[AT] 2-cycle oil and 340 Farmall

[Gene Dotson]

    Ron;
    That may have been my post on the 2 cycle oil. I am using it in my 1998 
Dodge dually. It does make the engine run smoother and starts easily. It 
improved my gas mileage by 2 miles per gallon. I add 1/2 quart on each tank 
fill up, about 30 gallons. That would work out to approximately 1 gallon to 
240 gallons of diesel. Don't know if that is ideal ratio, but is working 
well in my truck and Case diesel tractor. I just buy the cheap stuff at 
Wally World. Been using this since the ultra-low fiasco.

    The dieselgarage.com site tested several additives and 2 cyclye oil was 
the second best additive. Standadyne was way down on the list and 2 cycle 
was by far the least costly.

                        Gene



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ronald L. Cook" <rlcook at longlines.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2010 4:13 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] 2-cycle oil and 340 Farmall


> 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!
>> Remember t
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