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Attention Mechanics
Monday, April 10, 2006 2:53 PM
If there is antifreeze in your oil .... can you taste it??

Reason behind:
A mechanic today told me that there was no antifreeze in my oil "because it didnt taste sweet"

dan




Re: Attention Mechanics
Monday, April 10, 2006 2:56 PM
tell him to drink a pint of it and you will beleive him.... I'm j/k I really dont know, I just thought I would be the first one to say that.



Re: Attention Mechanics
Monday, April 10, 2006 3:15 PM
I guess it's possible that you could taste it in the oil but that doesn't seem like a very good idea to me. I've only heard of people looking oil to tell if it has been contaminated by coolant. If it has been it will be a white, milky color. You can sometimes also tell if coolant is leaking in the oil if it's getting more and more full, "making oil"





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Re: Attention Mechanics
Monday, April 10, 2006 4:35 PM
I wouldn't taste it personally because it is a HazMat after it touches the inside of the engine but you can definately smeel and see a difference. I know I have tasted antifreeze before (little bit on the finger to help the senses some) and it has a very distinctive sweet taste kinda like sugar. It's something you would know immediately from any experience with antifreeze.

I'm sure if you were crazy/stupid and you tasted it you would be able to taste it though.



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Re: Attention Mechanics
Monday, April 10, 2006 4:53 PM
dubduce18s wrote:If there is antifreeze in your oil .... can you taste it??

Reason behind:
A mechanic today told me that there was no antifreeze in my oil "because it didnt taste sweet"

dan


That's the dumbest way to check for coolant. Because the orange coolant doesn't mix with oil.

Obviously you would loose coolant with out any puddles, so when you change your oil, you see if any coolant comes out also.

And who would taste oil. Only to ingest a product that kills you.



Re: Attention Mechanics
Monday, April 10, 2006 4:56 PM
forgot earlier but you should have gotten that in writing

dumbarse wrote:"nope, definitely no AF in the oil, it passed the taste test."


then gave a copy of it to the service manager and ask "WTF mate?" and to see if this guy was certified to sniff a snails ass too.

I am sure this was common practice but I wouldn't trust his "taste test"



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