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Subject: Re: Gas in the Sump after VTR http://netwinsite.com/top_mail.htm
From: "Phil Ethier"<pethier@isd.net>
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2001 19:57:41 GMT
>upon checking the oil I found the level was way high and 
>it smelled like gas!  I drained the sump and about a gallon and a half of oil

>and gas came out!  Any clue as to what the heck happened? 

Do you have a mechanical fuel pump?  If so, my bet is that it has bad seals
and is letting fuel into the oil system via the pushrod from the camshaft.

Phil "seen it many times, luckily never to me" Ethier

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