@gmail.com]

#2's father is #1 and #3 (that's me!)

Takes after his mother?

 

[miboatnutz]

He's an idiot.

These kinds of mistakes happen every day. Year before last, our Yacht Club put forty gallons of diesel fuel in our Chris Craft (gas engines). We realized it minutes after the mistake occurred and before engines were started we took corrective action. Inconvenient but no harm no foul.

This guy's an idiot not because of the mistake but rather he's not willing to take corrective action. So he'd rather risk permanent and very expensive damage to an $85K Audi because he's not willing to tow it to an oil change shop? Plain stupid.

My guess is exactly as OP described. Chances are that if he drains the oil right away, puts in new and then drains that after a short period of time, he'll probably be OK.

 

[Pascal]

How old is he ? Must be a millennial

Mistakes happen but then if you make it worst...

A few years ago a fellow E-type owner got distracted and put diesel in his tank during a club drive. ... amazingly the Ole V12 ran (kind of) and survived. The tank is easy to drain on these cars though

 

[oscarvan]

How old is he ? Must be a millennial

Mistakes happen but then if you make it worst...

A few years ago a fellow E-type owner got distracted and put diesel in his tank during a club drive. ... amazingly the Ole V12 ran (kind of) and survived. The tank is easy to drain on these cars though

You don't have to take the engine out? What kind of British car is that?

(Before you kill me.... I own a 64 Land Rover..... )

 

[Pascal]

You don't have to take the engine out? What kind of British car is that?

(Before you kill me.... I own a 64 Land Rover..... )

Didn’t you read my post ? “A fellow E-type owner...”... Jaguar E-type aka XKE On this side of the pond... fuel tank is in the back with a very easy to drain sump. We filled up our cars at the same time... he used the wrong pump

 

[racclarkson@gmail.com]

I think it went over your head. Having owned a number of British cars, I can confirm it would not be uncommon to regularly rebuild motors.

 

[Passages]

Drain oil
Replenish with a 50/50 blend of oil & kerosene.
Run engine at idle for 2-3 minute
Drain
Refill with oil

If that does not fix things, the bearings are toast.

 

[Pascal]

I think it went over your head. Having owned a number of British cars, I can confirm it would not be uncommon to regularly rebuild motors.

I rebuilt my V12 at about 140k miles... hard miles... including countless track days.

 

[jim rosenthal]

My guess is that the bearings' life would be a lot shorter, and the next owner is going to take the hit. If the engine survives this one, for a while.

 

[oscarvan]

Didn’t you read my post ? “A fellow E-type owner...”... Jaguar E-type aka XKE On this side of the pond... fuel tank is in the back with a very easy to drain sump. We filled up our cars at the same time... he used the wrong pump

What I meant was that you didn't have to take the engine out in order to get the fuel tank out. I was (facetiously) referring to the fact that often it seems overly laborious to get to simple things.

Then again, the Brits don't have the monopoly on that. You need to remove half the front cosmetic pieces to change the headlight bulb in a Suburban.... ask me how I know.