Adding 2-stroke oil to diesel

[Trundlebug]

Now let's see if I have this right, all I need to do when I fill up next is:-

Add 0.5% of some magic oil to the fuel.

Add 3.00 % acetone because it reduces the surface tension so improves the burn, thus better performance and economy.

Add a few moth balls because they prevent 'the bug'.

Add some Methylated Spirits because it mixes with water and will ensure I never get the bug or a rusty tank.

Did I miss anything?

Good luck.

You forgot to add the perfume, so it doesn't smell nasty if there are any leaks

Cynic

 

[mcframe]

You forgot to add the perfume, so it doesn't smell nasty if there are any leaks

Cynic

Hmm, Castrol R....

I sometime add a little bit to the petrol in one of my bikes even 'tho it runs on (straight) mineral oil.

It's the same underlying issue; fuel and oil specs have changed much over the past 40 years, but some of us still use old engines.

Maybe A747 is the answer for my 1990 Yanmar.

 

[nigelmercier]

Perhaps I'm missing something, but surely Redex is designed for this very job, and is no more expensive than 2-stoke oil.

As an aside, who remembers the dispensers of "Upper Cylinder Lubricant" they used to have in garage forecourts, and it was free!

 

[Topcat47]

Not when I was a lad, 1d/shot.

 

[rosssavage]

All very good - but what will it do to my diesel heating?

 

[vyv_cox]

All very good - but what will it do to my diesel heating?

It's a good question. Eberspacher suggest that paraffin is better for it than diesel, so presumably adding oil to diesel is a worse case again. I'm guessing that adding oil will lower the combustion temperature, so coking may result.

 

[G12]

Which others? 5% is five times what most of us use in our two-stroke outboards, and would seem to be an enormous amount for a lubricated engine. You clearly are very negative about the idea, have you tried it?

If 100:1 (1%) stops an outboard from seizing then I'm sure 0.5% will look after an injector pump and injectors.

Someone before me meintioned Acetone. I have also heard this is good for injector cleaning. There is a proper report on it somewhere online which supports this. I will see if I can find it.