black oily stuff that smells of petrol on road?

[mike_106gti]

flooded my rx7 fd3 the other day so spark plugs out dry them off and in the oven they went slaped em back in and after a while of trying to start it it started and i took it for a spin and it was fine, but i noticed a patch where the car had been stood and there wash this black oily stuff on the ground not alot like but it smelt of petrol??? not sure if it came from my car or a car that was there before as it was on the road....
 
what could that be? breather blocked and spat it out maybe??

[m1tch]

What colour is your engine oil? could be the oil pumped into the engine via the OMP mixed with the raw fuel from the flooding?

[mike_106gti]

What colour is your engine oil? could be the oil pumped into the engine via the OMP mixed with the raw fuel from the flooding?

enigine oil is black/ normal colour, dunno where it coulda come out from though i\'m still learning rx7... whats the OMP?

[m1tch]

The OMP is the Oil Metering Pump - basically the thing that pumps oil from the sump into the engine to keep it lubricated (much like oil sprayers on a piston engine) this is why you should always keep an eye on your oil level and colour as whatever is or isn\'t in the sump is being pumped into the engine!

As the engine has flooded it would have been cranked over a few times, the OMP would be injecting oil.

Also there will be carbon deposits that the raw petrol would also strip away causing a black liquid.

[mike_106gti]

cheers mitch

[m1tch]

Might be an idea to also check your power steering fluid, see if thats leaking, mine was as it was common to leak from the cooler pipework

[Aubec]

What\'s your road made of? Petrol dissolves the tar in asphalt making it sticky as my pockmarked driveway will testify.