Oil dilution issue making me cancel purchase..

[MountainGoat]

Things real people are not worried about for $200 Alex.

Hmm on Memorial day when everyone is home browsing the front page is getting hit with multiple ANTI-RANGER POSTS! Is this a TOYOTA PSY-OP in progress?

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[BrassSlinger]

If you're worried about fuel in oil, change it every 5k not 10k miles.

I have 1,300 miles on my 22, the oil smells weird but the level has not increased at all so I do wonder how many people are mistaking the smell of oil for fuel diluted oil.

600 miles on my 22,oil level is perfect no weird smell.

 

[AzScorpion]

Just buy the truck and keep the oil changed and use synthetic. Not idiotic 10k or even 7.5k changes either. No matter what some stupid oil analysis or the manual tells you. Change at 3000, 3500, or 5000. You pick. Good clean oil, changed at a reasonable rate is your engine's best friend as well as that nice little turbo that gives the Ranger the type of grunt it's competition doesn't have.

By reading the Fuel in the oil thread there are SOME who have a legitimate complaint and I hope they figure it out. I think to many on here read to much into this and start looking for something that's just not there. I remember a thread a couple years back that someone heard a squeak when they first started their truck up. Sure enough everyone went out and started theirs to see if they heard a squeak. lol

With that said I've been changing mine every 5000 miles and it's been fine. But I don't go out there and sniff the dipstick every week either.

?Should I? ?

 

[JohnnyO]

Just change the oil more often than recommended and don't worry about it.
I've not sent my used oil to be tested yet but I don't smell gas on the dipstick or in the drain pan but then I don't do short trips. I think it's more of an issue with people who make a lot of short trips and the oil doesn't get hot enough for long enough to burn off any fuel. My work commute is 20 miles each way.

 

[lost1]

I was about to plunk down the down-payment and go ahead and buy my silver '22 Xlt Ranger but after coming across all the oil dilution issues (reading through the threads) I'm afraid I'll have to cross this otherwise great truck off my shopping list. I want something that has some longevity to it; something that I can trust to get me to 150k+. Is this decision just? Are these engines wearing out before 100k due to insufficient lubrication?

Problem is I don't like any other options. I hate the Tacoma, Frontier is too small and doesn't look good, and the Chevy has rock hard seats and no tech. Frustrated. Maybe the '23 ('24?) model will not have this issue?

Thoughts? Am I nuts? lol

I have a 2021 Ranger that I purchased last Oct and have about 5500 miles on it now. It has been used mostly in local type driving with about 20% highway miles. I have monitored the oil level very carefully since I got it and while noticing the fuel smell the level always has been good. I changed the oil at 3000 miles and I don’t plan on changing it again until 8000 miles or 1 year , whatever comes first. I always remote start it and let it run for 5 minutes before I get in and drive.

 

[Dereku]

It's a wonder they still sell diesel trucks. They have been DI for 30 years. Used oil always smells like diesel too. Plus it's actually black from soot.

Modern gas engines are taking clues from diesels for efficiency. Higher combustion temps, higher injection pressures, higher compression ratios, turbos, and stronger blocks.

So I would expect the Ecoboost engines to have the longevity of a diesel, with the possible added costs of ownership. However it should fall short on both counts.

 

[Grumpaw]

By reading the Fuel in the oil thread there are SOME who have a legitimate complaint and I hope they figure it out. I think to many on here read to much into this and start looking for something that's just not there. I remember a thread a couple years back that someone heard a squeak when they first started their truck up. Sure enough everyone went out and started theirs to see if they heard a squeak. lol

With that said I've been changing mine every 5000 miles and it's been fine. But I don't go out there and sniff the dipstick every week either. ?Should I? ?

OMG....You Don't Sniff.......

 

[AzScorpion]

OMG....You Don't Sniff.......

Somethings I do but my oil isn't one of them.

 

[Bob902]

One year, 15K miles. No issues. Oil change every 5K with full synthetic. Just buy it and drive it.

 

[wanted33]

Like Jake @RedDakooter05 says, change the oil every 5K (I do). Plus, do like me. Don't look for it when you check the oil, and you'll be fine.

It's like people worrying about build up on the underside of the valves with these DI engines. I've got a friend that bought one of the first ecoboost F-150's around 2011. He's got a ton of hard miles on that farm truck with no problems.

 

[wanted33]

Somethings I do but my oil isn't one of them.

OK, I gotta ask................wait, no I don't....................

 

[AzScorpion]

OK, I gotta ask................wait, no I don't....................

Jim, you should know me by now. No you don't want to know!

 

[Dgc333]

FWIW, I have had 5 Fords with direct injection engines. One NA 2.0, one 2.0 Ecoboost and three 2.3 Ecoboost engines, in all I have put about 150,000 miles on them combined, not one of them has had an issue with fuel dilution that would cause the oil to smell like fuel or climb on the dipstick.

I was on the Ecoboost Mustang forum for 6 years and fuel dilution was not a topic that came up over there.

With my 2.0 and 2.3 Ecoboost engines it is hard to get an accurate oil level reading on the dipstick. I found way back in 2013 with my Focus ST that you needed to let the engine sit over night and check the oil first thing in the morning before it has been started to get an accurate reading. With the Ranger's 2.3 the specified 6.2 quarts of oil will consistently read right at the top of the hash marks when cold. But if you check it after the engine has been run, even with it sitting for two hours will read over the top of the hash marks and a hot engine will read at the hole above the hash marks.

 

[Apples]

The issue is a Shakespeare: Much to do about nothing!

 

[9zero1790]

these days i wish the oil would raise the fuel level in gas tank some how. besides a lil 93 octane in the oil just keeps the engines guts a lil cleaner lol. when i change my oil it stinks of oil and toyota tears. im fine with that. i dont abuse my truck but i use it as a truck and do truck stuff. its never backed down or come short. its tougher than my dumb idea meter will clear for take off.

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