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water sinks in water, or rather, oil floats on water, and does not mix
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What does the dashboard symbol mean that looks like a water can but not a gas can?
Oil Can? Oil pressure low?
Does salad oil dissolve in water?
No. Oil will dissolve in fatty (hydrophobic) liquids, not in hydrophilics like water.
Is blood more like oil or water?
Blood is more like water and is mostly made up of water.
Oil and water don't mix?
Oil and water do not mix because the triglyceride bonds have a hydrophobic (meaning does not like water) ends and therefore it will not react (or mix) with water. Water and oil don't mix because water is a polar substance and oil is nonpolar. Polar substances will only dissolve other polar substances or ionic substances, but will not dissolve nonpolar substances. Remember "Like dissolves like."
How oil can going too watery for spray like water?
it can be thinned using oil based liquids like turpentine.
Is there water in your oil?
You mean like water in motor oil? Easy to find out: just look at it. If it looks like mayonnaise, there's water in it.
What does the dashboard symbol mean that looks like a water can but not a gas can?
Oil Can? Oil pressure low?
What does it mean when a lil symbol comes out that looks like a can splashing water?
Oil level.
What does creamy white color oil mean?
If it's in a water-cooled engine, like in a car, then it means you've got water in your oil - a bad thing.
What does it mean if there is oil in your water?
It Means there is oil in your water, nothing else......
White frothy oil in your 1989 Cherokee Laredo?
sounds like you have water in your oil. it could mean you a cracked block or cylinder head
Is oil and water is substance or element?
A mixture of oil and water is a mixture, not an element. If by substance you mean not a pure substance (element or compound), then oil and water would be a substance (that is a mixture). If you mean oil and water separately, then oil is a mixture of hydrocarbons, and water is a compound (pure substance).
What would cause oil to get into water in a 97 1.9 DOHC engine?
you mean there is coolant in the oil or oil in the coolant either ways sounds like a head gasket problem.
How can you drain the water out from the oil tank?
it should not be a water in oil tank it is mean engine cracked
What does it mean if oil is greyish?
you have water in it, that is bad
Does salad oil dissolve in water?
No. Oil will dissolve in fatty (hydrophobic) liquids, not in hydrophilics like water.
What does milky oil in your car mean?
There is water in the oil, it sounds like a head gasket. Remove radiator cap and start engine, if the coolant bubbles its a head gasket.
