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Old May 6, 2008 | 04:01 PM
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oil in fuel

Can it hurt anything running used clean (no dirt) motor oil in your fuel. What is the most you all would put in one tank or what ratio would be good. i have run used oil before and it ran really well just makin sure it can't hurt anything.
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Old May 6, 2008 | 04:28 PM
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Search the forums. There's tons of info. and opinions on that topic, but no it wont hurt.
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Old May 6, 2008 | 04:55 PM
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Naw it wont hurt ,Im putting about 1qt of 2 stroke oil in per full tank of fuel
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Old May 6, 2008 | 05:15 PM
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i have been running about a 20% (5 gal. per 32 gallon tank) mix of used oil in my fuel with no problems... i see a little more haze when cold an idling but other than that i cant tell a difference between the mix a straight diesel
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Old May 6, 2008 | 05:20 PM
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is this to boost lubricity? or just to burn the used oil instead of $4.XX diesel
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Old May 6, 2008 | 06:29 PM
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i do it for the price of fuel, i dont know if helps lube at all but, it burns
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Old May 6, 2008 | 09:04 PM
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In my p7100 I have run some pretty serious percentages and get great mileage and power.The smoke does increase with large dosing.But I can control it with the skinny pedal.

Bob
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Old May 6, 2008 | 09:51 PM
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I just dumped +- 10 gal into mine to top it off and i already had about 6 gallons in it so im at about 50-50 ratio and it runs EXCELLENT, now you think bout it and it is like diesel costs $2 per gallon so now it is cheap to drive
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Old May 6, 2008 | 10:00 PM
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can this be done in the 03 common rail?
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Old May 7, 2008 | 10:44 AM
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doubt it the commom rails pumps r diffrent, i run about 50 50 oil and diesel its cool!
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Old May 8, 2008 | 10:52 AM
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this mornin my mtruck had a hard start, im running about 6 gallons oil and 5 fuel, but after idilin for a sec it went back to norm?
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Old May 8, 2008 | 11:38 AM
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bet it smokes blue for a while untill it warms up.
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