[AT] 2-cycle oil and 340 Farmall

[Ronald L. Cook]

Okay, I see I need to clear things up.  I should have made two postings.

The 340 Farmall is gas.  It is still difficult to get on and off of. 
And I still do not have photos.

My diesel is in a Freightliner.  3406 mechanical Cat.  Vintage 1997.  It 
for dang sure needs some lubricant.  It runs very bad without it.  I 
would not have ever believed the difference unless I was witness.  It is 
unreal.  Someone somewhere posted the use of 2-cycle oil as an additive 
and I was wondering what the ratio was.  Maybe the posting was not on 
this list.

The lubricant in the low sulfur diesel from the refiner is a bunch of 
crap.  It does not work for the older engines.  Several of the 
manufacturers are now recommending additives for their new engines. 
General Motors and John Deere to name a couple.  Cat quit the truck 
engines, I guess. Figure that one out.  Perhaps there really isn't any 
lubricant added at the refinery?

Ron Cook
Salix, IA

David Myers wrote:
> Ok, here is my take on the fuel additive issue.
> According to my fuel supplier (I run a small fleet of trucks and a moderate fleet of earth-moving equipment), Ultra-low sulpher fuel has a lubricant in it right from the refiner.  This is required due to the fact that pre-2007 over the road engines would suffer injector damage from lack of the sulpher (a lubricant).  Otherwise, dealers (gas stations) would have to have two tanks for diesel, one for low and another for ultra-low.  Any station selling diesel is required to sell ultra-low and nobody wanted to install more tanks and pumps so the institution of the additive.
> Additives to the fuel is unneccessary.  If it makes you feel better, go ahead but, under NO circumstances should you add ANYTHING to the fuel for Tier 3 or 4 off-road engines or 2007 nor later on-road engines.  The injector pump clearances are much to close to allow this.  Remember, new engines are running upwards of 25,000psi at the nozzles!
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