Friends Car Vandalized

waldorftbeagle · #1 11-07-2006, 05:26 PM

I have a friend who just found out that a teenager at his school vandalized his car. This punk poured a whole quart of engine flush in my friends motor last week "Or so he has been bragging" My friend has been driving his car like normal, it is a new 2006 Chevy AVEO his Dad bought him. My friend is afraid to take it to a garage or tell his Dad. Will driving around with this engine flush in his car damage anything? If so, should he and I change the oil ourselves and say nothing about it?

Dyno247365 · #2 11-07-2006, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by waldorftbeagle

I have a friend who just found out that a teenager at his school vandalized his car. This punk poured a whole quart of engine flush in my friends motor last week "Or so he has been bragging" My friend has been driving his car like normal, it is a new 2006 Chevy AVEO his Dad bought him. My friend is afraid to take it to a garage or tell his Dad. Will driving around with this engine flush in his car damage anything? If so, should he and I change the oil ourselves and say nothing about it?

engine flush is to remove any residue from inside I believe. Did he run the car since then? I would do the oil change anyway. No use risking running it.

where did this happen, how the hell did this 'punk' open the hood?

GreyGoose006 · #3 11-07-2006, 06:29 PM

he has to do an oil change ASAP...
like NOW, if he wants to avoid any serious damage.

engine flush basically thins the oil a lot (in addition to cleaning the engine) and if you leave it in, it will screw up the engine.

Dyno247365 · #4 11-07-2006, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by GreyGoose006

he has to do an oil change ASAP...
like NOW, if he wants to avoid any serious damage.

engine flush basically thins the oil a lot (in addition to cleaning the engine) and if you leave it in, it will screw up the engine.

That's if it actually happened, but how did he get access to the car in the first place?

waldorftbeagle · #5 11-07-2006, 07:17 PM

I guess he got under the hood because my friend left the car unlocked. We think he did this while my friend was in the movies but we are not sure. Now, we have to find a way to get the oil changed without our parents finding out. The oil was just changed so it will look bad. How long can he drive the car without damage? What kind of damage will occur? Is it certain to damage the engine? If engine flush damages an engine why would anyone ever put it in the engine to start with?

Does it break the oil vescosity down? Is that where the danger is or is there more that can be damaged by the flush it's self. By the way, we plan to kick the crap out of him first chance we get.

Sorry for all of the questions. We are not mechanics by no stretch of the imagination and we do not question your advice. We just want to know exactly what this flush can do so we can look for signs.

Some how we wil get the oil changed but I am not sure we can get it done before the weekend which means he will have to drive the car 3 more days. "We are in a bad place with this one"

2.2 Straight six · #6 11-07-2006, 07:18 PM

it makes the oil thinner, so it can't lubricate parts properly and that causes excessive wear.

Steel · #7 11-07-2006, 07:59 PM

Dude. Jiffy lube. 20 bucks. Not hard.

And this story sounds kinda fishy. I'd i were to vandalize someones motor, i'd be putting iron filings in the oil or something. Not engine cleaner...

Dyno247365 · #8 11-07-2006, 09:00 PM

I hate how kids think they can take the law into their own hands, seriously, if they did this, they should get charged with it. If you fight them your parents will find out and it will SEVERELY look bad on you.

This whole things sounds like the 'punk' is trying to act cool in front of his friends, but know that if he did this, he's gotta pay for it.

beef_bourito · #9 11-08-2006, 12:13 AM

my question is why would he spend money on this? i could destroy a car for free if the guy left in unlocked. i doubt the guy did it but if he did, just like everyone said, get a oil changed asap.

by the way, why are you afraid of your parents finding out that a guy vandalized your friends car, it's not like your firedn did anything.

bluevp00 · #10 11-08-2006, 12:28 AM

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Originally Posted by waldorftbeagle

My friend is afraid to take it to a garage or tell his Dad.

and in the next post...

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Originally Posted by waldorftbeagle

Now, we have to find a way to get the oil changed without our parents finding out.

...something fishy indeed

If you're planning on vandalizing someone's car, it's you're decision to do so, just remember if you get caught, you (or probably your parents if you're underage) will have to pay for all the damages/legal fees/bail.

KiwiBacon · #11 11-08-2006, 02:36 AM

An extra quart (almost a litre?) would show up on the dipstick as being way overfull.

If it's not overfull and the oil looks normal, then the punk is full of it.

GreyGoose006 · #12 11-08-2006, 10:16 PM

wouldnt it evaporate at running temps?
i thought that this stuff was very thin.

KiwiBacon · #13 11-09-2006, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by GreyGoose006

wouldnt it evaporate at running temps?
i thought that this stuff was very thin.

Your oil doesn't get that hot.
Even if it did, you'd have to do a lot of hours motoring to evaporate off that much fluid.

UncleBob · #14 11-10-2006, 12:04 AM

it would "eventually" evaperate. Not quickly.

It most likely doesn't matter assuming the person in question changes their oil at proper intervals. The amount it would thin the oil would be nothing dangerous, assuming they change their oil in a reasonable time frame from when they learned of the....modification.

GreyGoose006 · #15 11-10-2006, 02:18 AM

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Your oil doesn't get that hot.

oil can get above 200*, and i'd say 200*F is pretty hot. thats about 96*C for you metric folk.
i thought around 250* was normal

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