all right call me a retard. it all started last weekend when i hit a big *** rock with my lawnmower. it started to vibrate very badly. i changed the blade and it still vibrated too badly to mow with on a continued bases so i figured that the crank was bent and i was going to have to trash it. so why not blow up the engine anyway. well me and a friend pored dawn dish soap in to the oil (almost a half of a bottle i mean hell if your going to do somthing might as well do it good) before i started it i decieded to take the blade back off and at least have an extra for my next mower. well after i started it without be blade and with the dish soap (the exaust smelled like soap) i noteced that there was no vibration. i looked at the new blade and it was warped so i got another new blade and tried it fixed my problem so now how do i get all the soap out of my oil and return my lawnmower into a working member of my family of lawnmowers?
2007-08-18 17:00:27 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
yes i understand the process of changing oil wouldent the soap break down the oil like whene i wash my hands with it . how do i get all the resedew out.
2007-08-18 17:19:47 · update #1
Wow ! This may sound crazy but I had an ex-girlfriend that did something similar to me. Except the dishsoap was put in the oil of my 1977 pontiac,anyway. My older brother showed me how to get it out.
There is a product called "Motor flush" ( you can get it at almost any auto parts store). For a lawn mower you would have to first drain the exsisting oil, pour in about four ounces of the motor flush and turn over the engine 8 or 10 times (either through the pull or electric start, whichever it is equipped with). Drain the oil again, and repeat the process one or two more times. This should remove the dishsoap from the engine and put your mind a little more at ease.
Hope this was a help to you.
2007-08-18 17:24:38 · answer #1 · answered by justwondering 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I go along with the rest of the answers. Drain the oil and refill, run the mower engine a few minutes and stop it and drain it again, refill and run it again for a few minutes. Take a look at the oil, if it needs to be drained again, then do it.
Good luck to you.
PS Even if you bent the crankshaft, it could have been straightened anyway. Too late now.
2007-08-18 17:27:36 · answer #2 · answered by Fordman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most Briggs and Stratton as well as Tecumseh mower engines (which are the vast majority) have a drain plug on the bottom of the engine, you simply use a 3/8 ratchet with an extension to remove the plug. Honda's use a 10MM drain plug that is below the oil filler / dipstick tube.
2007-08-18 17:14:42 · answer #3 · answered by J H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well you deffintitly dont do ya dodge man is right put it up on some blocks pull the spark plug wire off Safety first right most use a plug that has a square in it stick an extention in it put the rachet on and turn left the good/bad news is that the soap wouldn't have blown it up any good oil has it in it so i guess you now have the cleanest used engine in town
2007-08-18 17:16:26 · answer #4 · answered by dead7 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
drain all the old oil out of the bottom of it ,and add new to it,any 30 weight oil will work good in it,there should be a small square plug on it that will drain all of it out,good luck with it.
2007-08-18 17:08:22 · answer #5 · answered by dodge man 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
drain and refill crankcase, replace filter if equiped. restart engine and run for two minutes. stop engine and check oil, if still soapy repeat until oil is clean
2007-08-18 17:17:48 · answer #6 · answered by granny1653 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