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Oct 9, 2008 | 08:34 PM

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Adam0331

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6.0s in Iraq were always running JP8 and I'm sure they weren't putting any additives in them

Oct 9, 2008 | 09:39 PM

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yeah, but how well did they run? i only saw them run straight down the road, and the gov't machine is (generally) too cheap for anything useful in preventative maint...

our 998s went from #2 to JP8 and they ran fine, just had lots of plugged fuel filters from it. no big deal once they got swapped out.

Oct 10, 2008 | 11:48 AM

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It was Iraqi Police so I don't know

Oct 10, 2008 | 08:01 PM

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James1389

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any particular 2 stroke oil. because the stuff i run in my race dirt bikes could get expensive fasts for 1 oz ever gal. so like 100 gal of jp 8 and 100 oz of two stroke?
also i only got around 35 thousand on the truck, should i have issues with the fuel filters and if i do have problems how will i know its the fuel filter?
thanks guys this is very helpful.

James.

Oct 10, 2008 | 08:17 PM

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mongo75

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You can get any 2 stroke oil, I've used marine oil from west Marine @$20 a gal, or whatever wally world has on sale.

Oct 10, 2008 | 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by mongo75

You can get any 2 stroke oil, I've used marine oil from west Marine @$20 a gal, or whatever wally world has on sale.

mmk just any cheap stuff, would it be bad to use synthetic premix?
and as far as the fuel filters? i have i think around 950 hours on the engine.
James