What to do if someone puts wrong type of oil in and engine stops and won't restart

Asked by Daniel Aug 20, 2017 at 01:55 AM about the 2006 Cadillac SRX

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In the real world oil is oil and brake fluid is brake fluid. Water is water (minus the pollutants). So what kind of oil was it? If it was some type of engine oil then that is not the reason.

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