Smell petrol in oil…. 3.0 TFSI

[poosnip]

I was just doing a few checks and I happen to open oil cap and smell it. Definitely petrol . The car was still warm having driven motorway. And although my oil was changed 2months ago the oil still looked light brown . This is my first petrol car after years of diesel but surely oil will be dark by now after 2000miles odd!


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[Crasher]

Could be overfulling but you would get the MIL on. Petrol engine oil does stay cleaner compared to fuel of the Devil.

[Uberman]

Might be the seal(s) in the High Pressure Petrol Pump presuming the 3.0l engine has one (there are 2 in the 4.0l engine). This pump is driven by a cam shaft in the engine in addition to the lift pump in the fuel tank. Seals leak, fuel gets into the oil- for the RS6 there are seal kits available so might be a fairly cheap fix (by mechanic) rather than having to buy a new pump. As I say not sure if the 3.0 has a cam driven high pressure pump (i suspect all TFSI engines do though)