Page 1 of 1

Mixing oils

Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 8:49 pm
by thehanko
So I have recently got an oil hand pump to make oil changes and diff filling etc all easier - but of course they use different oils, there is a small amount of oil residue in the pump after use and draining, is this likely to be enough to have any effect if you mixed what would be say 1 - 2tblspoons diff oil in 11 litres of engine oil?

Re: Mixing oils

Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 11:10 pm
by V.W.Dave
It will be fine just let the extra drain out when and where you can. A few teaspoons will not harm anything.
Just be a little more carefull with LSD diffs as they are a little touchy with to much engine oil in them :P













And if its the zook your talking about? It will not harm a thing.....

Re: Mixing oils

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 8:20 am
by Guy From Nowhere
You could always flush the pump with a few quick squirts of the next oil to eliminate the majority of contamination if you are still worried.

Re: Mixing oils

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 2:45 pm
by thehanko
V.W.Dave wrote:It will be fine just let the extra drain out when and where you can. A few teaspoons will not harm anything.
Just be a little more carefull with LSD diffs as they are a little touchy with to much engine oil in them :P













And if its the zook your talking about? It will not harm a thing.....

ha ha not much does. no its for my patrol.

Re: Mixing oils

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 3:09 pm
by mattsluxtruck
I just flush my pump with a bit of the new oil Im using.

Re: Mixing oils

Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 12:18 pm
by bazzle
I think paranoia takes over.

Just swap to diff drum and pump away.

Bazzle

Re: Mixing oils

Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 7:31 pm
by Toli
Guy From Nowhere wrote:You could always flush the pump with a few quick squirts of the next oil to eliminate the majority of contamination if you are still worried.
I would just do this. A couple of squirts to push some fresh oil through and will push out anymore oil left in.

I use the same technique but with an old oil container I use for putting fresh oil from the drum into the motor. When I need to use a different oil for a different car. I wash the container out a couple of times with the new oil.