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Date:         Wed, 30 Apr 1997 14:10:58 -0700
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From:         "David L. Chasteen" <dchaz@gte.net>
Subject:      [Fwd: Gas in my Oil???]

Message-ID: <3367B4C5.4912@gte.net> Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 14:08:21 -0700 >From: "David L. Chasteen" <dchaz@gte.net> Reply-To: dchaz@gte.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Win16; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Hayden Chasteen <47vwsplt@airmail.net> Subject: Gas in my Oil??? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

When I was checking the oil on the vanagon today, I noticed a strong smell of gas. I smelled the clean cloth I was using to check the oil and found that the oil from the dip-stick smelled strongly of oil. I have been driving it pretty steadily the last two weeks since I changed the oil, but there was no decrease in the oil level. In fact, the level was ABOVE the full line.

My basic (extremely basic) mechanical skills and knowledge of internal combustion engines tells me that if there is gas in the oil, there is only one way for it to get there: Past the piston seals in the jugs. And yet, I seem to be experiencing no loss of compression. Lately there has been times that the engine seems to be running extremely rich and the exhaust has a strong smell of gas and is quite smokey. It is an intermittent problem. I have checked all of the FI components and I do not see any problems there. Am I missing somthing? Is the engine shot? HELP!!

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