211 Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 (edited) Pulled the timing covers to double check timing on a 2000 OBW trying to diagnose a misfire code and raw fuel on plugs 1&3 (see previous post). When I pulled the crankshaft bolt out it was wet with something that smells of gas and oil. Wiped the bolt dry and inserted it again, ohh... it's wet alright! No signs of wet anywhere else around the crankshaft or gear. Car just turned 111k miles; strong runner up until now. I'm panicking at this point... Edited June 7, 2009 by 211 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry DeMoss Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Spray it out with brake clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine73 Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 The crankshaft pulley bolt was wet with fuel? That is a bit odd. It may have oil on it, since the service manual says to oil the threads before installing it. If you reinstalled that bolt make sure you tightened it enough, if that baby loosens up you are in trouble. If you have oil in the spark plug tubes that could cause the misfire. Also if those cylinders aren't firing sometimes you are dumping raw fuel into the exhaust and maybe some of it is getting into the oil especially if you make a lot of short trips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
211 Posted June 8, 2009 Author Share Posted June 8, 2009 I'm going to go ahead and assume it was oil from when I did the timing belt. I can't remember but the manual does say to oil the threads, maybe I did that and the oil just hasn't gone away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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