Gas in the oil

["Stefano Iachella" <iachella@domain.elided>]

Hey cats, two questions,

Anybody have any idea how my oil could have
gotten filled with gas? I've been studying the diagrams
of the smog piping and filtering and there seems 
to be several paths where this could happen. One
through the oil vapor separator. There is another
through the gas tank vapor separator. It goes to the
top of the valve cover. The cloth covered tubes are 
wet and I did top off the gas real good last time to
get more range out of the car. It's a '79 Alfetta GT
California smog equiped.

And how bad is it to have run the car this way for
a few miles? Someone told me the cams need the
highest pressure and they might be damaged. 
Another told me no damage would have happened
unless the car overheated because of the friction.
I never lost pressure, the car never overheated, and
I drove for 5 or 10 miles. There was a lot of gas in
there, it was pretty thin when I drained it.

Thanks,

Stefano.
Oakland, CA

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