One of the local K-Marts was closing, so I took advantage of their mis-fortune by picking up a few of those Titan Oil Test Kits (marked down from 12 to 2 bucks!)

Well, I got my results back last night for my Civic. Its a 94 Ex, daily driver, no mods (anymore).

For those of you that don't know, they run several tests on your oil checking things like viscosity and foreign content. I scored perfect on the metal content, but the viscosity was pretty low (not surprising since I was using Havoline Dino Juice and it was around 5500 miles since my last change). But what was surprising was that there was a good amount of fuel in my oil. (this could be one reason why the oil was thin).

I followed the directions by driving around for 15 min to warm up the oil, and taking the sample after about half of the oil had drained out. The car idled for about 30-45 sec before I shut it off.

So... Does anyone have any ideas about why there is so much fuel in my oil? The ECU was reset after I replaced my EGO sensor about 8 months back. Could I have an injector problem (That is what they suggest)?

Here is a scan of the results


BTW, I just switched to a synthetic blend from Havoline as of this oil change.

Thanks,

-Nate

[Modified by crash, 4:17 PM 7/17/2002]


[Modified by crash, 4:21 PM 7/17/2002]

 

Fuel in oil could only be the piston rings.......

WOuldn't be the head gasket cause that would be fuel in the coolant.

 

But wouldn't there be some metal particles in my oil from the rings failing? As you can see in the test, all of my metal levels were A or Acceptable.

From what I remember, a head gasket problem would put coolant in the oil......

-Nathan

 

Sounds like rings, the fuel is washing your cylinders and seeping past.

 

Even if there were no metal particles. Let's say your rings went bad a while ago. You change the oil a few times and then you decide to test.........no metal because you got rid of it all already.

Are you burning oil?

 

less than 3/4 a quart per 5000 miles according to the dipstick....