2 stroke oil in your diesel fuel

I will let you know next year when I finish reading the post.

Interesting though.

I believe it's illegal to do fuel modification

Mal, I just read it and it sounds like it works. Will try it in our 1HZ engine.
Thanks for the info link. Ian

Not 2 stroke oil but I drop a dollop of Flashlube for diesels in the tank at every fill and also a litre of vegie oil every now and then. Works a treat.....but I have an old uncomplicated diesel engine. Engine runs well with 400K+ on the clock

At the amount they recomend to ad to a tank of fuel is so small cant see it being a problem. Ive seen people ad a hell of a lot more diesel fuel adatives to there tanks than that. That amount of 2stroke oil wouldnt even smoke.

I saw a guy adding 2-stroke to his Landrover td5 tonight just after he filled with diesel.

This has/is bing debated on the 4x4 GU PAtrol forum at the moment:



http://www.patrol4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=37562

2 stroke in diesel

I read the Patrol4x4 thread, also the comments by the advocate in the states (who is a lawyer and really knows what he is talking about).

They say to make sure it is a "mineral" oil, possible semi-synthetic, but keep away from fully synthetic oils. As you all know "oils ain't oils sol".

Last week I bought a litre of Castrol 2T Self Mix and dropped it in my tanks to try it out (in the recommended ratio of 1:200). Was it quiter? Possibly. Better fuel consumption? Never had the chance to find out. I'll be back on the road next week with a good chance of testing out all these theories.

Malcolm

I use 2 stroke in my desiel as it is meant to lubricate than get burnt with low deposits.
Better than canola.
I have read in the past that most additives for petrol engines have as a top end lubricant synthetic two stroke.
If a desiel can run on bio why not a small amount of 2 stroke which is meant to burn.

Honky

Slightly of the subject but I have been running my 80ser L/C LPG powered with 2 stroke oil rather than Flashlube for quite a number of years now and it still runs very sweet.

Hi All
For many years I ran a Golf diesel on aviation kero (drains from aircraft fuel tanks), mixed with 50 to 1 super outboard oil no problems apart from less economy but the fuel was free so all I had to pay for was the oil very cheap runnning.
Regards
Ted

I have been following this debate with great interest. There is now a scientific test result produced which shows:

7) Super Tech Outboard 2-Cycle TC-W3 Engine Oil
Unconventional
(Not ULSD compliant, may damage 2007 or newer systems)
HFRR 474, 162 micron improvement
200:1 ratio
16.64 oz/tank
$1.09/tank

Don't like that bit .... MAY DAMAGE 2007 or later !!

Read the full results of the test here.

Malcolm

This is an interesting topic.
The only 2 stroke oil I have at home at present is for lawn mower/chain saw (which I buy in 5 litre container).
It says on the container:
API - TA, TB, JASO:FB
"A two stroke motor oil designed for 2 stroke lawn mower engines and other small 2 stroke air cooled engines. Diluted with a high flashpoint solvent to facilitate easy mixing with petrol"

Does anyone know if this would be OK to try in an older diesel (Toyota 12HT turbo) in the ration 1:200.

Thanks for any comments