Originally Posted By: wallyuwl
My advice is to not buy a vehicle with a DI engine. It is the main reason I just bought a new F-150 instead of a new Silverado. The F150s, starting in 2018, are dual injected so you still get some fuel over the valves and the Silverado Ecotec3 engines are just DI. If you can use 5W-30 instead of 0W-20 do it. The DI will cause fuel dilution and that combined with a light weight oil won't help.
I wish I had known the issues with DI before I bought my Sierra. At this point though, I'm just going to run it and see if it becomes a problem.
My advice is to not buy a vehicle with a DI engine. It is the main reason I just bought a new F-150 instead of a new Silverado. The F150s, starting in 2018, are dual injected so you still get some fuel over the valves and the Silverado Ecotec3 engines are just DI. If you can use 5W-30 instead of 0W-20 do it. The DI will cause fuel dilution and that combined with a light weight oil won't help.
I wish I had known the issues with DI before I bought my Sierra. At this point though, I'm just going to run it and see if it becomes a problem.