fuel in the oil

[jls48066]

as many of us no overfueling is common on stock 6.4s, my question is can that have long term effects on your bearings, reason im askin is i checked my oil and id say there is more fuel than oil in my crankcase, its a good 7 to 8 inches farther up than my full mark plus i actually had my dipstick blow out and oil covered my engine campartment when it was burning off my motor it didnt smell like oil?????????????????
just wondering if this can cause bearing faliure////it definitely cannont be good i have 42k on my truck and i really didnt pay attention to the oil level untill i heard that they over fuel during regen, mine seems to regen every 10 seconds so for the last 42k ive proly had a bunch of fuel in my oil

[powerhoghp]

If you had multiple inches of fuel in your oil, you weren't changing it enough. Diesel fuel actually lubricates fairly well, not as well as motor oil, but still fairly well. As for bearing failure, not likely, atleast not untill high mileage. And FWIW, its not overfueling, its the fuel washing down the cylinder, past the rings during the exhaust stroke.

[jls48066]

ended up being a combination of things/ stuck injector and the intercooler holding water, the intercooler holding water caused it to regen constantly, stuck injector didnt help the cause, and i change my oil every 4 to 5k so i hate to say i change my oil enough, what is fwiw im not familiar with the texting terms, ive heard the term overfueling numerous times so thats what i refer to it as... other than that its been a decent truck i just think i threw my money away 50k if it has this many problems in the first 40k miles than what am i going to go through at 300k miles just my opinion.. thanks for the info, the dealer did decide (after i threw a fit) replace the engine and my turbos at no cost i dug some info off of the internet last night and solvent based minerals (fuel) can cause internal damage if the percentage of fuel to oil is more than 7 percent

[pyro2nite]

I have been trying to get someone from Ford to give me a percentage of fuel in the oil that is acceptable. 3% 5% 7%???? My oil has been showing high amounts of aluminum in it..................pistons?

[Inverted99]

Originally Posted by powerhoghp

If you had multiple inches of fuel in your oil, you weren't changing it enough. Diesel fuel actually lubricates fairly well, not as well as motor oil, but still fairly well. As for bearing failure, not likely, atleast not untill high mileage. And FWIW, its not overfueling, its the fuel washing down the cylinder, past the rings during the exhaust stroke.

Maybe someone can help me with this. If the rings are good, how is oil getting into the crankcase? Seems to me if the rings are allowing fuel by them, then blowby would be happening I would think. Thanks...Jeff

Oh yea...to the original poster, FWIW means for what it's worth.

[pyro2nite]

During the compression cycle the rings are pressed against the cylinders. During the regen process fuel is introduce into the cylinders during the exhaust stroke so it can heat the DPF and the rings are not compressed.

[Inverted99]

Mmmm. Why would the rings not be sealed to the cylinder? Both compression and exhaust are upstrokes of the piston, what makes the rings seal with the cylinder different on the two different strokes of the piston. Not trying to argue but to understand this, I never have. I know that fuel is introduced during the exhaust stroke to clean the DPF but how and why it gets into the crankcase I do not understand. Thanks...Jeff

[Irishcream]

Originally Posted by jls48066

ended up being a combination of things/ stuck injector and the intercooler holding water, the intercooler holding water caused it to regen constantly, stuck injector didnt help the cause, and i change my oil every 4 to 5k so i hate to say i change my oil enough, what is fwiw im not familiar with the texting terms, ive heard the term overfueling numerous times so thats what i refer to it as... other than that its been a decent truck i just think i threw my money away 50k if it has this many problems in the first 40k miles than what am i going to go through at 300k miles just my opinion.. thanks for the info, the dealer did decide (after i threw a fit) replace the engine and my turbos at no cost i dug some info off of the internet last night and solvent based minerals (fuel) can cause internal damage if the percentage of fuel to oil is more than 7 percent

Has the truck been towed lately? The water in the intercooler is sometimes caused by air flowing from the tailpipe forward.

[jls48066]

truck was never towed, invert99 brings up a good point about the rings letting fuel by seems it would let oil by as well

[pyro2nite]

Originally Posted by Inverted99

Mmmm. Why would the rings not be sealed to the cylinder? Both compression and exhaust are upstrokes of the piston, what makes the rings seal with the cylinder different on the two different strokes of the piston. Not trying to argue but to understand this, I never have. I know that fuel is introduced during the exhaust stroke to clean the DPF but how and why it gets into the crankcase I do not understand. Thanks...Jeff

On the exhaust cycle the valves are open, so no compression to hold the rings to the cylinder wall.