Greetings fellow DTR'ers!

I was chatting with an aquiantance the other day, and he told me that he puts a quart of 2-cycle oil in his fuel tank on every fill-up because of the poor lubrication qualities of the new "ultra-low sulfur diesel". It is about all we can get up here in Juneau these days, and I had not heard of this before. I tried a search on the forums here, but could not come up with anything related to this topic (unless I did it wrong!).

He also said that the 3rd gen trucks are equipped to handle the new fuel, but the earlier rigs were designed for more lubrication in the fuel. Sulfur provides lubrication?

Anybody heard of this?

Chris

 

sulfer did add the lubrication, but they are cutting that out. we've been running 2-cycle in trucks and equipment for years.

 

A quart per tank here. Most use TC-W3 rated oil. Do a search on 2-stroke oils or look in the fuel section thats in the general diesel section.

 

I think right now we are only speculating that fuel lubricity may be a problem, but why take a chance. I think that like everything new takes a while to get the bugs worked out, so we may as well make sure we're not paying for it.

 

I believe its the process of removing the sulfer that reduces the fuel lubricity, not the sulfer itself that lubricates. I use Standyne fuel additive to prolong the life of my VP44 but i'm certainly looking for alternatives considering i could just get a new vp44 every couple years for the price of using the additive

2 stroke oil sounds good or even the cheap additive you can get at farm supply stores...

 

I've been using 2-stroke oil for about 6 months now.One advantage is the motor runs quieter.
Do a search,there were some threads about this advantage.

 

2 stroke works well, bio diesel works better and is cheaper.

 

I ran it in my 02 for over a year, have been running it in my new 06 for a couple of months now! I'm doing a test right now between amsoil/stanadyne/2-stroke! So far the 2-stroke is in the lead! My mileage actually dropped using the amsoil fuel additive.

 

Would it be possible to use some type of cooking oil for a lube

 

I'm trying the Power Service/MMO mix in mine right now. So far it works better than Stanadyne. I might try 2 stroke to see how it works. It's a lot cheaper too.

 

I started using 2 cycle oil around the first of the year and I lost about 2 mpg. After about 3K of using it as everyone said the mpg loss was becasue of the winter fuel. Anyway I had an injector knocking while I had 2 cycle and PS in the fuel so to get it to stop I used 9oz of Lucas and have been very happy with it so far. Myself I'm not sure 2 cycle oil is all that good in the newer engines but many people with 1st and 2nd gen trucks think it works great.

 

Thanks all. I am going to start adding the 2cycle oil. I have some left over from the snow blower this winter.....220 inches....THE MOST ON RECORD FOR JUNEAU!

 

How much do you put in a 35 gal tank?Of that 2cycle oil.

 

1qt of the tcw-3, no ash, non-synthetic.