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Lucky bastards. Getting new engines before 60,000 miles. ;)

At least it is still under warranty. Did the dealer confirm that it was due to oil dilution? I would put money on Ford deny that engine failure was due to oil dilution.

It would be nice if there was an oil change monitor for those of us with oil dilution issues. I am changing mine every 5,000, but probably should change it every 2,000 if I cared about staying within the recommended viscosity. ;)

My 2 cents: Exterior better than 5G and 6G Ranger Interior better than 5G Ranger but not better than 6G Ranger Engine is impressive, but I am sure MPG rating will be a few MPGs lower than Ranger. I will give it a test drive when it comes out, but Chevy quality scares me.

That is good advice, but I am sure those on this forum know that.

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...

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...

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.

2.5% at only 3,655 miles. Would it have been 7% at 10,000 miles?

New Tacoma in 2024 model year. If I can wait that long before my Ranger self destructs due to oil dilution, I will likely trade my Ranger in on a Taco. Too bad, otherwise, I like my Ranger.

Here is what you are missing, as I see it. Only a percentage of Ranger's are experiencing this issue. What percentage? I have no idea. Therefore, the argument that we aren't seeing Ranger engines blowing up before 100k miles is proof that it isn't a problem. Well, not really. If only 5% have oil...

I am assuming you mean that all GDI engines are prone to oil dilution. Clearly, not all Rangers have oil dilution. So, the question is, do a higher percentage of Ranger engines have oil dilution than other make's GDI engines. And what level of fuel will damage an engine? I wish I knew the answer...

Only true if only 1% of Rangers have oil dilution issues. My gut tells me it is much higher. All Ranger owners should get at least one oil analysis done to verify that they don't have an oil dilution issue.

I get what you are saying. And in normal times, I would do just that. Maybe when new cars become more available and at "normal" prices I will do just that. But what to buy? There simply isn't another good midsize truck on the market. For all its faults, the Ranger is still a more appealing...

My warranty hasn't been extended. Ford has refused to acknowledge that there is an issue. They refused to accept my Blackstone reports and didn't document the issue on the work order. Ford Customer Service stated that would not do anything for me.

What do you mean by robust blend? I have been thinking about going to a 5W40 synthetic for my next oil change.

I changed it 500 miles later. I didn't collect another sample.

I extracted the oil for my most recent analysis. The previous three were taken during an oil change.

Update on oil dilution. At 31k miles, I sent an oil sample off to Blackstone. It had been only 3500 miles since last oil change. While there was "only" 2.5% dilution (which if changed at 10,000 miles it likely would have been over 7% dilution), the viscosity had degraded significantly. I will...