Rob
Well-Known Member
During my trip to Mongolia I have noticed that my engine seems to be gaining oil. The colour and smell of the oil is normal as far as I can tell. Before my trip I decided to fix my oil level warning light just after an oil change. It started to come on during long motorway drives, especially uphill and if you took your foot of the accelerator it would turn off. After say 2000 miles it would stay on once it turned on usually just after turning the engine on. I was runing Toyota 10w40 at the time. I checked the oil level every now and then in the morning and I noticed that the oil level was high. Just before changing it it was about 8mm above full this was after a 7000mile service interval. Since then I have changed to Fuchs TITAN SYN DIESEL 10W-40 and have done almost 8000 miles on it and I have the same issue, but it is only 5mm overfilled now. Now before you ask it wasn't overfilled and I did check the next morning after the service to confirm this. The same happened again with regard to the oil level warning light, was intermittent at first and now it is on all the time. The only difference is that the oil level has risen less than before and now the glow plug light sometimes stays on after turning the engine on (especially around town) but normally turns off at higher engine loads or when driving at say 70mph.
My initial thoughts is fuel dilution and I have heard that it could be worn piston rings or leaking injectors. When cold blue smoke comes out the exhaust but it goes away when the engine is warm. When I get to 10k miles I will change the oil and I intend to get it tested. Any thoughts on this one? What could it be? Has anyone else had a similar issue? Why does the glow plug light stay on? (remember its a 24v so no glow plugs)
My initial thoughts is fuel dilution and I have heard that it could be worn piston rings or leaking injectors. When cold blue smoke comes out the exhaust but it goes away when the engine is warm. When I get to 10k miles I will change the oil and I intend to get it tested. Any thoughts on this one? What could it be? Has anyone else had a similar issue? Why does the glow plug light stay on? (remember its a 24v so no glow plugs)