Can smell gas in oil

SSMNVCG3 · Apr 16, 2011

When i changed my oil a while back you could clearly smell gas mixed in with it. Any idea why it would do that? I've changed it twice since then and haven't smelt it in the oil anymore.

HondaLuver83 · Apr 16, 2011

Its normal

nsjames · Apr 17, 2011

or it's an injector that's not closing all the way and it's leaking down into the cylinder when you shut off the car.

Do you have problems starting it after it's sat for a while?

SSMNVCG3 · Apr 17, 2011

nope. always started and ran fine.

nsjames · Apr 18, 2011

hernandezniko said:
nope. always started and ran fine.

then probably not a leaky injector.

if your'e super paranoid about it send the oil off to be analyzed, it's like $20, they'll tell you if there's anything abnormal.

SSMNVCG3 · Apr 19, 2011

lol im good. just wanting to make sure its not some major problem

sikjdm · Apr 19, 2011

you have a extremely rare motor that honda only made a handful of in our cars. it's still a f23a or a j30a depending on whether you have a 4cyl or a v6, but it's a 2 stroke version of the f23a that we have or the j30 that we have. basically you have small microscopic gaps in your piston rings that allow fuel to seep by and also keep compression somehow, allowing the fuel to drip into the crankcase/oilpan.