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How are you monitoring the oil use,? VW do an oil weight test ... As oil dilution from diesel can show incorrect data. IE a clogged dpf will cause excessive regens that cause diesel to get in the oil and raise the level etc. Oil is heavier than diesel, so they add a specified amount of oil...

Age more than mileage then I guess. Any issues with bad injectors, fuel dilution of engine oil, missed oil services?

2% fuel dilution is the safe upper limit, that’s just 148ml of fuel in 7.4L of engine oil.

An oil test is a very good indicator of what's going on with your engine, soot content, wear materials and fuel dilution. VW's excessive oil loss limit is quite honestly scandalous. Darkside Developments do an oil test kit that comes with a syringe and long tube so you can take the sample from...

You want to most definitely be checking the oil weekly in a 6/6.1, as when they're not burning it theyre sometimes diluting it instead, but its probably ok.

Oil and water don’t mix, there is no dilution. Depending on the shape of the tank you maybe able to overfill it and force the floating Redex out through the filler. I’m not familiar with the nuances of VW Euro 6 Adblue, but pretty sure that I read that overfilling messes with the ultrasonic...

Hello All, I’ve had this message come up, I enquired from a google search with message below. The "Reduce oil level - workshop" message on a VW T6, particularly diesel models, means the engine oil level is too high and has likely been diluted by diesel fuel during incomplete DPF regeneration...

I’ve recently purchased a used T6.1 150 with around 80,000 miles on the clock. On the approx 120 miles drive home from the dealership, the “Reduce Oil Level” warning appeared on the dashboard. I hadn’t heard of this being a common issue until I began researching online, but from what I’ve read...

Wayne is wise. Examples of 6's or 6.1's with positively confirmed oil dilution issues are rare indeed. Oil has quite a high coefficient of expansion, and combined with sensors of questionable design and software that may not be up to the job (even the revised software often fails to fix the...

The T6 is a commercial vehicle, fleet operators want minimal servicing cost including downtime. Once the 5 year depreciation is over and it’s sold on it’s no longer their issue. With the EGR causing soot contamination of engine oil and regeneration issues causing fuel dilution of engine oil I...

If they have to remove oil once theyve likely just put a bit much in at the service. If theyre having to remove oil twice then you've got an actual fault somewhere that has caused the oil level to rise again. Quite likely a fuel dilution problem, and switches and valves wont cure it. Opening...

How much power is your motor? The oil level sensors can get upset if it's filled too nearmto max and start telling you off. Set the level half way and monitor weekly in case of fuel dilution.

I genuinely don’t know the power. It’s not a fast one so assume it’s lower PS. It’s a T32 but assume that won’t determine which engine . What’s fuel dilution?

...It this is the case, which is most likely, there is a software patch but it doesnt always work so keeping the lefel no higher than 1/2 is prudent. If it does rise, less likely but does happen, if may be an oil dilution issue. Either way, you need to resrt the lefle and monitor for a spell.

Fuel dilution seems to be a common issue, 2% caution level, 4% alert level. Results in sub-standard lubrication on what is a fairly highly tuned diesel engine

Yeah wasn't much though, but as it's not a recall they charge for it. But it hasn't come back 🤞🏼

When driving and the fan runs at an alarming pace, and you feel the heat rushing from the engine Bay Area… don’t panic, leave the engine ticking over until the fan cuts out. This is the cat regen mode, it uses diesel to burn the particulates off the cat filter, if you leave the engine switched...

https://www.t6forum.com/threads/t6-1-reduce-oil-level-and-oil-dilution.48235/ https://www.t6forum.com/threads/t6-1-reduce-oil-warning.51830/

...consequences of doing repeated short journeys in our Diesel Honda CR-V and know many folks who’ve had similar problems with repeatedly driving short distances in their Diesel cars. The cost of forced regens, dealing with oil dilution, replacing DPFs, EGR valves and turbos can be eye-watering.

Thank you for the input , but I not a mechanic, but i will be having a new engine fitted at retro resis.