We lifted the bonnet and gosh what a mess he had done exactly the same thing and left the oil cap off :mad: Thankfully because we had made it to the hotel we manged to clean it up and left the engine to cool, the next day the car started fine and luckily we had no further problems for the rest of our trip. Engine oil spills aren't as uncommon as you might think; in fact many engines have a certain amount of the stuff where they shouldn't. Seal and gasket leaks and accidental spills during filling happen every day, and rarely to they result in any major catastrophe.

Without an oil cap, your PCV system will pull air from the breather cap through your engine into the intake resulting in a vacuum leak. This is bad for your engine, will increase the oil temperature. You need to restrict the airflow into the crankcase. If the head gasket gets blown or damaged, engine coolant can leak into the combustion chamber or the passages of the engine oil. It is the latter that causes the milky oil cap. One good way to check for this is by evaluating your engine oil dipstick. However, you posted for help with your SRT, ended up soldering the wrong wiredropped 2 screws from your ECU box in the engine bay, then dropped your power steering fluid cover down there too. If you heard of anyone doing that, you'd think it was pretty funny too. We lifted the bonnet and gosh what a mess he had done exactly the same thing and left the oil cap off :mad: Thankfully because we had made it to the hotel we manged to clean it up and left the engine to cool, the next day the car started fine and luckily we had no further problems for the rest of our trip.

Without an oil cap, your PCV system will pull air from the breather cap through your engine into the intake resulting in a vacuum leak. This is bad for your engine, will increase the oil temperature. You need to restrict the airflow into the crankcase.

My engine is covered in oil, the foam under the hood is saturated, in fact it is hard to find a spot under my hood that isn't coated. Who knows if they Am I tempting fate if I keep driving with the cap off (just to drop off hubby and to the service station). We live in the Looking for the cap in the engine bay, however, is good advice (check on the tray under the engine, too). 1: Check the oil  I put oil in my car tonight, and thought everything was fine until I got home and realized I had left the cap off. There was oil I noticed a bit of an oily smell while I was driving, but just figured I had spilled a bit as I was pouring and didn't think much of it. Anyway, I put the cap Top the oil off, go to a DIY carwash and clean the engine bay thoroughly with the engine running. posted by  6 Aug 2019 The manufacturers put the engine oil cap for some specific reason. The oil inside the engine lubricates the parts and cools it down in case of overheating. Some parts like pistons, nozzles, valves, and rings heat up when  22 Sep 2018 I dropped the oil filler cap while adding oil, heard it clang around but it didn't make it to the ground. Once I put new oil filler cap on is it safe to drive with the other cap lying around somewhere near the engine  4 Oct 2013 Unless you went too low in oil level there is no damage to your engine internally. "Damage" on outside engine can be bothersome as the oil spilled on the engine can be very hard to "wash" off after it has 

Remove it by hand using the scalloped profile, or for stubborn cases, use a screwdriver in the cross-holes or a socket on the Podium Oil Cap in Satin Purple for Hondas/Acuras Great oil cap design, definately accentuate the engine bay.

This is a specialty of mine, dropped an 8mm nut into the the engine bay on the RX. Now if your not familiar with Mazda's engine arrangement imagine the pipework from your boiler, the cables from the Enterprise's engine room and all crammed into a tiny tiny space. TOM: That little ring is probably floating around at the top of the engine somewhere. It's unlikely to get in the way of any moving parts and break anything, although it may position itself in the way of an oil drain hole and keep some of the oil from draining properly. RAY: That's not really a big deal, either. The real danger is if the plastic Without an oil cap, your PCV system will pull air from the breather cap through your engine into the intake resulting in a vacuum leak. This is bad for your engine, will increase the oil temperature. You need to restrict the airflow into the crankcase. I dropped a bottle-cap into my engine by a mistake. Will this cause problems? I was putting water into the wiper compartment of my car when i dropped the bottle cap in by a mistake!!!!! pop the drain plug and reinstall it after some seconds. do by no potential positioned oil back into the engine nevertheless. After draining it down, run it

Brake fluid absorbs moisture from the air. Water in the brake system will cause expensive failures down the road. Find the cap or get a new one on asap. The cap is likely sitting on your undershield. Lift the car and remove the big fabric panel.

