2nd Gen R56 Cooper Engine oil / washer fluid... Is there a difference?

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  1. Metalman

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    #1 Metalman, Jul 6, 2017
    Yeah.... Someone put washer fluid in their MINI engine instead of oil...

    Top of the engine...
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    Bottom of the engine...
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    #2 MCS02, Jul 6, 2017
    Well thats one way to clean the inside of an engine!
     
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    #3 Redbeard, Jul 6, 2017
    *brain implodes*

    Holy.... what the??..... I.... No words.
     
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    #4 HillbillyChili, Jul 6, 2017
    Sooooo... did it work??
     
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    #5 Crashton, Jul 6, 2017
    Sea-foam milkshake, looks yummy good. Once fixed that person needs to be made to eat that mess with a spoon & have their cars bonnet should welded up.
     
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    #6 Grizld700, Jul 6, 2017
    What in the flying fnck were they thinking?!?!?!?
     
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    #7 Crashton, Jul 6, 2017
    What were they thinking?

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    #8 Redbeard, Jul 6, 2017
    Mmmm... Now I want a frosty.
     
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    #9 eMINIparts, Jul 6, 2017
    Folks , this happens more than you think.....We get these on a regular
     
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    #10 MCS02, Jul 6, 2017
    I hope your kidding.
     
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    #11 Qik, Jul 6, 2017
    Holy sh*t.
     
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    #12 Dave.0, Jul 6, 2017
    I saw that on FB today. Lmao
     
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    #13 Friskie, Jul 7, 2017
    I can usually come up with a real good smart ass remark for just about anything...I'm old enough to do it well...but dang, this has me stumped.
     
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    #14 Dave.0, Jul 7, 2017
    Second Gen owners never listen and it looks like she believed what she read on the internet.......:lol:
     
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    #15 Crashton, Jul 7, 2017
    We are not all dumb Dave. :prrr:
     
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    #16 Dave.0, Jul 7, 2017
    Yeah but you have a "old man card" like the rest of us so you know better. :ihih: :Thumbsup:
     
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    #17 Redbeard, Jul 9, 2017
    I'm not old and I had an R56. Still wouldn't have done that.
     
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    #18 MeagerHair, Jul 9, 2017
    Some people should just always just take there car to the Dealer for everything.

    Even adding washer fluid.
     

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