Just purchased my first truck & diesel engine: a used 2009 F250 SD 6.4L. last weekend. :woot:
So far I am in love with it. However, I have become a little skittish after reading about a number of "challenges" the regen process creates.
Given that, when I changed the oil I wanted to see how many quarts of fluid I would drain. I got 15 quarts. So I assume the regen process was not causing oil dilution, at least for life of the oil that I drained.
So I decided to double check the drained oil to see what an oil analysis would indicate.The results indicated zero oil dilution, which made sense coupled with me draining only 15 qts.
After scouring the web I discovered that a regeneration "delete" exists. The delete, as you likely are all too familiar with, but I am just learning about, would lead to zero oil dilution.
So my question: Is there a way to physically examine the engine, et al, to determine if an EGR delete was performed by the previous owner?
So far I am in love with it. However, I have become a little skittish after reading about a number of "challenges" the regen process creates.
Given that, when I changed the oil I wanted to see how many quarts of fluid I would drain. I got 15 quarts. So I assume the regen process was not causing oil dilution, at least for life of the oil that I drained.
So I decided to double check the drained oil to see what an oil analysis would indicate.The results indicated zero oil dilution, which made sense coupled with me draining only 15 qts.
After scouring the web I discovered that a regeneration "delete" exists. The delete, as you likely are all too familiar with, but I am just learning about, would lead to zero oil dilution.
So my question: Is there a way to physically examine the engine, et al, to determine if an EGR delete was performed by the previous owner?