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Its not just Ford, Honda dealership here usually have 10-12 civic engines on the workshop floor awaiting Honda sign off for rebuild or replacement due to the 1/2 wits design. A belt seemingly reduces drag improving fuel efficiency, but efficiency no dam good if it wrecks the engine.

How can my oil be diluted , when it hasn’t risen at all in the months it’s stated “oil level too high”

If in doubt change it, ideally get an oil analysis done beforehand and amongst other things it will reveal how much fuel dilution. If you don’t have an oil analysis kit available just change it.

I doubt a main dealer or any other car saleman would be flagging a problem, just the opposite. I’m not a believer in the VW Extended Service interval but from what you’ve described somebody has taken that to the extreme and beyond. Depending on the engine code £10-14K is a figure that pops up...

Just had the manual out and done an amazon order so will be able to top up tomorrow before I go Tuesday. Caught me by surprise this as my previous vehicle was always having oil dilution issues with the dpf cycle, always had too much oil!

Exactly the same experiences; Went back and forth with the main dealership. They now only seem to fill to 70%(ish) as they are aware of the problem. Had been awaiting an update to reduce the Regen rate but appears to have never arrived as I presume that doesn’t meet their emissions guidelines.

When you add injector cleaner (150mL of alcohol) to a full tank of fuel it states not to add more than one bottle, reason being that it is a solvent. You’ve added 15000 mL of something almost as solvent. Aside from fuel system lubrication there is the issue of detonation (knocking) and...

If the software issue is causing fuel dilution of the sump oil it will eventually become a terminal hardware issue. The earlier comment regarding the AA removing 1L of oil to get the dipstick level down to 50% should be worrying as the total oil capacity is 7L. See earlier content in the thread...

Your oil is being diluted with diesel from a regeneration not being finished. Very common fault with this engine. I’ve had no end of hassle with this my T6 has been back in my local VW specialist 7 times now, they had it for a week one time. Now admitting there’s nothing more they can do until...

Burning oil will creating soot which will block the DPF and EGR. It will also foul the injectors and cause incomplete combustion creating yet more soot. Check you don’t have an external oil leak such as crankshaft seal failure. A compression test will reveal any cylinder / piston damage...

Car is now back from repair. It actually needed 2 new injectors, but I got them to replace 3 (the fourth one was replaced at the end of last year, so all 4 are now new). It also needed an oil change as it was badly diluted with fuel - this pic shows just how much unburnt fuel was passing...

180ps, 2016 MY, Euro 5. I‘ve never needed to top up between oil changes. Physically checking your oil is a very good habit to get into, you might just catch fuel dilution / coolant emulsification before it damages your engine. Unless you have an external leak the consumed oil is ending up...

Some oil manufacturers talk about a safe or acceptable level of oil dilution caused by diesel finding its way into the oil, of about 3%. When you've got people on this forum describing the oil level rising so much that a litre of contaminated oil has to be removed in an engine which should hold...

On the plus side all this extra oil your putting in at least the oil quality will be better as your always diluting the dirty oil with fresh

The oil level h My oil level has never increased on mine in 12 months. That’s the confusing part, and which makes me think it is the software issue

Search with ‘oil level’, this is a common issue and you’ll find the answers there. How much ‘slightly above max’? Google Translate will get you through any language issues, even if it doesn’t it should be obvious that you need an oil change / level reduction.

My oil level has never been high, not sure about anyone else’s?

Hi Mark Looks like you have taken the correct approach in getting a set of compression readings and an oil sample analysis but DXX is correct in his comments the components affected can only deteriorate to a point of failure how long is the question? The iron content is probably from the worn...

Hopefully it’s not as bad as a JLR overall I’ve seen the other threads on the same problem but my post is more a warning to others to register it especially if the warranty is about to run out. My nearest dealership are taking it in on Thursday & Friday to test the oil and look at it again...

A damaged pump distributes debris into injectors, damaged injectors no long meter fuel / seal, cylinder wash, fuel dilution of engine oil……. So when changing a fuel filter and using a piece of dirty rag or priming it with some ‘clean’ fuel it can cause a huge amount of damage.