TomG2
Jan 15, 2021Explorer
Making Oil
I see on another forum where owners report of showing more oil on their dipstick at the end of a long hard drive than at the beginning. Mostly with turbocharged engines. Anything to this or explanat...
miltvill wrote:
I had the same issue with my 2008 Chevy 2500 Duramax. This was a well documented issue at the time. During regen fuel is injected into the piston during the exhaust cycle which which pushes unburned fuel through the exhaust system into the DPF where it burns the diesel particles. Some fuel would find its way back into the oil.
miltvill wrote:
The problem was corrected in later years by injecting fuel into the manifold during Regen.