2001 Subaru Forester Gasoline in crankcase oil

2001 SUBARU FORESTER
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MRED52
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2001 Subaru Forester 4 cyl All Wheel Drive Automatic 152k miles
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Where are the probable ways gasoline can into the crank case oil. I just had some problems with the timing and they said they drained out 6 QTS of oil . They said it was passing thru the rings , and i can not belive that. The car has been running good and there is no exaust smoke. THANK YOU , ED
Mar 24, 2008 at 6:07 PM
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BMRFIXIT
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leaking injector will cause that but you will get a misfire code
or hard start
Mar 24, 2008 at 8:29 PM
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