And drove a long distance, afraid that it is corrosive as my finger can feel tingling sensation after touching the unique concoction.Now got white buih.

u put steering fluid into coolant system?

you put lubricant into your coolant system ? your coolant is water based right .

is that recommended by your car's owner manual???
interesting

why in the hell would anyone do that?

isn't the fluid based on mineral oil?

i must say it is not recommended by any car manufacture

power steering oil is oil based

coolant is water based

it may do some damage to ur engine later on..

why u did that?

iinm coolant is water based so that it can easily disperse out heat..

Yea. Fluid color same..bottle design same...

I suggest u quickly go wash your coolant system.

better flush the radiator few times...
just simply unscrew a screw on the bottom of radiator...

It was a mistake...lol...not intentional..now it has white gunk like substance.... the temp didn't go up when driving from Penang to Melaka lol...only realised it after drive long journey this morning then quickly send my car to flush.

might eat away at some seals if unlucky, if not nothing much

if not mistaken, power sterring fluid is corrosive.
better send to radiator servicing shops and tell them what had happened.

reallly do full flushing multiple times..pour new coolant and let engine run and drain it..send radiator to radiator shop to clean any clogged...

pour new coolant again...i think you good to go..

i donno.

i believe brake fluid has less compressibility, so that it suitable for transfering braking force,
while coolant fluid has lower specific heat, so that it can absorb heat from engine block fast & dissipate thru radiator fast.

fast search from the net shows both are glycol compound.
brake fluid: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOT_4
coolant: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propylene_glycol

"crude" compariosn of both glycols:
http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/ethylene...ycol-d_904.html

may be we should look at viscosity (nipis/tebal) & corrosion properties?

wei...top up only what? not the whole bottle?

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aiyyaa...i study the wrong fluid...sorry guys

This post has been edited by farghmee: Feb 15 2013, 12:32 PM

Just hope it won't damage your water pump.

How can u think to do that at the very 1st place?

Might as well u put mineral water in ur petrol tank.

Go to any radiator shop to flush....asap...it wont cost much..

Dun play play with cooling system...once overheat your car is a goner.

Dunno what I was thinking..so f*** up lol...Shell Coolant and BHP power steering fluid..why u use same bottle shape?!!

It was at night when topping up, luckily not the whole bottle.

I used to worked in metal industries. Threading/tube milling machines are all uses oil base coolant. It can lubricate the steel sheet, to prepare it for formation.



Oil itself is none corrosive, however rubber is degradable by oil. That's my worry. I strongly advice you to atleast drain your radiator replace with clean water without additive. Run for a few days and flush again with clean water. Repeat the same step for 2 ~ 3 times without additive, you should be safe. I do not recommend radiator flush by using chemical, car already 7 years old. When doing chemical flush, at the same time risking to melt your radiator. Clean water is sufficient, make sure you change it frequently. Until you're satisfied with the result, then you can put additive

Radiator flush not really melt the radiator la. But more worry is because of age, the rubber seals, water jackets, engine water channel gaskets might be corroded by the flush. If there is a lot of rust inside, then it might be possible to dislodge a big gunk and jammed between the water passageways causing overheat.