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FWIW I've watched a bunch of YouTube reviews on the new Frontier and a few reviewers claimed that Nissan went with hydraulic steering because it has better feel than electric.

I haven't seen anything on fuel dilution on the 3.8 Nissan either and FWIW it hasn't been a problem on the DI 1.6 Ecoboost in my Fiesta ST either.

I'm seriously considering the new Frontier...was pretty well set on the Ranger but the unresolved fuel dilution issue put me off the idea plus my 2014 Fiesta ST (made in Mexico FWIW) recently needed $3K in repairs with only 45K miles ?. If and when Ford has a definitive fix for fuel dilution...

Not necessarily all that expensive at least for DIY oil changes, 5 qt. jugs of Mobil 1 synthetic are about $30-35 and are on sale occasionally...

Yikes! If that really is Ford's official position on excessive fuel dilution (and not some dealer BS) I'll never buy another car from them...having dealt with the issue as a diesel generator tech it is NOT normal and is a serious problem.

FWIW not all 2 strokes work that way, I used to maintain a couple of two stroke 71 series Detroit Diesels (an OG 671 and a monstrous 24V71) and they have a conventional oil pan, oil pump, filters, etc. As it happens the 24V71 had serious fuel dilution issues and after dealing with that on the...

That is not correct, the 1.6 L EcoBoost in my Fiesta ST is also GDI and has not had any fuel dilution problems. I don't know if you were serious about the diesel angle but fuel dilution is just as serious an issue on diesel engines, I worked as a generator tech for a few years and had serious...

That is plausible and I've seen it happen on other direct injection engines. For a few years I maintained big diesel generators and two of mine had serious fuel dilution problems much like some people in this thread are describing. It turned out the problems were caused by improper...