truckerdude

anybody else noticed this? pull the dipstick and it smells like gasoline

mcfarmall

They all do. My 95 Ram and 03 Odyssey and my JD 260 and the Farmall C and the 85 Ranch King. Not like pure gas but a somewhat gassy smell.

My EB smells no different than all the above.

egbertnr

That is pretty typical, I experienced that on my Mazdaspeed 6 and was told to make sure the car was warm before putting a load on it. I think thats just goo practice for any engine.

GRWolverineFan

Fuel dilution is common in DI engines but I haven't seen enough UOAs on the EB to know if it is a bad offender (VW AG FSI) or not so bad (VW AG TSI or Mazda DISI).

rtofter

There is a TSB out on this. TSB 14-0040

phillip123

Yeah. I guess I always thought that was normal.

Big Al XLT

Fuel in oil of DI engines is normal. The percentage of fuel that many are getting is not.

Cord

The TSB doesn't really help the problem. If you watch it closely you'll actually notice the engine will gain oil as it's diluted with gas. This can't be good for bearings and might be the cause for the timing chain/phaser problems. At this time it's theory only, but reducing the oil change interval to 5,000 miles may help ward off the problems.

Big Al XLT

Many of my oil changes have been around 1500 miles and the lab that I have testing my oil is saying that the viscosity is compromised even at that few of miles.

MGD

Possible (partial) solution?


http://www.pqiadata.org/Pennzoil10W30.html

References:

http://www.f150online.com/forums/v6-...ml#post5174346

http://www.f150online.com/forums/v6-...ml#post5177615

Spectacularly low NOACK , great low-temp performance, stellar, stable formulation, enough viscosity 'buffer' to weather a bit of dilution and remain viable, AND .... so fekkin' inexpensive that frequent R&R isn't onerous. ( I recently found it on sale fer $13 CDN fer a 5L jug - cleaned 'em out, I did! ).

MGD