2 Stroke Oil in your Diesel

[briggie]

im guessing the same rules apply if your caught using green diesel in the uk ?

 

[briggie]

can you use parrafin in a diesel car ? :nenau . cos a place near me sells it at £1 a litre ..... and is it legal ?

 

[briggie]

can you use parrafin in a diesel car ? :nenau . cos a place near me sells it at £1 a litre ..... and is it legal ?

parrafin / kerosene ? ..... or was it a stupid question ?

 

[Deleted account DD]

can you use parrafin in a diesel car ? :nenau . cos a place near me sells it at £1 a litre ..... and is it legal ?

probably work but the cost saving easily negated when they take your car off you

 

[briggie]

probably work but the cost saving easily negated when they take your car off you

perhaps if i explained i was using it for heating purposes , ie ... putting the heater on in the car .... obviously id have to run the engine :augie:augie:lol:lol

 

[kbekl]

ii dont think it makes it illegal due to the fact that you are paying tax on where as on green and red you dont iirc

same as svo etc you just have to declare it

 

[Jocky]

I read plenty on Terrano's running svo but never Patrol's, how do you know if its safe and wont do any damage.
Would'nt mind giving it a go but i'm apprehensive.

DO NOT USE SVO in a Patrol or you will kill the pump and injectors. Its a more modern engine that whats in a T2.

I've been using 2 stroke in my Patrol for over a year and it does make the engine quieter, don't notice any change in MPG, but anything that protects the pump must be good, sulphur is a high pressure lubricant, so less sulphur means pump scoring in my eyes.

I've read the forum that you are taking about and they know their Patrols:thumbs

 

[patbhoy]

DO NOT USE SVO in a Patrol or you will kill the pump and injectors. Its a more modern engine that whats in a T2.

I've been using 2 stroke in my Patrol for over a year and it does make the engine quieter, don't notice any change in MPG, but anything that protects the pump must be good, sulphur is a high pressure lubricant, so less sulphur means pump scoring in my eyes.

I've read the forum that you are taking about and they know their Patrols:thumbs

Thanks Jocky, having not read any positive threads on the use of svo in Patrols I decided not to try, also the fact that even if I could use it the saving would have only been around £200 in a year, not really worth the hassle for such a small amount.
I purchased some two stroke oil today and i'm going to give that a try, what ratio do you recommend, i was going to add 100ml to 40L of diesel, would that be about right.

 

[extreme-4x4]

The circumstances of how it is dealt with is at the discretion of the enforcement officer. If the circumstances arise you have described, say as youre driving it back from the auction, other checks are available through via dvla to mention just one.

Its a classic case of if youve not got anything to hide and have completed the paperwork as youre supposed to it may just cover your butt :thumbs

being so rural here. "a local friend" stores 3 x 25 litre drums of kerosene for use in his boiler , his emergency supply for when his 1,000 litre tank runs out.
and his 2 x 25 litre drums of road / duty paid diesel.

he keeps all this in his outside boiler room, where its safe. having acquired a spill tray from a site that had closed down ....

anyway i swear the stupid arse is putting white deisel in his boiler sometimes, when he forgets which one is which

 

[Jocky]

Thanks Jocky, having not read any positive threads on the use of svo in Patrols I decided not to try, also the fact that even if I could use it the saving would have only been around £200 in a year, not really worth the hassle for such a small amount.
I purchased some two stroke oil today and i'm going to give that a try, what ratio do you recommend, i was going to add 100ml to 40L of diesel, would that be about right.

Thats about right. I started with 200mls for the first couple 40ltr fill ups then dropped it back to 100mls

One thing to remember is do not use fully synthetic 2 stroke as it doesn't mix with the DERV. I'm sure you've read that and it costs too much anyway:thumbs

 

[patbhoy]

Finally i've got round to giving this 2 stroke thing a go, I added 100ml of 2 stroke oil topped up with 40L of diesel to my tank and have to say the improvement was instant.
My truck definately runs quieter, smoother is more responsive and there is absolutely no smoke on acceleration.
I took it on a 50mile trip and although it should not really make much difference on mpg my fuel gauge never moved.
So far all the signs are positive, and I would recommend to anyone to give it a try.:thumbs

 

[Jocky]

Good:thumb2

How many miles is on the clock?

 

[patbhoy]

Good:thumb2

How many miles is on the clock?

Just coming up for 86k

 

[Jocky]

Not even run in yet:lol

Mines is 115k