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Old 06-11-2019, 05:19 PM
KrustyKustom KrustyKustom is offline
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Oil Consumption..

Update..
I drove the GL 275miles over the weekend and took methodical dipstick measurements prior to leaving and returning. It looked like it sipped a little oil unfortunately. Also noticed it going into regeneration mode about the time I returned (indicative of DPF dirty).

Not sure where else to turn but....turbo. The only thing it could be on the external part of the engine is the turbo seal rings internally allowing lubricating oil to get sucked into exhaust or intake. I may pull resonator and pipe back to turbo and see how much oil is in there, or may even remove mass air flow batwing and idle it in the garage to see if the turbo impeller is slinging oil.

We are talking this thing has never used oil, and it all of a sudden started using. Most peculiar. It runs very good but I do not want to put a $4k DPF on it for sure its time anyway.
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