I just bought a parts Camaro for $250 dollars. everything is there. THe engine was taken out of the car. and the man I bought it from said when he drained the oil pan there was gasoline in the oil. what could cause this. or could he be talking water???
Thanks William

 

if it has a mechanical fuel pump, it is probably a bad fuel pump(leaking fuel into crankcase), if electric pump, it probably flooded/leaking injectors/ect.

 

It had a mechanical fuel pump.
William

 

the odds are it has a bad pump(the rubber diaphram inside is leaking)

 

Thanks dave youve took a big chunk of worry off my shoulder.
Thnks William

 

but what if it was electric
what could it be then

 

Could also be very, very worn out cylinder walls/rings... this happened on my old 305, it was basically shot when i got the car and ran on more oil than gas, but had a good fuel pump. I'm not 100% on this, but since the cylinder with the highest compression was only 60psi, i'm pretty sure this was it.

 

with my blower it would blow-by fuel into the cylinder under boost. i fixed it by installing a crank-case evacuation kit.

thats probably not your problem, but it can occur from blow-by (bad rings / warped cylinder walls)

now if theres a TON of fuel (mine was just a faint fuel smell in the oil. you couldnt see it.) in the oil then its prolly that stupid fuel pump.