Lorenzo Booker

I just changed my oil with Mobil 1 15W-50. For the 1st time, I smelled the oil dipstick and I noticed there was a gasoline odor to it. Is this normal? I hope I dont have gasoline in my oil. I heard that if there was gasonline in the oil, the gas would drip off the dipstick when taken out, but the dipstick does not drip of any liquid.

Chris_924s

Run it longer and allow the gas to evaporate out of the oil/. If the rings have wear, the fuel will leak onto the pistons and pool, dripping into the oil. If you get it up to temp and have a "spirited run" and it still smells fuel... maybe a leaky injector.

Has it been sitting for a while?

Techno Duck

Just to add, i believe fuel mixed with oil can be a symptom of a bad fuel pressure dampener.

Chris_924s

Yep.. true Duck.

I was going for the "not started and run in a while" angle.