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Originally Posted by owtcast
It is a tad high. I just had it changed, I checked it right after they filled it, but I haven't looked at it since. It's hard to tell by smelling the oil whether there is diesel in it (since it always has a diesel smell regardless), but I wouldn't rule it out. How much did it cost you to have it fixed? (if you don't mind me asking) I have 67k miles on it so it's out of the original 36k warranty. 
Also are there any seals/o-rings that should be changed out at the same time since it will probably be pulled apart? |
If you got 67k miles, it's still under the powertrain warranty of 100k unless its more than 5 years old. 100.00 deductable at the dealer is all it will cost you unless you have mods on your truck that would void the repair, then your looking at about $3k to repair it. If you think there is a rising oil level and the oil smells like diesel at all. Take it to the dealer right away. Actually, son't even drive it, have it towed. A runnaway can result from this and short of being very dangerous, it will destroy the engine cause you can't shut off a runaway unless you completely cut off the air to the intake.
Not trying to alarm you but i have heard of several 03 6.0s with leaky injectors which results in exactly what I am talking about. Is your fuel milage suffering? If so, i would say you could have leaking injectors. If you smell diesel but have no visible leaks anywhere. Keep an eye on that oil level!!!