Date:         Sun, 21 Mar 1999 23:04:05 PST
Reply-To:     Timothy Gardner <caninewolf@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Timothy Gardner <caninewolf@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      84 Wolfy-Gas in Oil & oil light intermittent & stutter*long*
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Hello fellow listies,

I have a slight problem.  I have gas in my oil.  I read a post awhile
ago about if the van has been sitting for some time that this will
happen and to just do an oil change.  This van sat for 4 months before I
purchased it.  I have driven it for over 1500miles since I've boughten
it with only the stutter problem and once the oil light came on during a
huge thunder storm but quickly faded away.  Now tonight there was a huge
snow/slush strom in NH and I drove back to VT about 140 miles or so.
The oil light came on about four times but everytime it would just
slowly fade away...so I figured the sensor wires are getting wet???
Does this seem valid?

So once I was in an area where there was actually a gas station I
stopped to check my oil and I smelt it because I had read that post
earlier and sure enough it reaks like gas.  I use 93 octane and have not
changed the oil since I bought the van a month ago.  Sussposidly the oil
was changed recently but maybe the guy ment milage wise it was changed
recently and then it sat.  The oil looks much darker and dirtier than it
did when I bought the van could this be due to gas?

Ok now the kicker questions...could this gas in the oil make the van
stutter at times...or kinda slow it down some?  Or could the oil sensor
do this?  Also what causes gas to get into the oil??  Is this able to be
fixed?  I would seriously appreciat any help with this..

Thank you
Tim Gardner

Own:
84 VW Vanagon Wolfsburg(65k rebuild(222 body))
77 Toyota Chinook Campe(92k Original miles)For Sale 2900/OBO-must sell

Ex:
87 VW Vanagon Syncro-Alaska-(181k/tranny death)
84 Ford Ranger
87 Dodge Colt(170k...friend went from 4th to 1st at 40...bad idea)
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