I was putting oil in my car and realized it was actually water and dirt in an old bottle. I haven't driven yet. What do i do?

The only oil cooler in the radiator is for the transmission, check for loss of transmission fluid and water in the transmission.
If the transmission fluid is clean, try to id the type of oil present, if it's not redish color, you have engine oil entering the cooling system.
Water is heavier than oil, and will show if you unscrew the drain plug at the pan.

The collar is only there to keep the bottle at the correct height in relation to the water in the cooler. The principle is that when the vacuum inside the bottle is not being release by the water clearing the opening no more water will run out. To understand what I mean fill up a bottle ( any old bottle) right to the top. Fill up the sink and with you finger over the top of the bottle place the bottle upside down in the water. Take you finger from the hole and it will glug once maybe twice then no more water will run out until you lift the bottle out of the sink water. To stop more running out simply put the neck of the bottle bac in the sink. It is the same with you water cooler bottle. So all you need to do now is to to cover the foam with a piece of vinyle and it will be fixed.

You need to run a engine control fault code test on this. Click Here to see how that is done

change the oil a couple times run it for around 10min between changes with out a load just let it idle

If the upper hose is hot and the lower hose is cold than there is a flow issue. I'm guessing you replaced the thermostat to try and resolve this issue and you bled all the air out of the cooling system? If this is tru than I would suspect the water pump is bad. Possibly the impeller has come off from the shaft? The water pump is timing belt driven.

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You will need to remove the valve cover and inspect it, otherwise it is anyone's guess what the noise is.

Get yourself another mechanic. This guy is not doing his job. It shouldn't cost $1600 to change a water pump and fuel pump. No proper mechanic would remove a thermostat to replace the O-ring and put the old thermstat back in. It wouldn't be uncommon for the coolant level to drop after changing the thermostat. It probably only needs to be topped up. No, the motor doesn't have to come out to replace the head gasket and I don't see it costing $2500. Before you spend any more money there, take the car somewhere else and get another opinion. I bet that if you fill up the coolant bottle for 2 0r 3 days it will stop losing coolant. Hope this helps.

Hello! 5W30 shouldn't make much of a difference ...If the ticking sound is coming from the lifters I would change the oil and filter again...The cost isn't that much...It sounds as if the vehicle isn't driven much and may be gunked up...Add a bottle of Seafoam to the gas tank when you fill up (great product) and it will clean out the gunk...Guru...saailer

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAUuwBFM3KM

I put a new waterpump on my 95 Beretta. Actually, it isnt that hard. I followed this video on youtube & had no problems. Hope this helped. Just realized this post is like 2 years old. duhhh,,,,