Oil smells like gas
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Oil smells like gas
Changed the oil in my '99 civic and the oil had a strong gas smell. Let me know if I miss anything. I plan to check:
1) Spark related equipment (replace cap, rotor, wires, plugs)
2) Thermostat
3) Leaky exhaust manifold (this causes more O2 to pass by the O2 sensor so the engine runs rich).
1) Spark related equipment (replace cap, rotor, wires, plugs)
2) Thermostat
3) Leaky exhaust manifold (this causes more O2 to pass by the O2 sensor so the engine runs rich).
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Re: Oil smells like gas (Frickr)
It's got about 100,000 miles on it. I just changed the PCV valve. The previous owners never changed it. The wires still have '1999' on them (i.e. never changed), so I'm changing out all of the spark related stuff too. I haven't done a compression test. I also plan to put some injector cleaner in the tank since I might also have sticky injectors.
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Re: Oil smells like gas (dpkelly)
i would do all that is named above and it should solve your problem, prolly just old parts and you need it updated. Plus gives you a reason to buy better ****!
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Re: Oil smells like gas (ballinboosi)
Update:
Well, I changed all spark related equipment (plugs, wires, rotor) and PCV valve and the oil smells like oil!
Well, I changed all spark related equipment (plugs, wires, rotor) and PCV valve and the oil smells like oil!
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