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TRUCKGUY
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I have an '89 GMC S-15 v6 4.3L 4x4 truck and I believe gas is getting into the engine oil some how. The oil was the color of "red mud" and it was only 200 miles old. (very low mileage driving truck) I changed the oil a month ago and now it's getting to the color of cream. When I changed the oil, it smelled of gas.

I was thinking that maybe the mechanical fuel pump was leaking into the block, but I can't find a mech fuel pump so I'm not so sure. It has a carb and isn't fuel injected.

It runs great otherwise for 122k miles. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Kurt
Jan 17, 2006 at 1:56 PM
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HOTWHEELSGMC
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really the only thing it could be is that you have a bad gasket somewhere, where maybe where the fuel pump hooks up....or it could be water in your engine from you head gasket...that's possible too.
Jan 17, 2006 at 6:21 PM
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TRUCKGUY
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[quote:4eb06496c5="hotwheelsgmc"]really the only thing it could be is that you have a bad gasket somewhere, where maybe where the fuel pump hooks up....or it could be water in your engine from you head gasket...that's possible too.[/quote:4eb06496c5]

I looked into the FP and it electrical. If I was loosing water through a gasket, wouldn't my coolant level change?
Jan 18, 2006 at 9:04 AM
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HOTWHEELSGMC
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yeah...you should have hardly any water in your radiator if it's water.
Jan 18, 2006 at 6:59 PM
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TRUCKGUY
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The truck is driven only a few miles a day and may never have a chance to "warm up" properly especailly this time of year. Could that be a factor in the milky dipstick problem?
Jan 19, 2006 at 8:40 AM