Thread: Petrol V Diesel Ongoing Fuel Running Costs

I used to put 2-stroke oil in the D3 after first reading about it on here.

Did it for about 5,000 kilometres, was the engine quieter? ... yes it was, was it quicker (as some claim) ... no, in fact it felt real dopey pulling away from a stand still.

Did it use less fuel? ... from my experience not really it only averaged about the same, but this is my experience with it, others often get different results, don't know how though.

In the end I couldn't see any real advantage giving the extra cost and hassle so I no longer use it.

One question though, what is the oil that Oil Company's put in diesel for so called 'winter diesel' down here in the South so it doesn't freeze?

Hi Powerd (bit ironic),
I recently bought D3 4.0 after having two D3 2.7z, recently bought was about three months ago. So far I have just done a service which I do on every new (to me vehicle I buy) vehicle. The cost of the vehicle was $12k cheaper than an equivalent 2.7 I was looking at, the 2.7 had a bit of fruit, however I'm looking for a normal run of the mill day car for now, this fitted perfectly. Got a bit of umph, no belts and I find a bit more room to work on things. the exhaust goes under the gearbox not over, no turbo, one less thing to worry about. Changing over the tranny filter was a bit more involved however it is done now.
Currently I am sitting on 12.4 litres / 100 klm, I don't drive like I stole it, I just drive it for the pleasure of driving somewhere in comfort for any passengers and myself. Just did the tie rods yesterday and I'm off this morning for a wheel alignment and a set of 18 inch GG AT's. The car had 20's on it I've now taken them off, not my "gig". Oh and did the rear pads yesterday as well they needed it.
Love my D3's however I think the petrol one for me will work out better, as a last thing, I nearly lost my D3 engine due to a cracked water outlet housing on top of the engine, not once but twice. Luckily the smell of hot coolant alerted me to the problem before I toasted anything. With my RRS which was also the 2.7 engine I had to change an EGR valve, that was three days of my life I will never get back, no doubt others could do it quicker, I wasn't a pit lane and I wasn't getting paid to fix it, what a ****** nightmare that was.
Good luck with your decision.