Thread: Adding 2 stoke oil to your diesel

I wish I had a diesel now just so I could try this

I am currently trialing this.

Engine noise seems quieter - more of a muffled diesel engine noise now. With regard to power – smoother take-off with vehicle reaching desired speed quicker with less accelerator. Auto gear change to higher ratios occur in a shorter period of time due to the instant availability of power at lower revs. Zero smoke even when pushed hard.

Overall performance improvement is noticeable. I await the fuel consumption stats from this tank of fuel…..

Just got back from 3 weeks away.
Cairns to Birdsville and back, 4600 klms.
Ran my defender td5 with the 2 stroke mix at 200:1 for the entire trip

No noticeable noise decrease.
No increase in fuel efficiency, (if anything worse).
And no noticeable changes to performance.

There may be some merit to the claims as a lubricity supplement in low sulphur diesel according to some stuff floating around on the net, but that may be about it.

This trip included a fair amount of highway and offroad work including the token run over 'Big Red'.

I have since discontinued the trial.

Cheers,
Paul.

Originally Posted by harro

I have since discontinued the trial.

Cheers,
Paul.

hehehe, it's funny, on paper it all sounds like it should work and is worth the cash to do. Everyone has been saying they have noticed a difference but a part of me wonders if it's just a placebo effect; which wouldn't suprise me in the slightest.

Was happy to read your post and see a different opinion from someone that gave it a go.

When I filled my diesel(300tdi) tank with Pulp, than drained most of it and refilled with diesel, the motor actually ran smoother, less pluming and better performance.

A mate of a mate said the old farmers used to always add some unleaded to their tanks and apparently cleaned the injectors and kept things cleaner.
Those days, the sulphur was also through the roof but that was accepted practice, 1-2L to a tank of diesel.

Off topic somewhat but by my own experience, there does not seem to be any harm done and performance was definately better.
Anyone tried this either by accident or otherwise?

I had a mate that always added a litre of petrol to his standard GQ 4.2 litre diesel tank. He was a very pedantic engineer and would never do anything to harm his vehicles. He once bought a Nissan sedan and left it in the garage for 6 months to let the paint go hard, before he used it, no kidding.

We have just bought a VW Passat diesel and I think I will give adding anything to the fuel a miss for a while as it only has 1000 kms on it.

Ian

Originally Posted by big guy

When I filled my diesel(300tdi) tank with Pulp, than drained most of it and refilled with diesel, the motor actually ran smoother, less pluming and better performance.

A mate of a mate said the old farmers used to always add some unleaded to their tanks and apparently cleaned the injectors and kept things cleaner.
Those days, the sulphur was also through the roof but that was accepted practice, 1-2L to a tank of diesel.

Off topic somewhat but by my own experience, there does not seem to be any harm done and performance was definately better.
Anyone tried this either by accident or otherwise?

A good source tells me that diesel landcruisers can burn a 50/50 mix of diesel and 91, getting only slightly less economy to straight diesel. Accidental trial of course.

I've just added 2T to my Patrol (TD42T) @ 200:1. Havent driven it yet, only started a couple of times and idled for a while get the mixture through the system. On the subsequent cold start 'test', diesel knock seemed to be noticeably reduced - when cold, it now sounds like it does when its hot. Whether this a placebo effect, I dont know, and am yet to drive it.....