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Neat trick. Of course the gas would capillate into the valleys of the finger prints more readily than oil. Cool. I'll try it. Bottom line, I smelled the oil (which was no higher), my mechanic buddy smelled the oil, and he piddled with it on his finger tips; and neither of us think there's any gas in the case. >>>Another possibility for gas in the case would be a torn diaphragm in a fuel pump for carbeureted vehicles.<<< > ---------- > From: Jim Adney[SMTP:jadney@vwtype3.org] > Sent: Saturday, November 21, 1998 11:48 AM > To: type3@vwtype3.org > Subject: Re: [T3] Fuel in oil > > On 20 Nov 98, at 15:44, Steve Glavas wrote: > > > How can you tell if fuel is getting into your oil? And what possible > > ways are there for it to get in? What are the symptoms? > > Fuel get in the oil when too much goes into the cylinders and the > excess stays on the cylinder walls and gets swept into the sump. > > This can happen if your fuel system is just too rich, or if your > choke doesn't work right, or if your thermostat is not working so the > engine never warms up enough to drive off the small amount of gas > that accumulates normally in the sump, or, for the same realson, if > you only drive short trips. > > Some mechanics claim they can tell by dropping a drop of your engine > oil on a fingertip and watching to see how it wicks into their little > fingerprint ridges: more gas, more wicking. I'm not sure I can do > this. > > Symptoms are poor gas mileage, rising oil level, and an oil level > that drops at first on a long trip, when the engine finally warms up > enough to drive off the gas, and then doesn't require additional oil > for the rest of the trip. > > Jim > - > ******************************* > Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, Wisconsin, USA > ******************************* > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org >