Our experience with oil level too high is due to excess diesel injected during active regeneration. The excess unburnt diesel finds its way into the oil sump hence contaminating and raising the oil level. The best thing to do is replace the oil and perform an oil service reset. Unless you do this, the error code will pop up again.
@kennedysgarage3281 I serviced my l200 2018 about 1100km ago, and actually forgot to reset the light and the oil level wasn't overfilled so this might be the reason why the dpf light came on
To elaborate. The cause is diesel fuel dilution in the oil. The ECU calculates how much diesel has been fed in to the DPF system to run burns. If enough burns fail to complete, that diesel contaminates the oil. The ECU works off it's calculation, not an actual level gauge. It's also a common issues that occurs when turbo hoses develop a leak. There are good apps designed to run through bluetooth OBD dongles specially made for this fault.
Cheers for that mate I dropped the oil on mine myself and it wouldn't go away. It was burning my fu@king head out thanks for sharing that with me my little Irish mate 👍
On the 2015 ish outlanders this is also a issue, the autel 909 struggles as their is 3 resets for distance, mileage and driver style on the service reset but the autel will only reset 2 out of the 3, if you use autocom it resets all 3 and gets the DPF light off. 👍
On the earlier Mitsubishi 4N14 engines you have to go in to special functions and reset the oil level to zero. Looks like they've simplified it a bit, but still a pain in the butt.
The live data list I find is amazing on the Mitsubishi software. It gives you data in the last five Regen attempts, eg speed of vehicle, length of Regen, what triggered the Regen. So helpful to diagnosis why the fault occurred.
But did you check the intercooler cold side hose? The OEM rubber hoses seem to split after a while, resulting in insufficient air supply, excess soot production, more frequent dpf burns, and failed dpf burns dumping fuel into the oil, resulting in high oil levels.
@@kappa7 I didn’t, but that kinda issue is normally noticed by the engine ECU as an underboost or air flow fault. Accompanied with a hissing sound under acceleration and oil residue around the damaged area. Good item to watch out for though 😉👍👍
Hi ive been trying to do an 18 plate l200 today dpf light flashing, also with the same fault code and wouldn't erase, dipped oil and it was reading high so sucked some out and it was between the 2 marks on dipstick so thought all good, tried a forced Regen but still would not shift code, i did get into that drop-down menu you were on but not sure if i did the oil exchange service but i did do the dpf exchange service with no luck, i have the maxisys ms 906, I'll contact the owner and fingers crossed it'll work
Noone can explain the reason for the fault or a permanent fix though. I've been into three various mechanics resetting the code, performing a forced regen and changing the oil at a cost of $160 to $200 a turn and on ewch occasion about 5000kms apart. Why is it doing it, and how do we stop it (outside a permanent dpf delete)?
Have you experienced slightly rough running and loss of acceleration/power and increased fuel consumption? If so look at the intercooler pipes for splits, will run rich due to insufficient air and therefore need constant regenerative burns.
The Autel MS909, I find it a really good scantool. But funny enough my work colleague has a TopDon scantool and I’m really bad on it & he is really bad on my Autel 😂😂😂😂 You just get familiar with what you use everyday 😊
@@kennedysgarage3281 I came across a Pajero with this issue today, so I tried to start a forced regen with my mk808s which I have only just purchased but it wasn’t working. I then read on why I wouldn’t and it said it wouldn’t start with codes being present so I scanned it which I know I should have done in the first place and it come up with the exact same code so I checked the oil and it was well over, I drained out over 4l ! I thought maybe her husband over filled it or something which is so common for people to do, but upon reading this comment section I have thankfully learnt that it is most probably excess fuel and I should probably change this ladies oil asap! 😅 hoping the mk808s has the function
@@LucasEdinburgh it is a bit bad but very little is of good design nowadays. I don’t agree on DPF deleting though. Cars are never right afterwards, it kinda like cutting a fellow’s arm off and convincing him he doesn’t need it anymore 😉
Thanks mate from Australia I say thank you.
Very helpful video.
You are most welcome and it is fantastic to have you watching all the way from Australia, thank you very much too 🙏🙏
Our experience with oil level too high is due to excess diesel injected during active regeneration. The excess unburnt diesel finds its way into the oil sump hence contaminating and raising the oil level. The best thing to do is replace the oil and perform an oil service reset. Unless you do this, the error code will pop up again.
