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Td5 fuel leaking in engine oil - 3/18/2007 6:12:59 AM

defcruiser

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dear friends, i'm new to the forum and wish to submit you a question quite preoccupying to me.
After 10 years with my old 2.5 td 110 I bought in 2003 a new td5 90. I am now at 80.000 km and no problems so far.
But, checking the engine oil this time I noticed something strange: the level rises. I asked a few friends td5 owner and they told me this is common to many td5's an is due to fuel leakage in the engine oil. Actually the oil smells like fuel.
Does anyone know about this? my first consideration is that diesel fuel lubricates as oil and so this might not be a major problem. However how would this affect the engine's longevity?

Thank you

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RE: Td5 fuel leaking in engine oil - 3/20/2007 2:24:04 PM

Adz

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How often are you changing the engine oil and filter? Diesel oil will lubricate better than kero or petrol but it's nothing like as good as engine oil.

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RE: Td5 fuel leaking in engine oil - 3/26/2007 5:00:07 AM

huk

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Hi,
yes, thats one of a common problem of Td5 engines.
please visit your dealer !

Diesel will not lubricate your engine, it will destroy it (not immediately, the more Diesel % in oil, the shorter bang will arrive)

regards

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