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Originally Posted By: SteveSRT8 ^^^While your concern as a BITOG oil freak is appreciated and understood it should be noted that fuel dilution is rarely linked to engine issues despite UOA's... Do you have any info. or references to back this up? As well as the timing chain, I am concerned...

So I just got my truck back from Ford after they performed the "fuel in oil tsb". I'm curious to find out how the update to the PCV system and the computer affects the fuel % in my oil as well as mileage and power. The tech working on the truck said the computer was reprogrammed to use less fuel...

Originally Posted By: Colt45ws No, he means an oil on the thicker end of the SAE 30. An example of this is Castrol EDGE SPT 0W30 "European Formula". KV@100C of 11.8cSt. HTHS of 3.5cP The bad thing about it is its only API SL. But the Castrol 0W40 is API SN. Just barely a SAE 40 with a KV@100C...

Originally Posted By: A_Harman Originally Posted By: TurboFX I'm hoping to get the truck in soon to bring this issue up with the dealer and see what kind of squirming they do. Cheers Yes, I was going to suggest you show the service manage the results of you UOA's. 7.5 and 9.0% fuel dilution...

Originally Posted By: oilpsi2high Does this car have a remote start? How often do you use that feature? yes it does. I use it approx. 50 percent of the time. more so in the cold weather. very rarely do I let it warm up for more than a minute or so before I drive off.

Originally Posted By: dnewton3 1) to the site! 2) the fuel is silly high, if those numbers are correct. Some of the higher I've seen. 3) your engine is new enough that you're still seeing breakin-in in some regard. Presuming you've only have a couple or three OCIs, there is both break-in and...

Originally Posted By: Phishin Originally Posted By: TurboFX I intended to keep this truck as long as possible. That's an oxymoron..... If you want to buy a truck and keep it on the road as long as possible, why did you buy a twin turbocharged Ford? You should have gotten a 5.4 NA engine in...

The samples haven't smelled of fuel. When I checked the oil last winter the smell was quite strong but the oil level remained constant. Should the rings still be seating at 25000+ kilometers? Apparently there is an inherent design flaw with the design of the PCV system in my engine. It only...

Wow, lots of replies already! Thx everyone! I will contact wearcheck to determine the accuracy of the fuel% and possibly ascertain a flashpoint (if they kept the samples). The first sample is motorcraft oil used for approx. 13000Kilometers. my potassium numbers are correct. Wearcheck states...

I have owned this truck since brand new. I have two UOA's that concern me and am looking to get some feedback from this forum. We don't have a blackstone here in Canada, but we do have "Wearcheck". Both UOA's are from wearcheck. The "n/a" indicates items not tested in the "wearcheck" test. I...