Water added to oil

[Robotnik123]

My mum says she accidentally added about 100ml of water into the oil of her A160 W168 Benz. Do you guys know if a bit of water in the oil will cause any issues or will it just burn off and go out the exhaust, causing no damage?

[bradc]

I would imagine it would turn into steam and disappear fairly quickly

[Robotnik123]

I would imagine it would turn into steam and disappear fairly quickly

Yeah that is what I thought. I guess it might muck up the oil a bit - turn it milky maybe, but fortunately it is booked in for an oil change on Monday anyway.

[Turbo_Steve]

It will have the same effect as putting water in a frying pan of oil.
This will degrade the oil in there. I'd avoid driving it for any distance until the oil has been changed.

[Subaru ETA]

i think the biggest problem here is...ummm the fact its an A class merc :p

[Eurospec]

The water will degrade the oil, so the oil then will not be able to protect as it should. I'd get it out of there asap.

Cheers,

Ben.