today i stopped at the auto parts store to pick up a qt of oil to top of my 88 TII before i took her a a road trip back to school. when i was in the isle i found what the 10W 30 picked it up and left. so i was in the parking lot puttin it in and about half way through i realize that it was red!!!!. i stopped and looked that the front and it was ****** AUTO TRANSMITION FLUID.

i just drove her home and drained the oil right away. i put all fresh oil in and a new filter, ran it for about 5 min or so. drained it again. put more fresh oil in and a new filter.

do you guys think il be alright?? has anyone else done somethen simular by mistake...

help!! i know im a fuken jackass

 

lol you should be fine man

 

If you already ran and replaced the oil twice since doing that I'm sure you'll be fine. It's not like you ran it in there for a full 2,000 miles or anything. Is the car still acting normal? I personally think that you'll be ok seeing as you caught your mistake right as it happened.

 

don't worry about it.



i find it more common now than ever since people are just lazy ****** tards. every time i go into the auto parts store i have to double check what i am buying because people like to play musical bottles and just cause the rack sais 10W-30 doesn't mean it is going to be filled with 10W-30... makes me want to punch someone.

 

Always check the bottles before you buy them, Most oil bottles are often in the same color bottle, with the same color top, with a very similar label. Meaning, not only do you mistake it for oil, but whoever put it their did also most likeley it was a customer that thought they wanted it and changed their mind and put it in the first spot they saw that had a similar bottle in it.

 

and as usual someone else pays for someone elses lazy mistake, the way of the new world.

 

hahhaha thats pretty funny. what u did is something i most likely wouldve done

 

it ran normal on the way home, and when i started it up to let the oil cycle through for a while it was runnen normal too.

im pretty sure itl be aight now, i still gotta change the oil one more time cause its cooling down as i type.

yea i will deff be checkin the labels from now on.
damn those oil comapnys and their simular looking bottles!!!

 

Would you rather pay an inflated price for different bottles? or a cheaper price for the same bottles and just check the labels?

I for one would rather pay less and check lables.

 

a diff color from atuo fluid to tranny fluid isnt going to cost them anymore

 

You have the eyes of a hawk, man.

 

i'd check your spark plugs too just incase. but you should be ok

 

1 oil change should have been enough, quit freaking him out people..

 

I sometimes ran just with atf,

not to mention the times I put MMO and other random fluids into the spark plug holes, loves it.

 

my friend and i drained an FC tranny full of auto tranny fluid before, it was like brand new bright red fluid! people do some stupid crap, but atleast you realized it was stupid. anyways, the car is totally fine, i wouldnt sweat it all.

 

actually manual gearboxes can be run on ATF, my S-10 pickup muncie 5 speed(japanese version) recommends straight ATF and that is what i have in it now, however it doesn't like it when i tow vehicles since the ATF is such a light fluid it has lower friction protection properties.


i actually ran 1 part ATF to 2 parts of 80W-90 in my TII tranny up until yesterday, had no issues with that setup either.

 

... the old gen Subaru guys use ATF in the oil to help clean years of sludge out of the crankcase.

You're fine. It's not like you were running it with all ATF. If anything, it helped clean the insides of the crankcase (eccentric case?) a bit.

-=Russ=-

 

yea i took my car to our spot ( an abandoned race track) late the other night and ran it through the gears hard . drifted a little and then ran across the bridge back home and it ran strong.
im sure itl be aight.

i did notice when i was comen round a wide bend at round 85 or 90 the gas light cam on for a quck sec. i backed off the rest of the track cause i didnt wana run out of gass so far from home but after i cam back around the track my needle went back up a lil and the light went off. ive neva seen that b4. any ideas??

 

gas sloshes around, the sensor is old, the gauge is old and probably innaccurate, you might have been on an incline. its pretty normal for it to do weird stuff. i know mine shows only 3/4 of a tank right after i fill it up and only fills up 12 gallons when on 'E'.

 

every time i take a hard turn i lose a quarter to half a tank of gas due to lack of baffling and stuff, no big deal.if im on a down slop i gain an eighth of a tank and on up hill i lose an eighth or the other way around, i dont pay attention anymore
lol

 

actually, if you read the rx7(rotary performance) website, it actually recommends putting atf in your engine to help fight flooding.
www.rx7.com
plus, my friend did it in his lummina, all 5 quarts, and drove for a week(he's special)

 

i have heard some people acutally use it to clean out their engines (put it in the oil right before your oil change) i cant really see this damaging your engine

 

yup. works well as an engine flush / cleaner for piston motors. No idea about a rotary, but used it many times on piston motors.