Gas smell in oil - 1500 miles after oil change
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Gas smell in oil - 1500 miles after oil change
When I changed my oil 1500 miles ago I noticed gas smell in the old oil.
I decided to check my oil level recently at 1500 on the new(er) oil and a strong smell of gas was noticed, and the oil was darker than expected.
I am a very conservative driver, no heavy foot at all unless trying to avoid accidents of any kind.
I have an 04 AT RWD sedan 189k miles. everything is stock.
been using mobil 1 full synthetic high milage, sometimes i'll put a bottle of lucas fuel injector cleaner in the tank maybe 2 times a year.
Anyone have any ideas of what is going on?
I was recently experimenting with lower octane gas and I didn't get any pinging but I did lose power/acceleration. I recently went back to 91 pure gas (no ethanol)
I was planning on using some fuel injector cleaner like Redline, lucas, or Techron as well as switching to Pennzoil Platinum (has a $25 rebate for 2 - 5 quart purchase) to see if I can remedy this "oil dilution".
Any advice or input is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
I decided to check my oil level recently at 1500 on the new(er) oil and a strong smell of gas was noticed, and the oil was darker than expected.
I am a very conservative driver, no heavy foot at all unless trying to avoid accidents of any kind.
I have an 04 AT RWD sedan 189k miles. everything is stock.
been using mobil 1 full synthetic high milage, sometimes i'll put a bottle of lucas fuel injector cleaner in the tank maybe 2 times a year.
Anyone have any ideas of what is going on?
I was recently experimenting with lower octane gas and I didn't get any pinging but I did lose power/acceleration. I recently went back to 91 pure gas (no ethanol)
I was planning on using some fuel injector cleaner like Redline, lucas, or Techron as well as switching to Pennzoil Platinum (has a $25 rebate for 2 - 5 quart purchase) to see if I can remedy this "oil dilution".
Any advice or input is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Last edited by sedan04g35; Yesterday at 10:16 AM.
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