Fuel in oil

[Big Blue]

My blend is equal parts (2 quarts each) a gas station's 5w30, Castrol Edge 5w30, and a certain brand that starts with A and ends with soil 0w40. I would name the gas station but they seem to have discontinued their oil products and frankly I want it all to myself .

Straight 5w40 should keep your shear rates in check, but cold flow and MPG will probably be slightly affected. It is also difficult to find API SP or SN Plus rated 5w40.

Just curious, what is your reasoning/logic behind this "robust blend" of yours? Don't worry I have no intention of playing petrochemist on my truck.

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[SymChris]

Got my 6th oil change from the dealer last Wednesday (my baby’s 3 year in-service birthday), drove from Toronto area to Cincinnati and back (left Friday, came back Sunday), about 900 miles for the trip alone not counting the local driving around). Around 50k miles on it now. Reset my trip meter and it was 25.0 mpg round trip (according to the on-screen display).

Truck performed as good as expected, no issues at all (and the adaptive cruise is amazing on long stretches of highways like I75).

Should I be checking my oil now?

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[Vitis805]

Just curious, what is your reasoning/logic behind this "robust blend" of yours? Don't worry I have no intention of playing petrochemist on my truck.

1. To get the longest interval possible without shearing to 5w20 or worse.
2. To decrease the chances of LSPI as much as possible.
3. Typical engine oil stuff; protection, cleanliness, and proper flow.

 

[Big Blue]

1. To get the longest interval possible without shearing to 5w20 or worse.
2. To decrease the chances of LSPI as much as possible.
3. Typical engine oil stuff; protection, cleanliness, and proper flow.

All good reasons we should all strive for. I'm more interest on how/why you feel this blend you came up with is better than some single brand of oil?

 

[Vitis805]

All good reasons we should all strive for. I'm more interest on how/why you feel this blend you came up with is better than some single brand of oil?

Increased magnesium, decreased calcium, and preferred real viscosity numbers are the biggest reasons.

 

[The Last Ranger]

Just changed my oil after 500mi on a 2021 lariat. Oil level at the full mark, the hole in the dip stick. I may go to either 1k or 1.5 k with the Motorcraft synthetic blend again before I change to a full synthetic of my choice. I drive it easy but my trips are 30-40 highway miles each time. Yes I changed my oil myself as I always do my maintnance . Hoping I don't have a bad fuel/oil issue as others. My oil changes will occur as to the condition of the gas/oil mixture, but will probably not exceed 4-5k miles and never go to 7k. Yup I'm retired and have alot of spare time. I read tons of these posts especially gas/oil posts.

 

[JustSteve]

Time for another 4000 mile oil change. So I call a few more Ford service centers hoping I can find one that can do something about fuel in the oil; no luck they claim they have not heard of the problem and have no way of diagnosing fuel in the oil.

 

[jsphlynch]

Time for another 4000 mile oil change. So I call a few more Ford service centers hoping I can find one that can do something about fuel in the oil; no luck they claim they have not heard of the problem and have no way of diagnosing fuel in the oil.

I think you're going to have trouble finding anyone who will even try to do anything about it now:
https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/blackstone-used-oil-analysis.7489/post-430627

 

[Wytchdctr]

I wonder if the age demographics of Ranger owners vs. RS/Mustang owners has anything to do with gas build-up in some engines (not counting those with a leaking HPFP or injector).

I am going to keep mine in check via random acts of violence after my oil has warmed up.


Being a smartass aside.. I was having trouble (because I didn't want a ticket) keeping up with a 2019 Silver XLT today in Houston. Old lady was hauling ass.....

 

[JustSteve]

I think you're going to have trouble finding anyone who will even try to do anything about it now:
https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/blackstone-used-oil-analysis.7489/post-430627

Not surprised by this. Ford is essentially saying, we don't care because there won't be many engine failures before 60,000 miles. They are officially telling dealer repair shops to ignore the issue. Didn't address if a customer is seeing 2.5% or 12.5% oil dilution. They did not release any guidance on what level of oil dilution is an issue.

