How the heck..........

[wastewaterguru]

I changed the oil in my Yammi 115 4-stroke last night. When I finished draining the oil, I noticed that there was almost 6.5 quarts in the bucket. The motor capacity is listed at 4.8 quarts......

Ok so they put too much in, right.......

Wrong...The oil smelled badly of gasoline.

How the hell did 2 quarts of gasoline get into the crankcase?????????

Motor runs fine.....so I can rule out bad ring or blown cylinder.

Any thoughts from the motorheads in the audience?????

Motor is a 2001 and is under warranty. I am dropping it off tomorrow to be looked at, but wanted to see if anyone else has had this happen and what was the prognosis?

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[minneman]

A friend of mine has the same motor, he also had some gas odor in the oil, you could smell it on the dip stick, a mech. told him he may not be running high enough rpms often enough, or in other words use wot more often. we also noticed that if the motor is not perfectly level, it would show on the dip stick that there was either more oil in it or less, mabey it had too much put in??

[Guest]

Imagine that your Chevrolet Mech. told you on your 2001 Silverado that if you didn't run it at WOT frequently that straight gasoline would creep into the crankcase.

This is a horrible reason and explanation.
Obviously there is a problem with your motor.

Let us know what the dealer finds,

PCG

[minneman]

Hey, I,m only repeating what was said, not that I agree either,no doubt there is a problem, I too would like to hear the cause.

[oilguy]

checked mine last week before leaving for kenora. 2001 115 4 stroke. Mobil 1 in crankcase since 10 hour oil change. It was abour 1 inch over the fill mark!!!!!! Don't have a clue what's going on here. BTW fishing up there was hot hot hot. tally for 7 guys was about 700 walleyes, + - 100 Smallies, Dozen pike, 2 skis. released all of them. Big Fish. We went through 40 dozen leeches & 500 crawlers. It was a WOW WEEK

[wastewaterguru]

Motor is sitting at Pierz in Shakopee. I changed the oil myself and ran it on Friday....Didn't notice any odor after about an hour of operation.

The guy at Pierz just said keep an eye on it and bring it in if it happens again. Gee that makes me feel better!!

I'll post it if they find anything.

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[Guest]

I have a 1987 dodge pickup that does the same thing. I change the oil in it,and about a week later there is gas in the oil.If I parked on a hill the gas would just pour in,kinda like a siphon hose. I finally found out that it was the carb causing this problem.
I assume you have a FI engine?? If so the choke could be sticking or not adjusted properly. That would cause more fuel than is being burned to enter your engine. Causing it to leak down into the engine.
It might be a good idea to unhook the fuel line near the engine,while trailering. You should not have to but it could save your engine.
Just my 2 cents worth