Fuel in the Oil: Why your 6.4L is "making" oil and how to stop it.

TorqueTitan

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Checked my dipstick today and the level was an inch above the "Full" mark. It smells like diesel. I know the 6.4 uses the 8th injector stroke for regens, but this seems excessive. Is my DPF clogged, or are my injectors leaking internally?
 
That fuel dilution will wipe out your main bearings. Shorten your oil changes to 3k miles or check your DPF health immediately.
 
You need to address this immediately before you wash out your main bearings or experience a runaway. What is happening is your DPF is likely partially clogged, forcing the truck into frequent or "incomplete" regens. On the 6.4L, fuel is sprayed on the exhaust stroke of the cylinders to heat up the DPF, and when that fuel doesn't burn off, it washes past the piston rings and into the crankcase.

How you can tell if it's the DPF or a leaking injector: Send an oil sample to Blackstone Labs for analysis. If the fuel percentage is over 5%, you are in the danger zone. In the meantime, stop idling the truck so much and make sure you complete every regen cycle once it starts. Most guys eventually solve this permanently by deleting the DPF, which stops the post-injection cycle entirely and saves the engine from fuel dilution.
 
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