[Alpines] Fuel Smell in oil

[rootesrooter at aol.com]

But what's to stop that "little" "10%-15%" from becoming 50%, 75%??? If the fuel pump diaphram has failed, fuel will continue to?steadily pump into the crankcase.? I had this happen on a fastback Alpine.? When I checked the oil there was a very thin, clear film on the dipstick?that went several inches up beyond the Full mark. Only the smell convinced me the crankcase was overfull and not empty. 

At some point I think you would get enough gasoline vapors evaporating in the crankcase that one good spark would turn your engine into an IED.

Dick Sanders
Kent, WA


-----Original Message-----
From: ?auri Lehtinen <lehtinen.lauri at kolumbus.fi>
To: WSuman at aol.com; alpines at autox.team.net
Sent: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 12:02 am
Subject: Re: [Alpines] Fuel Smell in oil



Gasoline in oil is not so dangerous as it sounds.
Germans used "Kallt-start" system in aviation engines, as they had not
developed such warming systems as we in Finland. They did add 10 - 15%
gasoline to engine oil for cold starting during east-front winter battles.
When engine warmed up, gaso evapored and vanished, and so oil was as thick
as before.

Well, it was those circumstances and obsolete oils, but a little amount of
petrol in engine oil will not explode engine.

Larry Leaflet,
Helsinki
Series IV Roadster, Carnival Red.

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Couldn't this be a failure of the fuel pump itself.  My  understanding it
will pump into the crankcase if there's a diaphragm  problem.



Walt Suman
S-V  Seattle
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