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Subject: Foamy oil
From: tim.lamb@ml.csiro.au (Tim Lamb)
Date: Tue, 4 May 1993 18:41:18 -0500
The oil gauge in my Mini Moke reads distressingly low when at idle, I
dipped the oil the other day immediately after a short run, to find the oil
full of small bubbles and apparantly at a lower viscosity than it should
be. The engine (and oil) has done 1000 km since a rebuild. Could fuel
contamination be causing the problem? 

If the fuel pump on the back of the block had a leaky diaphragm, would it
pump enough to run the car while contaminating the oil? 

Is there a way to check if the oil has been contaminated with fuel, and is
it a fire danger if there is fuel in there?



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