I am thinking a class action lawsuit is in Ford's future on this issue.

 

[RangerMags]

I have lurked in the shadows and read every page on this thread. I was fortunate that my brother is really good friends with the son of the GM who runs this dealership I purchased from. His son is a mechanic at the dealership and when I bought the truck I spoke to both of them for quite a while and got a good deal. The GM even gave me his personal phone # incase I needed anything. I say this to express that if I come across any serious issues, I don’t foresee them trying to screw me, but who knows. I bought a 2020 Lariat with FX4 with only 5k miles on it. I have since put about 1,500 miles on it. It has run beautifully. Since the mileage was so low for a 2 year old car I can only assume it was barely driven by the previous owner during the heavy C-vid era. On top of that I have mainly only driven very short in town drives. After reading this thread I initially kind of panicked and popped the hood to check, sure enough the dipstick smelt of fuel. I didn’t get an accurate reading on the level because where I park is slanted. Read some more but have come to the conclusion I’m just not going to stress over it. Got the 100k mile warranty and I have a 3year/30k service plan so anytime I take it in for service it’s taken care if. The window sticker seems they want it serviced every 6k miles so I’ll either do that or just see if I can get it serviced every 5k. Texted the mechanic friend and he said he hasn’t seen or heard of this issue but that he would ask around and if an issue did arise under warranty they would take care of it. Will be interesting to see if anyone has any catastrophic failures but I haven’t seen that yet. I’ll try driving it harder and more often to see if that helps but I’m not going to send a fuel sample out and remain paranoid. I love this truck and wanted a ranger for so damn long. Have some over-landing plans and want to do a lot with it so I think I’ll just run with it at least while it’s under warranty. What’s the point of stressing and sniffing the oil everyday, it won’t solve anything. I feel for those who had the more serious issues and agree ford did not handle it right. It seems there is a big disconnect between the individual dealerships and the company as a whole and you either get a dealership with good ethics or shitty ones. Best of luck to all out there.

 

[JustSteve]

RangerMags, it isn't just a single shitty dealership, I have called around and no dealership will test for fuel in the oil. And I talked to Ford Customer Service and their response was Ford will not do anything about the issue - including test for fuel in oil or accept any of my Blackstone report - unless my engine blows up before 60,000 miles.

I have decided to switch to Mobile 1 and a 20,000 Mobile 1 filter. I will suck the oil out every 5,000 using an oil extractor. I will likely have only one more Blackstone analysis done. I may trade my Ranger before 60,000, but that depends on a better alternative being available then. As I have stated before, I do like my Ranger. It meets my needs perfectly.

 

[WNCblueridge]

Time for another 4000 mile oil change. So I call a few more Ford service centers hoping I can find one that can do something about fuel in the oil; no luck they claim they have not heard of the problem and have no way of diagnosing fuel in the oil.

Sounds familiar. Ford dealerships here a scum bags

 

[puckdodger]

Checked the oil in mine yesterday and it was actually down a bit, still in the hash marks but def lower than last time, and I'm okay with that. It just takes a while for everything to settle in place it seems.

 

[D Fresh]

Just changed my oil after 500mi on a 2021 lariat. Oil level at the full mark, the hole in the dip stick. I may go to either 1k or 1.5 k with the Motorcraft synthetic blend again before I change to a full synthetic of my choice. I drive it easy but my trips are 30-40 highway miles each time. Yes I changed my oil myself as I always do my maintnance . Hoping I don't have a bad fuel/oil issue as others. My oil changes will occur as to the condition of the gas/oil mixture, but will probably not exceed 4-5k miles and never go to 7k. Yup I'm retired and have alot of spare time. I read tons of these posts especially gas/oil posts.

Might want to wait a little longer than 1500 miles to switch to full synthetic if you want to avoid problems.

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