• natesully33@alien.topB
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    11 months ago

    Hybrids are especially susceptible, at least ones with direct injection. My Wrangler, like most PHEVs, has logic to track how much oil is in the fuel (via software estimates) and force engine runtime to burn it off. Does it work well enough to keep the oil good long term? I don’t really know, no one does yet - but I do know that after so many cold starts and short trips, it will force engine use until you get the oil hot enough, long enough for it to decide it’s good again.

    Of course being a PHEV, the Wrangler has a great solution built in to handle oil dilution on shorter trips.