2 stroke oil
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From: Home
If you really want to feel and hear a performance difference, pour two cans of Seafoam into your fuel tank at fillup. I must have had some gunked up injectors because the truck ran like it was new afterwards! Mind you, I have over 240,000 miles on my engine. The effect may be different with your engine due to the mileage difference.
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IDK,
I've got about 250 miles on this 1st tank with 2-stroke, and if there's any difference it's probably in my head. I'm trying to decide if it's any quieter than before, but I'm not sure. Def not night and day difference, but I'm willing to try a couple more quarts before I give up on this one.
I've got about 250 miles on this 1st tank with 2-stroke, and if there's any difference it's probably in my head. I'm trying to decide if it's any quieter than before, but I'm not sure. Def not night and day difference, but I'm willing to try a couple more quarts before I give up on this one.
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From: in the fast lane
I started using 2-stroke oil a couple of tanks ago and i have noticed that it seems to idle and run smoother, not a huge differance but some. I think that where you would see a huge differance would be when the injectors wasnt as clean.
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IDK,
I've got about 250 miles on this 1st tank with 2-stroke, and if there's any difference it's probably in my head. I'm trying to decide if it's any quieter than before, but I'm not sure. Def not night and day difference, but I'm willing to try a couple more quarts before I give up on this one.
I've got about 250 miles on this 1st tank with 2-stroke, and if there's any difference it's probably in my head. I'm trying to decide if it's any quieter than before, but I'm not sure. Def not night and day difference, but I'm willing to try a couple more quarts before I give up on this one.
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From: The Land Of Time
I havent tried it yet, but in my mind any extra lube you can give these injectors, be it on the oil or fuel side, cant be bad. I am going to do it and wether I can fell a difference or not I dont care. Its cheap insurance for my injectors.
Sarge
Sarge
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I haven't had my diesel long.
I read on here some where that the guys were saying don't use it.
Its bad for the injectors at least in PSD's anyway.
I read this after I had used it in a couple of tanks and I could tell a difference in engine noise
Using this stuff makes perfect sense to me but I don't know much about this diesel stuff so I was afraid to use it.
So have any of you guys read or heard that it was bad for the injectors?
I've been using diesel kleen.
I guess what the heck I'll use it.
Bubba
I read on here some where that the guys were saying don't use it.
Its bad for the injectors at least in PSD's anyway.
I read this after I had used it in a couple of tanks and I could tell a difference in engine noise
Using this stuff makes perfect sense to me but I don't know much about this diesel stuff so I was afraid to use it.
So have any of you guys read or heard that it was bad for the injectors?
I've been using diesel kleen.
I guess what the heck I'll use it.
Bubba
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From: Stevens County, WA
After thinking about it for a long time I finally ran TC-W3 2 stroke oil today. I did a 200 mile trip and I didn't notice the engine idling any quieter. I live in the mountains so it's very quiet at my house with no noise distractions and when I got home there was no noticable difference in sound when I got out to listen to the motor. I'm going to continue to use it for lubricity but definitely no reduction in injector noise. If there was a reduction in noise, how poorly were they being lubricated before? I think noise reduction comes from combustion characteristics. I noticed a difference in idle noise with Redline diesel fuel catalyst and none with Powerservice DK or 2 stroke oil. It's about $1 cheaper per tank to use 2 stroke oil than diesel kleen and it lubricates better.
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Joined: Jun 2010
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From: Tuckahoe, NJ
Hi,
Would this work for my 2003 King Ranch F-350 6.0 powerstroke? I am running Bank's Techno innercooler, Hi ram intake, Edge performance with juice. Would like to do something to help with the known injector problems. Love the truck but scared of the motor.
Would this work for my 2003 King Ranch F-350 6.0 powerstroke? I am running Bank's Techno innercooler, Hi ram intake, Edge performance with juice. Would like to do something to help with the known injector problems. Love the truck but scared of the motor.
More Turbo
Joined: Feb 2005
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From: Grand Rapids,MI
one of the diesel mag's did a test on milage improvers that actually work. Tc-w3 was a product that was 1 of the three listed. It replaces the sulfer lubricity in the fuel and greatly helps things out. And for the price beat's all the other products.
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From: Joisey
X2...You're close to the Bay, right? Toss that Edge in the water and run as fast as you can in the opposite direction. Hopefully, the tide won't bring it back in.
