Ok, here's the deal, I was at the gas station filling up, and went to check the oil. When I was taking out the dipstick, a little flame of fire appeared, but quickly went away. Is this normal?? Has anyone heard of this happening? My thought on this is that the dipstick rubbed up against the tube it is in, and produced a spark, and due to the car being hot, the flame appeared.

I don't know, what do you guys think???

Any help will be greatly appreciated.....

Thanks.....

 

thats crazy!! i never heard of that happening before..but ur theory is probably correct.was the flame tiny, like a lighter flame, or like a golf ball sized fireball?!???

 

GSRahim
well man i dont know for sure
but what im thinking sorta goes along with what your thinking
the dipstick itself may have rubbed along the dipstick shaft producing a spark
and since there is lots of blow by gases in the oil pan, under the pistons, it have collected there and when you pulled out the dipstick it esaped fromthe pan, and found oxygen and spark there fore igniting

hope that made sense
or maybe the heat for the exhaust manifold warmed the blow by and ignited it
that is another probable coz

peace
2k red teg gar

 

it was a little lighter sized flame. Just got concerned, cuz I've never seen anyhitng like that happening in any car I've owned........

2000 civic Si
1994 GS-R
2000 GS-R

 

Okay...that **** sounds crazy.

I read "at the gas station" and "a little flame of fire" and thought "kaboom".