Oil smell and long OCI

[supton]

I hadn't changed oil in like 15 years on something that wasn't diesel powered, but did it for the first time yesterday (Camry). Back then I did 3k OCI's, probably a good thing as they were carb motors and cheap conventional oil. But I don't recall them smelling this much of gas. Maybe I just haven't done it in a while (a couple years ago I filled up a jerry can for the lawnmower and was taken aback by how stinky gasoline is), or does long OCI oil just smell more?

[It doesn't smell like raw gasoline, it's not over powering, and car runs just fine, gets better than expected mpg, so no issues there. Just 10kmile oil.]

 

[Propflux01]

I've noticed this for years in pretty much everything I change oil in. I think it may have something to do with ethanol in the gas because it's almost a sweet smell to the oil, unlike the old days where it was gas smelling and burnt smelling (ahhh ! The days of good smelling automobile fluids !!).

 

[bvance554]

Ethanol gets blamed for everything. I really doubt you're smelling ethanol in your oil.

 

[SOHCman]

Its obviously because of global warming.





Seriously though, its probably a new smell to your nose after 15 years!!