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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2022
Jaguar Land Rover Limited, Warwickshire, GB;
Samuel Rios, Coventry, GB;
Ben Kisiel, Coventry, GB;
JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED, Coventry, GB;
Abstract
A method () and apparatus (-) for carrying out the method of mitigating fuel in oil in an internal combustion engine of a hybrid electric vehicle, the method comprising: determining an amount of fuel flow into the engine oil during one or more cold start phases of engine operation (); determining an amount of fuel flow into the engine oil during one or more enrichment phases of engine operation (); determining an amount of fuel evaporated from the engine oil during one or more phases of vehicle operation with the engine on (); determining an amount of fuel evaporated from the engine oil during one or more phases of vehicle operation with the engine off (); determining a percentage of fuel in the engine oil from the amount of fuel flow into the engine oil and the amount of fuel evaporated from the engine oil (); and modifying vehicle operation based on the percentage of fuel in the engine oil exceeding a first fuel in oil threshold or a second fuel in oil threshold ().