1993 Toyota Camry Accidentally poured gas into the radiator

1993 TOYOTA CAMRY
240,000 MILES • 4 CYL • FWD • MANUAL
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PEACHES88
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My car began to run hot and I decided to put antifreeze in my radiator. Instead I accidentally poured gasoline into the radiator because gas was in the antifreeze bottle. My car was running and I automatically assumed since it was kind of smoking from where you insert the antifreeze at, that the gasoline had ran through my motor probably. But I poured gas into my radiator while the car was running. What can I do?
Dec 19, 2007 at 10:34 PM
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MHPAUTOS
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Hi there,

Flush the cooling system and re fill with coolant, you still may see a little film on the coolant but that wont be a problem.

Mark (mhpautos)
Dec 19, 2007 at 11:27 PM
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