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If you are going to stick to the OLM. I would would use any good synthetic and change it at 10%-20%. The 3.6 is direct injection and is very hard on oil. Make sure you bring it in to the dealer and have them perform the TSB in recalculating the OLM.
My wife has the same motor in her 09 Acadia, with D.I. May be overkill but I am doing 5k with QSUD because of the D.I.
Why would you say D.I. is very hard on oil?
Originally Posted By: Jeff_in_VABch
Why would you say D.I. is very hard on oil?
Heavy fuel dilution for one thing.
Why would you say D.I. is very hard on oil?
Heavy fuel dilution for one thing.
Originally Posted By: Klutch9
Originally Posted By: Jeff_in_VABch
Why would you say D.I. is very hard on oil?
Heavy fuel dilution for one thing.
Could this *heavy fuel dilution* be a result of how the used oil is sampled?
A recent UOA shows that Fuel Dilution is not as severe as we thought on the very vehicle that used to produce bad UOAs. Search for the UOA's contributed by 21Rouge.
Originally Posted By: Jeff_in_VABch
Why would you say D.I. is very hard on oil?
Heavy fuel dilution for one thing.
Could this *heavy fuel dilution* be a result of how the used oil is sampled?
A recent UOA shows that Fuel Dilution is not as severe as we thought on the very vehicle that used to produce bad UOAs. Search for the UOA's contributed by 21Rouge.
fuel dilution cant be good.
Originally Posted By: iExcel
Originally Posted By: Klutch9
Originally Posted By: Jeff_in_VABch
Why would you say D.I. is very hard on oil?
Heavy fuel dilution for one thing.
Could this *heavy fuel dilution* be a result of how the used oil is sampled?
A recent UOA shows that Fuel Dilution is not as severe as we thought on the very vehicle that used to produce bad UOAs. Search for the UOA's contributed by 21Rouge.
I have seen that UOA. Sampling method really isn't an issue I don't think, since many DI engines have shown higher than 'average' fuel dilution in UOA's.
Originally Posted By: Klutch9
Originally Posted By: Jeff_in_VABch
Why would you say D.I. is very hard on oil?
Heavy fuel dilution for one thing.
Could this *heavy fuel dilution* be a result of how the used oil is sampled?
A recent UOA shows that Fuel Dilution is not as severe as we thought on the very vehicle that used to produce bad UOAs. Search for the UOA's contributed by 21Rouge.
I have seen that UOA. Sampling method really isn't an issue I don't think, since many DI engines have shown higher than 'average' fuel dilution in UOA's.
Even though yours is a 2010 and is "pre dexos," it might be good to consider one of the dexos speced oils. QSUD, PP, or M1 would all be excellent oils with QSUD being the least expensive (usually) choice.
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Originally Posted By: Old Mustang Guy
My wife has the same motor in her 09 Acadia, with D.I. May be overkill but I am doing 5k with QSUD because of the D.I.
thats what i would do
My wife has the same motor in her 09 Acadia, with D.I. May be overkill but I am doing 5k with QSUD because of the D.I.
The 2009-up 3.6L LLT engine does not have any engine oil fuel dilution.
Possibly some earlier variant had an engine oil fuel dilution issue, but not this one. Earlier ones certainly had other major problems.
If anyone has a link to issues on the 3.6L LLT engine, I would like to take a look.
Some of the DI engines I built back in the mid-80s did water down the oil a bit, but those issues would be easily solved in a modern electronically controlled engine.
Possibly some earlier variant had an engine oil fuel dilution issue, but not this one. Earlier ones certainly had other major problems.
If anyone has a link to issues on the 3.6L LLT engine, I would like to take a look.
Some of the DI engines I built back in the mid-80s did water down the oil a bit, but those issues would be easily solved in a modern electronically controlled engine.
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