I've had oil and coolant and various other fluids go where they're not supposed to but today I had a new one: the oil smells strongly of fuel.

Pop off the oil filler cap and it smells just like the gas cap. I swapped out all the oil (and the filter) and after just a week it smelled like Shell's finest.

Her 307's been pumping a fuel-smell exhaust since I bought her, but this is the first time the oil itself has been "flavored" this way.

Gasoline in the oil's a new one for me. Ideas?...

 

might be time for a new fuel pump. the diaphragm in the pump is probably worn out and fuel is leaking into the block.

 

X 2 on the fuel pump, it's a dangerous situation if not attended to quickly....Tedd

 

X3...diaphragm's gone on the fuel pump.

 

you'll want to attend to that right away, and change the oil and filter.

 

Unless you've a Q-jet and the well plugs are leaking!

 

My mom's car did this once - was the fuel pump...

 

which is very rare on a qj past 1967, unless the bowl has corroded severely-the spun-in plugs don't leak.


bill