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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2012
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Brien Lloyd Fulton, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
David Robert Nader, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for diagnosing a performance issue in a vehicle system having a diesel engine, a fuel system, and an on-board diagnostic system. The method includes cranking the engine, and, if a pressure sensed in the fuel system during or after the engine cranking differs by a threshold amount from the pressure sensed during a previous operation of the engine, indicating excessive fuel viscosity in the on-board diagnostic system.
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