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grizz272
Explorer
Oct 30, 2018

2018 F350

I have a 2018 F350 diesel tow vehicle. Since it was brand new in March I have put 13K miles on it. Every 400-500 miles when I stop I can smell a little bit of oil burning. There is no noticeable oil usage, just the smell. I have had it in to the dealer once for this and they found nothing. I been over the engine and exhaust from top to bottom and have never found any oil leakage.

Any suggestion?
Tow Vehicles
  • grizz272's avatar
    grizz272
    Explorer
    Nov 03, 2018
    From what every body has said here I am going with the regen answer. It makes since. Over all I am completely satisfied with the F350.
  • whjco's avatar
    whjco
    Explorer
    Nov 05, 2018
    It it's a raw fuel odor that smells like a jet plane, then it's in a regen cycle. Run it in a lower gear to keep the RPMs up so the exhaust heats up and it will finish the cycle and go away.
  • NRALIFR's avatar
    NRALIFR
    Explorer
    Nov 05, 2018
    Have the dealer enable the “Exhaust Filter Percent Full” screen on your dash. That way you will know when it’s about to regen, when it starts, and how long the regen cycle lasts. On the 2016 models, the technician had to plug in his laptop, and enable an option that (if I remember right) was called “Manual Exhaust Filter Cleaning”, but it DOESN’T actually let you initiate a manual regen. It only enables a screen that shows you the soot load in the DPF.

    :):)

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