I had an odd event the other day on a remote start where the idle was loping a couple hundred RPM, and then again yesterday where the truck stalled in park, so I pulled the dipstick to see if the oil smelled like diesel in case a injector was sticking. Found this, instead.
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Thought it was coolant/oil mix at first, but it behaved more like mud.
End of the dipstick had particulates, that looked like metal but crumbled like dirt. Oil smelled like diesel exhaust, but not fresh fuel.
Here's the rub. I have not touched the oil, ever. One of the packages they were offering was a lifetime oil change for $900, and after some back of the envelope calc on Dexos 2 cost and availability, as well as length of ownership, I took it and signed before they realized it was a diesel. Dealers have since changed the oil 4 times in 30K.
So I have 6 quarts of Dexos 2 and a Wix (goddamit, not the AC Delco I ordered, O'Reilly) filter, and could change the oil and drive the truck over to the dealer on Monday. There are no codes, engine sounds perfectly normal. Aside from the stall, which may be related to Torque, there's nothing making me think the truck is in imminent danger.
However. If this does become a warranty thing, I don't want to have touched the oil or filter, beyond cleaning the dipstick, and would have the truck towed.
Either way, I'm bagging and tagging the wiped off material, and if I change the filter, that too. I don't know how you'd document this in the service records, but I intend to find out. Pictures will be in the file somehow, along with finding out who the f_ck had their dickbeaters on my truck for the last oil change.
What would you do?
Thought it was coolant/oil mix at first, but it behaved more like mud.
End of the dipstick had particulates, that looked like metal but crumbled like dirt. Oil smelled like diesel exhaust, but not fresh fuel.
Here's the rub. I have not touched the oil, ever. One of the packages they were offering was a lifetime oil change for $900, and after some back of the envelope calc on Dexos 2 cost and availability, as well as length of ownership, I took it and signed before they realized it was a diesel. Dealers have since changed the oil 4 times in 30K.
So I have 6 quarts of Dexos 2 and a Wix (goddamit, not the AC Delco I ordered, O'Reilly) filter, and could change the oil and drive the truck over to the dealer on Monday. There are no codes, engine sounds perfectly normal. Aside from the stall, which may be related to Torque, there's nothing making me think the truck is in imminent danger.
However. If this does become a warranty thing, I don't want to have touched the oil or filter, beyond cleaning the dipstick, and would have the truck towed.
Either way, I'm bagging and tagging the wiped off material, and if I change the filter, that too. I don't know how you'd document this in the service records, but I intend to find out. Pictures will be in the file somehow, along with finding out who the f_ck had their dickbeaters on my truck for the last oil change.
What would you do?