I was adding something to my engine oil to stop a small leak that I have. It had one of those little foil safety covers over the spout and while pouring it in, about 1/2 to 3/4 of the foil part fell into the oil. Will this pose a problem. The car is a 2000 Mercury Cougar, not that it really matters. Dropping tools or bolts while working on a car is annoying, especially when it's into the engine bay. When a mechanic drops something there's always a silent pause while they wait to hear if it hits the ground. If not, it might take some time to find what was dropped. This was the second time… Without an oil cap, your PCV system will pull air from the breather cap through your engine into the intake resulting in a vacuum leak. This is bad for your engine, will increase the oil temperature. You need to restrict the airflow into the crankcase. If the head gasket gets blown or damaged, engine coolant can leak into the combustion chamber or the passages of the engine oil. It is the latter that causes the milky oil cap. One good way to check for this is by evaluating your engine oil dipstick. However, you posted for help with your SRT, ended up soldering the wrong wiredropped 2 screws from your ECU box in the engine bay, then dropped your power steering fluid cover down there too. If you heard of anyone doing that, you'd think it was pretty funny too.

Brake fluid absorbs moisture from the air. Water in the brake system will cause expensive failures down the road. Find the cap or get a new one on asap. The cap is likely sitting on your undershield. Lift the car and remove the big fabric panel.

I see so many half-right answers, that here goes another one (answer!): I have,in the past, dropped inside the engine that plastic ring that sits beneath the cap on a plastic oil can,and on both cases i was able to pull it out with a bent pick too My engine is covered in oil, the foam under the hood is saturated, in fact it is hard to find a spot under my hood that isn't coated. Who knows if they Am I tempting fate if I keep driving with the cap off (just to drop off hubby and to the service station). We live in the Looking for the cap in the engine bay, however, is good advice (check on the tray under the engine, too). 1: Check the oil  I put oil in my car tonight, and thought everything was fine until I got home and realized I had left the cap off. There was oil I noticed a bit of an oily smell while I was driving, but just figured I had spilled a bit as I was pouring and didn't think much of it. Anyway, I put the cap Top the oil off, go to a DIY carwash and clean the engine bay thoroughly with the engine running. posted by  6 Aug 2019 The manufacturers put the engine oil cap for some specific reason. The oil inside the engine lubricates the parts and cools it down in case of overheating. Some parts like pistons, nozzles, valves, and rings heat up when  22 Sep 2018 I dropped the oil filler cap while adding oil, heard it clang around but it didn't make it to the ground. Once I put new oil filler cap on is it safe to drive with the other cap lying around somewhere near the engine  4 Oct 2013 Unless you went too low in oil level there is no damage to your engine internally. "Damage" on outside engine can be bothersome as the oil spilled on the engine can be very hard to "wash" off after it has 

TOM: That little ring is probably floating around at the top of the engine somewhere. It's unlikely to get in the way of any moving parts and break anything, although it may position itself in the way of an oil drain hole and keep some of the oil from draining properly. RAY: That's not really a big deal, either. The real danger is if the plastic Without an oil cap, your PCV system will pull air from the breather cap through your engine into the intake resulting in a vacuum leak. This is bad for your engine, will increase the oil temperature. You need to restrict the airflow into the crankcase. I dropped a bottle-cap into my engine by a mistake. Will this cause problems? I was putting water into the wiper compartment of my car when i dropped the bottle cap in by a mistake!!!!! pop the drain plug and reinstall it after some seconds. do by no potential positioned oil back into the engine nevertheless. After draining it down, run it