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?

 

all fd oil smells like gas.

 

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.

 

WHEW! Thanks for the quick replies guys.

 

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.

 

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

 

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

Tom

 

^^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..

 

Like what?

 

i dont know, you tell me...

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

 

All the important stuff is in the sig.

 

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

 

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

 

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