RedX7

Yesterday when I took off my oil cap to start my oil change I noticed a few spots of a clear liquid on the bottom of the oil cap. I took a whiff of it, and it smelled like gas. I'm not sure how, but is it possible I have fuel leaking into my oil? Does anyone have any insight on this?

saburo

iTrader: (1)

all fd oil smells like gas.

DaveW

There is almost always water condensed on the inside of the oil cap. This is what you are seeing and is normal. The oil and the inside of the cap also always smell like gasoline. This is also normal.

RedX7

WHEW! Thanks for the quick replies guys.

BoOsTin FD

why is that though? I heard that if you switch to synthetic there will be a lot less of that crap on there.

In piston engine, if you see that white crap, that pretty much means time for a rebuild.

witepsycho

iave always herad that you dont run synthetic in our cars because it doesnt burn as good or clean

badddrx7

iTrader: (7)

Cap is normal, and run mineral oil - not synthetic.

Tom

1QWIK7

iTrader: (33)

^^myth

my friend is running synthetic in his t2 and he's loving it and im going with the same oil this spring.

as far as the topic, my oil cap smells like gas too, its not an issue..

you have ALOT of other stuff to worry about..

RedX7

Like what?

1QWIK7

iTrader: (33)

i dont know, you tell me...

what's been done/have you done to your car so far?

RedX7

All the important stuff is in the sig.

RedX7

Actually, my biggest problem right now is that my fans won't turn on unless the A/C is on.

MakoRacing

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Yea alot of people run synthetic without problems, if you research it youll see why we were told not to originally run synthetic...

scratchjunkie

im running redline, i smell gas in my oil, and i have a new reman.