Oil light comes on... no visible problems

[Zakanitis]

My oil light has been coming on latly and my car already has a pretty low idle to it which is around 550-650 area and only when it hits the 550 area will the oil light come on. Normaly this means i must add a little more oil. Well i went and bought some oil today added a little then checked it and to my suprise it was quite full. But for the heck of it i smelt the oil and it smelt a little bit like gas.

Some of you may ask if the car still runs fine and idles fine and yes its running just great and idling great cept its a little low for rpms =\

I do not notice any problems with the car at all with that oil light being on, but it scares me cause its still the oil light ><

And also recently my car will just randomly not start... i have to give it some gas some times while starting it to actually get it to start. Now after me sitting there trying to get it to start i smell gas reallly bad. This might not have anyhting to do with it and it might.

If anyone knows what might be causing the oil to smell slightly like gas that would be great or if you have any suggestions or know that there is something horribly wrong please let me know.

Thanks

 

[andymoraitis]

Oil in the gas can sometimes be an indicator of ring seal issues when fuel is leaking past the rings and diluting it. Just for kicks, I would drive the car for a bit and run a compression test. Based on what the compression numbers look like, you could then try a wet test to see if compression goes up in each cylinder after dumping a capful of oil in each one as you re-test it. If the compression rises dramatically, then you'll need a piston re-ring.

This is more common with tuners who run a 255 with no AFPR, but you could have problems with your stock FPR or it could be something in the ECU that's triggering excess fuel load. I would also pull the plugs to see what they look like and have the car scanned at a local AutoZone or any other place that pulls OBDII trouble codes for free.

Let us know what you find,

Andy

 

[Zakanitis]

Thanks im about to go get a compression test done today. Ill come back and say what the numbers are.


Also my car has been sucking down the gas prettty hard in the past few weeks... Its been using much more gas then usual =\