I opened the oil cap on my valve cover yesterday to add some oil and noticed some shiny bubbles around the rockers and the cap smelled like gas. Is ther anything i can do to help/prevent this from happening, some kind of additive i can add to eliminate this, and do i have to change my oil to get rid of it?

 

hmm that kinda sucks, gas in your oil isnt really a good thing. you should definatly change your oil and if theres gas in the oil in your oil pan then i would do a compression check (you can buy the stuff to do it at like autozone or someplace like that for about 50 dollars) also if you have a newer model with a magnetic drain plug look for metal shavings on it. if you have shavings or the compression test is not normal take it to a mechanic

 

Is she running rough? Is there oil in the spark plug chamber?

 

At first glance sounds like piston rings, cause gas is on top of the piston for ignition, while oil lubes the rings/cylinders. How old is your car?? Yea check for oil around the plugs

 

re: Is she running rough? Is there oil in the spark plug chamber?

its runs smooth, i got caught in a rain storm a week ago and she stalled out after going through a couple deep puddles, i thought this might be an after effect. I will check the plugs for oil as well.

 

re:At first glance sounds like piston rings, cause gas is on top of the piston for ignition, while oil lubes the rings/cylinders. How old is your car?? Yea check for oil around the plugs

Its a 97 Golf, 294,000 kms

 

well kill 2 birds with one stone, check for oil on the plugs and you have to remove the plugs to run a compression test, and that can tell you if your rings are shot

 

Gas in the oil doesn't mean bad rings. It means the gas is
getting in from a bad fuel pump if it has a mechanical pump
mounted on the engine block. It also could get in with a bad
carb that's flooding or if it has fuelinjection then a bad injector will flood and the fuel will by pass the rings and end
up in the oil pan. By all means change the oil.