You are exactly correct on the reasoning for oil dilution, cause and effect. This isn’t understood by a lot of mechanics 🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️
Would you recommend changing the oil filter also or just dump the contaminated oil and put new into it?
@@chriscullen8170 You should change the oil filter also since some of the contaminated oil remains trapped in it.
@kennedysgarage3281 I serviced my l200 2018 about 1100km ago, and actually forgot to reset the light and the oil level wasn't overfilled so this might be the reason why the dpf light came on
@@ProxyPacIT fingers crossed mate 🤞🤞
To elaborate. The cause is diesel fuel dilution in the oil. The ECU calculates how much diesel has been fed in to the DPF system to run burns. If enough burns fail to complete, that diesel contaminates the oil. The ECU works off it's calculation, not an actual level gauge. It's also a common issues that occurs when turbo hoses develop a leak. There are good apps designed to run through bluetooth OBD dongles specially made for this fault.
@@funkysaurus cheers mate 🙏🙏
Cheers for that mate I dropped the oil on mine myself and it wouldn't go away.
It was burning my fu@king head out thanks for sharing that with me my little Irish mate 👍
You are most welcome Justin 🙏🙏
Great help followed your instructions today and worked perfectly .. and as you said Banda - bing - Banda boo 😁👌💪
Wheyhey, good man Michael 💪💪💪
Just goes to show spreading our knowledge just makes these challenges a little easier. Cheers mate 👍👍
Awesome video, worked perfectly
@@garyshaw4234 🙏🙏🙏
great advice, used my 906 to clear the same fault P252F on an outlander today, job done!
Well done mate, it can be a little hard to find this reset so the video is handy 🙏🙏
On the 2015 ish outlanders this is also a issue, the autel 909 struggles as their is 3 resets for distance, mileage and driver style on the service reset but the autel will only reset 2 out of the 3, if you use autocom it resets all 3 and gets the DPF light off. 👍
Oooh, good man. All the Mitsubishi’s can be a bit awkward but that’s excellent information to have 🙏🙏
Thanks mark
Thanks for that never noticed the drop down menu in that function on the Autel had same problem with a Mitsubishi asx 🎉🎉
It can be quite to see, I nearly missed it too 😉👍
Very useful information Peter thank you 🙏
My lads got bet on it Kevin & I spent around 30 minutes messing with the scantool before figuring it out. So hopefully it will help someone 🤞🤞
These also need a small injector quantity relearn every 20k. There is a tsb for that.
Very handy to know, cheers mate 👍👍
New sparks seem to have fixed the Mazda 3s hiccuping engine. Thanks Peter.❤❤ MD spark plugs 30 a piece. PHEWW!!
Oooh, expensive but a cheap fix overall.
That’s probably why they hadn’t been charged previously. Well done on the fix though 💪💪💪
Good job! You saved my day
On the earlier Mitsubishi 4N14 engines you have to go in to special functions and reset the oil level to zero. Looks like they've simplified it a bit, but still a pain in the butt.
Mitsubishi in general can be a pain in the bottom. Lots of scantools struggle on them 🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️
The live data list I find is amazing on the Mitsubishi software. It gives you data in the last five Regen attempts, eg speed of vehicle, length of Regen, what triggered the Regen. So helpful to diagnosis why the fault occurred.
@@duncanevenson4621 that is very handy information to have when diagnosing faults 💪💪
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Thank you very much it helped me a lot
Well done 💪💪
Top man thanks came in handy
@@jamesbates5247 well done James & thank you for watching and commenting 🙏🙏
But did you check the intercooler cold side hose? The OEM rubber hoses seem to split after a while, resulting in insufficient air supply, excess soot production, more frequent dpf burns, and failed dpf burns dumping fuel into the oil, resulting in high oil levels.
@@kappa7 I didn’t, but that kinda issue is normally noticed by the engine ECU as an underboost or air flow fault. Accompanied with a hissing sound under acceleration and oil residue around the damaged area. Good item to watch out for though 😉👍👍
Perfect for my l200 👍 nice
@@davidtasset9941 well done mate 💪💪
you explain well, thanks
Thank you very much Tony 🙏🙏
Make sure you guy’s do a small quantity relearn on these oil full codes it is the cause of the problem TSB
Oooh, very good to know. Cheers Scott 🙏🙏
You are God send, you do know how much money you saved me ❤❤
That’s what my channel is all about 😉🙏🙏
Thank you Peter!
