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I would suggest you get your oil tested and see what other nasties are in there. The first test I had done had a high content of iron, soot and was heavily diluted with fuel. A few months later another test showed the same but with the addition of nickel aka bearing material. Like yours it ran...

...regeneration thing. You can also press a little button and it will count out the number of grams of soot in your filter. It's a handy device as you know when you are regenerating and can drive the long way round until it concludes instead of shutting the engine down and risking oil dilution...

The oil was very slightly over-full on the dipstick. I have pulled about 500ml out and it’s now sitting at 3/4 full. I have been monitoring the VCDS “oil fill level” each morning to see if there is any level change between regens. It seems consistent so far with no regens taking place, and I...

I don't know where the oil was going - no leaks - no smoke from exhaust- engine sounded fine - the 2 so called vw specialist did no oil analysis My mate is a mechanic says possible bearings or bores are worn....it wore me down....yes these are highly tuned diesel engines with life expectancy of...

I don't think any of my work vans have had DPF, we run them into the ground, hense why a couple of seized injectors forced my employer to buy another van. It all sounds a bit scary if I'm honest.

Thanks for the replies. What is concerning is that when I picked it up after its annual service at 27k kms it was noticeably quieter. Which indicates the oil is either diluting or breaking down.

And the TPI translated: TPI No. 2064808/6 - Inappropriate "Low Oil Level" Display TPI Summary TPI No.: 2064808/6 Inappropriate "Low Oil Level" Display Release Approval Date: June 3, 2024 Customer Error Description/Station Conclusion Customer Complaint: The message "Please reduce oil level...

That's really helpful thanks, this is partially why I've stayed away from Diesels, it's a whole new learning curve!

I’ve got a December 2020 Vw t6.1 kombi. I purchased it when it was a year old so I don’t know what happened in its first year but I’ve had nothing but issues with the ‘reduce oil level, go to workshop’ warning for the past 2 years. I have been to my local Vw dealership a number of times and...

...little actual evidence of it. You might have enjoyed reading the myriad posts before slapping up the link. As stated, actual genuine oil dilution is almost unheard of on these, and the few that do arise are usually the result of a fault elsewhere such as a failed injector, etc, rather than a...

Replaced windscreen wipers with Bosch Aerotwin A351S wipers just in time for Storm Chandra to give them a good test. Also sucked out most of my partially diluted engine oil due to interrupted DPF regens and topped back up to below halfway on the dipstick with some shiny new Castrol EDGE 5W-30...

Mentioning the remap and deletes earlier may have helped. The oil analysis was a clear indication that there were severe issues with the engine; More than 10% fuel dilution, Millers caution is 2%, failure at 4%, oil viscosity was too low as a result. 66 ppm Al, Millers failure is at 30 ppm...

Good day all :) Hope you can help. I've owned my T6 LWB STN 4M 2l since August last year. When I purchased it it soon came up with an oil service notification (NOT warning light, see example image). I contacted the seller who provided evidence that it had an oil change not 2 months ago, but to...

...volume. This is not uncommon and it's not restricted to VW engines. Have a read of some of these threads for a better understanding of oil dilution; https://www.t6forum.com/search/2778894/?q=oil+dilution&o=relevance Oil on and around the oil filter housing wouldn't worry me too much, it's...

I'll be warming it up and giving another go tomorrow... Assume they charged?...unless you're under warranty (which I'm not) I'm also sending oil sample off as I've had the van 5 months, and do mostly short journeys so need to be aware if the dpf is causing too much dilution with the oil. I...

...of the dipstick (half way up is ideal), lying oil level sensors (can sometimes be addressed with a software update), and lastly genuine oil dilution (the least common scenario but it does happen.) If the oil level wasn't actually high I wouldn't sweat it. Just check the oil level with the...

Oil dilution is far from unheard of in the T6; https://www.t6forum.com/search/5933240/?q=dilution&o=relevance

Thanks for that, makes sense now. Would you say I'm best to just do an oil/filter change to be safe, note the new oil level and monitor it. No need for oil tests etc if dilution issues isn't a big thing with the t6 engine. Most likely just been filled slightly too much during the last service...

If you leave it idling too long during a regen itll abort the process (unless its very close to the end) and will have another try next time the correct operating conditions are met.

...keep a close eye on my levels so I'm happy enough to ignore it. Nevertheless, it makes me wonder how many folk have suffered this fault and just happened to have a high oil level due to slipshod servicing and then went on to add two and two together and come up with "oil dilution" when it...