Best way to flush engine with coolant in oil?

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Old 08-30-2016, 09:18 PM
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My LIM decided to start leaking last week. Both the lower and upper are being replaced this week. There is a small bit of coolant in my (fresh) oil, no milkshake, oil just seems very slightly thinner and still a fresh amber color. I'm thinking it should be good after a drain, fill, immediately drain again, and a couple of one week OCIs with a store brand oil and filter before switching back to the stuff I normally use. My mechanics opinion is that there's little enough coolant in the oil that it would just burn off but I'm not really willing to risk having to rebuild or replace my engine.
 
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Old 08-31-2016, 09:00 AM
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you should be good just changing the oil, if you feel uncomfortable then change again after running a short time.
 
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Old 08-31-2016, 02:15 PM
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some people use engine flush too can work well ,just follow the directions on the bottles ,you add like 2 bottles run engine for 10 minutes then drain an add new oil ,but like said where you did not get much in there your probley fine
 
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Old 09-01-2016, 12:42 PM
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Thanks for the input guys. Never had this issue before and kind of went into panic mode.
 
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