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[Budweiser]

My lad topped up the coolant system in my Cayman with ready to use screen washer liquid. Only put in a pint at the very most.

Is this going to cause any internal damage or should I attempt to syphon it out before I run the engine????

[BubblesNW]

Where are you planning to dispose of his body?

[YoungMD]

Cant imagine that will react too well with the coolant....must be easy enough to disconntect the pipe at the bottom of the coolant tank and drain out the bottom....

[JEA1K]

BubblesNW said:

Where are you planning to dispose of his body?

[DuraAce]

Some of the chemicals in it might cause corrosion issues, then again they might not.

If it was my car then I would get the coolant drained and flushed out. Paranoia maybe but it won't cost much and is easy to DIY.

[EGTE]

Probably has a much lower boiling point than coolant, so boils instead of carrying heat away, degrades oil quickly, catastrophic results.

Drain and refill with new has to be the answer, surely.

[dudleybloke]

The op earlier...





I would change the coolant.

[SRT Hellcat]

BubblesNW said:

Where are you planning to dispose of his body?

agree drain and refill the coolant system. Not worth the risk

[Markbarry1977]

Don't you need a vacum fill tool to do the coolant on the boxster/Cayman and an air line to generate the vacum. Thought they were near impossible to do without getting air locks if you don't vacum fill them.

[Budweiser]

Thanks for the replies.

Is this a DIY job or dealer?

[AndyCGTS]

Id be taking it to a dealer, as its less wiggle wrong for warranty issuses then.

[Budweiser]

As the engine hasn't been run I was wondering if I could syphon out the offending half pint?

Also wondering what potential damage could be done? It was only a small amount of diluted screen wash!

[kbooker]

Budweiser said:

As the engine hasn't been run I was wondering if I could syphon out the offending half pint?

Also wondering what potential damage could be done? It was only a small amount of diluted screen wash!

it will have mixed, disconnect the bottom hose, drain then refill....sorted

[The_Doc]

kbooker said:

it will have mixed, disconnect the bottom hose, drain then refill....sorted

NB, I think the coolent capacity on a 997 is 32 litres !!

lots and lots and lots

[GT4P]

Doesn't the op have a newish Cayman gts? If so why has the coolant had to be topped up?

[Twinfan]

GT4P said:

Doesn't the op have a newish Cayman gts? If so why has the coolant had to be topped up?

Read the OP's post again - I think the screen wash was supposed to be topped up...

[GregorFuk]

The_Doc said:

kbooker said:

it will have mixed, disconnect the bottom hose, drain then refill....sorted

NB, I think the coolent capacity on a 997 is 32 litres !!

lots and lots and lots

Assuming the Cayman has a similar capacity and it really was only a pint that went in that's 0.5L into 30ish. Quite a dilution ratio and probably safe to drive to a garage.

[ianrb]

Do all Caymans have the coolant filler point next the oil filler in the boot? If so then how did the son confuse the screen wash & coolant holes?

[Ozzie Osmond]

Surely there's a header tank of some kind and if the engine hasn't been run the 1 litre of stuff he's put in will still be sitting in that tank?

I'd carefully syphon out carefully the header tank, collect the fluid in a glass jar and see what it looks like. If it looks like screen wash I'd then top up with proper coolant and call it a job done!

Leaving a small amount in there is certainly not something I'd worry about.

[Budweiser]

My thoughts, think I'll give that a go....