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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2015
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mohannad Hakeem, Dearborn, MI (US);
Shuya Shark Yamada, Novi, MI (US);
Patrick Shearer, Allen Park, MI (US);
Joseph Patrick Whitehead, Belleville, MI (US);
Eric Krengel, Dearborn, MI (US);
Gopichandra Surnilla, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for adjusting a grille shutter opening based on an estimated amount of fuel in oil dilution. In one example, a method may include adjusting a grille shutter opening to a closed position in response to an oil dilution amount above a threshold, the position determined based on the oil dilution amount in addition to each of engine coolant temperature and acceleration/deceleration.