Strong Oil Smell!! WTF!!!

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Dec 19, 2004 | 06:55 PM

Blue96Max

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Strong Oil Smell!! WTF!!!

ok when ever i come to a stop i get a strong oil smell in the car, but when i drive away it goes away also, i check for oil leaks and oil lvl everything was good. Any ideas on whats going on ppl?

Dec 19, 2004 | 07:14 PM

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your car is running rich.

Dec 19, 2004 | 07:16 PM

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isnt that to much oil? my oil lvl is good

Dec 19, 2004 | 07:17 PM

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Running rich means that too much fuel is entering per unit of air. Pulling any codes?
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Dec 19, 2004 | 07:18 PM

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how is running rich too much oil? runing rich has nothing to do with oil level. runing rich deals with burning more fuel.

Dec 19, 2004 | 07:27 PM

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are you smelling oil? or fuel?

Dec 19, 2004 | 07:34 PM

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i smell oil and im gonna check for codes tomm mor

Dec 19, 2004 | 08:06 PM

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I used to smell burnt oil, its your valve cover leaking onto your rear header.. change gaskets

Dec 19, 2004 | 09:30 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by gtr_rider

I used to smell burnt oil, its your valve cover leaking onto your rear header.. change gaskets

thats wat i was thinking to man, becuz when i put the heat on i smell it more and more.

Dec 20, 2004 | 10:56 AM

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Dec 20, 2004 | 11:29 AM

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I already answered it..

Dec 20, 2004 | 03:26 PM

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a few weeks ago mine smelled like that, turns out i was burning rich because my fuel injectors were spraying fuel into my engine

Dec 20, 2004 | 06:26 PM

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how the hell it did that? and isnt it suppose to do that? thats why its called "fuel injectors "

Dec 21, 2004 | 06:40 PM

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well yea, but they were spraying gasonline (fuel) into the actual pistons, which can cause a bent piston rod or a warped piston... and i dont kno why they went ape **** they just did