Gas in oil- flame??

[Lou Earle]

I have heard to check for gas inoil hold a lighter flame onthe wet dipstick and if there is gas it will spark? True?

How else to check for gas??

[greg g]

if in doubt for 8 bucks change it.........

[Dennis Hemingway]

Smell it. I go with what Greg said "if in doubt for 8 bucks change it" I had gas in my oil on my old Jeep and when I hit the starter at 4am the oil pan blew off, That woke me and the whole neighborhood up.

Dennis:o

[Lou Earle]

How did turning the the starter cause the oil pan to blow off? The sparks would be outside the oil pan aren"t they? How could a spark get into the oil pan??

I agree changing the oil is a good solution but it still leaves the question unanswered- how does one test for gas in the oil?

Lou

[Dennis Hemingway]

Lou, I don't know how the spark got to the oil pan all I know was that the gas leaked into the oil pan and when I hit the starter there was a BIG boom and then a lot of oil on the ground under the Jeep and the oil pan only had one bolt holding it on, all the other bolt holes had ripped out. Now each time I check my oil I sniff it.

Dennis:eek:

[randroid]

Dennis,

You piss-off any local mob lately? Maybe they sent a very, incredibly, inanely, terminally stupid hit-man to snuff you.

Just kidding, but a friend in Fairbanks used kerosene to thin his oil and didn't use gasoline because it evaporated too fast.

I was riding in a car when the diaphragm in the fuel pump ruptured and put lots of raw gas into the hot oil but it didn't go up in flames, just a lot of smoke. I changed his pump and the oil and all was well with the world, so how else would you get gas into the oil if not intentionally?

-Randy

[Mechanik]

Dennis,

You piss-off any local mob lately? Maybe they sent a very, incredibly, inanely, terminally stupid hit-man to snuff you.

Just kidding, but a friend in Fairbanks used kerosene to thin his oil and didn't use gasoline because it evaporated too fast.

I was riding in a car when the diaphragm in the fuel pump ruptured and put lots of raw gas into the hot oil but it didn't go up in flames, just a lot of smoke. I changed his pump and the oil and all was well with the world, so how else would you get gas into the oil if not intentionally?

-Randy

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Hey I'm half WOP and have to admit I'm not even offended by that racist comment! :D :D

[Dennis Hemingway]

Not that I know of. The engine was a Chevy 265 Small block. I didn't have any flames just a big boom that woke up the whole apartment building that we were living in at the time.

Dennis:cool: