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Subject:Re: Gas smell in Oil months after using Magical Mystery oil Please help.
From:Stan Wilder
Date:Sun, 11 May 2003 14:37:43 -0700

Don't go all freekizoid on us. Look for a bad injector before you go
building a $3000.00 engine.
Run a compression check on your engine ............... that will be the
telling story of your requirements.

Stan Wilder

On Sun, 11 May 2003 11:41:46 -0700 sanford schulwolf
<sanfordachulwolf@YAHOO.COM> writes:
> Last December I decided to treat my oil and gas with
> MMO.  Months later I start smelling gas in the oil
> about 500 miles after an oil change.  I ve changed the
> oil and filter two times, just to see if it would
> help.  Unfortunately it didn t, now I m looking for a
> good place to start, but I fear the rings aren t
> sealing - this sounds like a big job, is it?
> More info on my 91 syncro.  It has 64K original miles;
> original engine (bought it from the original owner 3
> years ago who never drove it) has the Berg 1:4 rocker
> arms, Australian chip and 16" wheels.  I ve been
> getting poor mileage (I wonder why w/all that stuff)
> at about 15 highway and 8- 11 mpg in San Francisco.
> Any help would be great, not much in the archive.
>
> Thanks
> Sanford
>
>
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