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Legend 🙏
@@feriveysi3103 thanks mate 🙏🙏
Hi ive been trying to do an 18 plate l200 today dpf light flashing, also with the same fault code and wouldn't erase, dipped oil and it was reading high so sucked some out and it was between the 2 marks on dipstick so thought all good, tried a forced Regen but still would not shift code, i did get into that drop-down menu you were on but not sure if i did the oil exchange service but i did do the dpf exchange service with no luck, i have the maxisys ms 906, I'll contact the owner and fingers crossed it'll work
I’m not aware if the MS906 has the feature or function. Fingers crossed it has all worked out for you 🤞🤞🤞
Excellent info..
I had a bit of searching before I figured it out 😬😬👍
Noone can explain the reason for the fault or a permanent fix though. I've been into three various mechanics resetting the code, performing a forced regen and changing the oil at a cost of $160 to $200 a turn and on ewch occasion about 5000kms apart.
Why is it doing it, and how do we stop it (outside a permanent dpf delete)?
Have you experienced slightly rough running and loss of acceleration/power and increased fuel consumption? If so look at the intercooler pipes for splits, will run rich due to insufficient air and therefore need constant regenerative burns.
Spent hour last week doing that reset on Autel. Some functions they nearly hide on ya. Think it would be in hot functions. Good vidoe Peter 👍
I had the same issue, 2 guys working for me got bet and couldn’t do it. So only at that point did I jump in 🤷🏼♂️😂😂😂
I write in cyprus thanj you for your help
I’m glad it helped & thank you for watching 🙏🙏
Nice 👍
@@JattaVictor 😉🙏🙏
Excelente 👏
Life saver
Hey pal what model Autel scanner did you use for this job,? Thanks
Never mind, you said it at end of video hahaha
The Autel MS909, I find it a really good scantool. But funny enough my work colleague has a TopDon scantool and I’m really bad on it & he is really bad on my Autel 😂😂😂😂
You just get familiar with what you use everyday 😊
Hi , what model Autel are you using ?
It is the Autel MS909, I actually really like it and it is my go to scantool. They are around 4k but we’ll worth it I think.
Would you recommend changing the oil filter also or just dump the contaminated oil and put new into it?
Just do a normal oil and filter change at the correct intervals and do this (oil dilution reset) every time
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Hi mate i don’t suppose you know if the Autel MK808S will have the initialization function?
@@pangotāne unfortunately I do not know 😔
@@kennedysgarage3281 I came across a Pajero with this issue today, so I tried to start a forced regen with my mk808s which I have only just purchased but it wasn’t working. I then read on why I wouldn’t and it said it wouldn’t start with codes being present so I scanned it which I know I should have done in the first place and it come up with the exact same code so I checked the oil and it was well over, I drained out over 4l ! I thought maybe her husband over filled it or something which is so common for people to do, but upon reading this comment section I have thankfully learnt that it is most probably excess fuel and I should probably change this ladies oil asap! 😅 hoping the mk808s has the function
@@pangotāne fingers crossed it does, most Autel scantools are similar in layout so this video should help 🤞🤞
Does anyone know how to fix this problem properly? What is the solution? Thanks
@@Poom290827 as far as I am aware the solution is just change the oil every 10,000 kms 🤔🤔
After you reset the oil level and delete the code will this enable the car to do a regen whilst driving?
No unfortunately not, you have to reset the dpd data as in this video 😞😞
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But did you fix the issue Kennedy?
Yes, an oil change and this simple reset fixed the problem 👍👍
It works
Can this be done with a standard obd2 and can scan tool?
Unfortunately I actually cannot advise on differing scantools, simply because I don’t know. I would suggest that an OBD2 scanner wouldn’t be able 😔😔
Bad mitsubishi design that's it. The only way to fix it is to delete dpf
@@LucasEdinburgh it is a bit bad but very little is of good design nowadays. I don’t agree on DPF deleting though. Cars are never right afterwards, it kinda like cutting a fellow’s arm off and convincing him he doesn’t need it anymore 😉
cars today are just a balls🥲
That was my thoughts exactly. Such a job to do a stupid oil/service reset 🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️
Brilliant !! That worked just as you showed us..
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Brilliant mate, well done and thank you 🙏 🙏