2 stroke oil in diesel? Really??!

[Nigel Worc's]

I might give this a go in my SDi Caddy !

[DrDeAtH]

2 stroke adds more lubrication to the fuel system and aids combustion.

[Buster73]

DrDeAtH said:

2 stroke adds more lubrication to the fuel system and aids combustion.

That's what the silly old bugger petrol pump attendant said nearly 40 years ago when he gave an extra measure of two stroke in my FS1E.

I had to push the damn thing home.

[eldar]

Buster73 said:

That's what the silly old bugger petrol pump attendant said nearly 40 years ago when he gave an extra measure of two stroke in my FS1E.

I had to push the damn thing home.

Diesel FS1E?

[pavka007]

Nigel Worc's said:

I might give this a go in my SDi Caddy !

About 8 months ago I was using 2003 Golf SDI for about 3 weeks. The car was with 114 K on the clock and the owner of the car let me use it under one and only condition: 300ml of two stroke mineral (NOT SYNTHETIC) oil in every thank of diesel.
He told me that he had done this since the day he bought the car. He was the second owner and he owned the car for 8 years. His average MPG over 90K miles of ownership was 58MPG.
I have to say that the car was running very smooth and even with -2/4C in the morning during the winter the Golf started on the button without ANY smoke at all.
An old chap from work drives 1986 300TD (W123) Mercedes and he is doing the same all the time. He had his Merc from new. One and only owner.
I've been trying to buy the car from him for the last 2 years but no luck so far

[Ozzie Osmond]

Take it from me - it's not just diesel.

Putting a bit of 2-stroke in your car's petrol tank can also have surprising effects.

[BFG TERRANO]

I used to add a bit of 2 stroke to my old terranos tank before any long runs and always before towing the caravan. It was old school tech mechanics. Seemed quieter on idle. Don't know if it did it any good but I had 4 trouble free years of abusive use from it.

[BFG TERRANO]

Don't use red 2 stroke. Might be hard to explain the pink tinge if hmrc pull you

[theboss]

BFG TERRANO said:

Don't use red 2 stroke. Might be hard to explain the pink tinge if hmrc pull you

Exactly what I was just thinking!

[ChemicalChaos]

theboss said:

BFG TERRANO said:

Don't use red 2 stroke. Might be hard to explain the pink tinge if hmrc pull you

Exactly what I was just thinking!

It's quite easy - just keep the bottle in the car. Their chemical test would also quote quickly prove its oil not red diesel

[Nigel Worc's]

How much are people suggesting we add, say per litre of diesel ?

[pavka007]

Nigel Worc's said:

How much are people suggesting we add, say per litre of diesel ?

55Lt of diesel=250/300ml for the SDI, works wonderful.

[StuntmanMike]

Dog Star said:

I remember looking for a Fiesta diseasel back in 1990 and one guy I rang up started banging on how his went really fast cos "I put a couple of gallons of petrol in every tank, innit, bruv". I made my excuses and hung up.

(I know it was a good idea in days of yore before winter additives, but not "a couple of gallons" and not to "make the car dead fast innit".)

How to sell a car and influence people.

[GC8]

ChemicalChaos said:

theboss said:

BFG TERRANO said:

Don't use red 2 stroke. Might be hard to explain the pink tinge if hmrc pull you

Exactly what I was just thinking!

It's quite easy - just keep the bottle in the car. Their chemical test would also quote quickly prove its oil not red diesel

And it is hardly going t0 dye the fuel red. What a silly suggestion.

[ChemicalChaos]

Nigel Worc's said:

How much are people suggesting we add, say per litre of diesel ?

I put in about 200ml per 100l of diesel on my Discovery - it gets about 1-2 mpg improvement, but putting more oil per tank in would cancel out the fuel savings due to the oil being 9 quid for a litre bottle

[pavka007]

ChemicalChaos said:

I put in about 200ml per 100l of diesel on my Discovery - it gets about 1-2 mpg improvement, but putting more oil per tank in would cancel out the fuel savings due to the oil being 9 quid for a litre bottle

The mineral two stroke oil is £16.99 for 5 litres from Amazon with free delivery. For your man math this is enough for about 25 X 100 litres tanks. It works about £0.68p per tank.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Comma-TST5L-Wheel-Stroke-M...

Edited by pavka007 on Sunday 10th August 20:24

[Shaun007]

Well,
24 hours on and my 520d has never ran so smoothly and quietly.
I've recent had an engine fault- reduced power warning when really going into high revs.. So much so that I've been going easy on the revs.. I felt brave today, taking first and second to the red... No warnings?!??..
Maybe just coincidence ?, or is this 2-stroke stuff a cure to all human disease as well? :-)
Just ordered a 5litre bottle off eBay for 16 bucks

[BFG TERRANO]

GC8 said:

And it is hardly going t0 dye the fuel red. What a silly suggestion.

You would be surprised how strong Stihl two strokes red dye is.

[Searider]

pavka007 said:

The mineral two stroke oil is £16.99 for 5 litres from Amazon with free delivery. For your man math this is enough for about 25 X 100 litres tanks. It works about £0.68p per tank.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Comma-TST5L-Wheel-Stroke-M...

Edited by pavka007 on Sunday 10th August 20:24

Looks like it's meant for air cooled engines, not water cooled.

[pavka007]

Searider said:

pavka007 said:

The mineral two stroke oil is £16.99 for 5 litres from Amazon with free delivery. For your man math this is enough for about 25 X 100 litres tanks. It works about £0.68p per tank.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Comma-TST5L-Wheel-Stroke-M...

Edited by pavka007 on Sunday 10th August 20:24

Looks like it's meant for air cooled engines, not water cooled.

The oil is used to add lubricity to the diesel and help the diesel fuel pump stripped away from the modern diesel fuel.