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I had a guy give me a bunch of unused ford ATF fluid, does it matter what brand you use to add to your fuel?
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Adding ATF to your diesel fuel?
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There is the much discussed red dye in fuel consideration, not that your likely to get DOT checked in with a 1009.
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These Older diesel engines were not designed for ultra low sulfur diesel. They need a little lubrication in the fuel that does not exist in the new were fuels. I generally use two-stroke oil as it was designed to be burned but many people use ATF with great success.You certainly won’t hurt it if you get the correct dosage. Chances are you will prolong the life of your injector pump by using it.
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Ahh. Thanks.
I am using a Stanadyne additive for the same reason.
But I bet ATF is cheaper.
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Why use the right stuff, when you can use something else...
I've been building potato batteries, I think the bed will hold enough to crank a cucv. Probably need a trailer if you have a 1009.
I've been building potato batteries, I think the bed will hold enough to crank a cucv. Probably need a trailer if you have a 1009.
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You can make an argument but my experience is different. I have 4 Diesel engines around the house all but the newest with high hours and using 2 stroke oil I have never had an IP failure or any other issue for that matter other than normal consumables.Why use the right stuff, when you can use something else...
I've been building potato batteries, I think the bed will hold enough to crank a cucv. Probably need a trailer if you have a 1009.
Are there better things out there? Most likely. Has my method been successful? Definitely.
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You can really only make that an assumption. Without a side by side comparison with other diesel engines of the same make and brand running on straight #2 you really can't prove anything.
#1 and #2 Diesel contain 15ppm of Sulphur.
There is absolutely no difference in Sulphur content between them.
The only difference is the paraffin content.
I just bought and had delivered 2,000 gallons of diesel for our winter operations here.
504 gallons of it was #1
1,496 gallons of it was #2
Both of them were listed as 15ppm Sulphur content.
Our distributor added dye and a Theil (Stanadyne) additive
Take it straight from the Phillips 66 corporation; ALL DIESEL THESE DAYS THAT YOU CAN BUY IS ULTRA LOW SULPHUR at 15ppm.
Forget the fantasy of mixing dyed diesel to get more Sulphur.
You want more Sulphur or to improve the lubricity, you need to add it yourself.
There is absolutely no difference in Sulphur content between them.
The only difference is the paraffin content.
I just bought and had delivered 2,000 gallons of diesel for our winter operations here.
504 gallons of it was #1
1,496 gallons of it was #2
Both of them were listed as 15ppm Sulphur content.
Our distributor added dye and a Theil (Stanadyne) additive
Take it straight from the Phillips 66 corporation; ALL DIESEL THESE DAYS THAT YOU CAN BUY IS ULTRA LOW SULPHUR at 15ppm.
Forget the fantasy of mixing dyed diesel to get more Sulphur.
You want more Sulphur or to improve the lubricity, you need to add it yourself.
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That’s why I stated in my experience. I was in no way saying it was scientific in any way. I use it and I have very healthy high hour engines. That is my point.
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I just had 7 or 8 new quarts of ford ATF someone gave me. I knew I had read on here about adding it to your diesel for lubercation. I usually use diesel clean but figured I had these why not use it for the lubercant in place of the diesel clean. Just was not sure if it mattered what kind of ATF.
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Careful... if it's not the right kind it might make your engine shift differently.
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They use the same dye in ATF as they use in OFF ROAD. DOT violation.
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Just make sure to get video evidence of yourself pouring it in. Lol
Why not just use an actual lubricity additive like Optilube that is proven (even a thread on this site someplace) to have real benefits?
Seems random to just use ATF.
I know an oldtimer mechanic that used it to prime new fuel filters for diesels to prevent an airlock and supposedly clean things out in the fuel system.
Also prevented pouring diesel from a container that may have dirt or moisture in it.
Smoked like a son of a gun until the ATF got washed out of the filter.
Seems random to just use ATF.
I know an oldtimer mechanic that used it to prime new fuel filters for diesels to prevent an airlock and supposedly clean things out in the fuel system.
Also prevented pouring diesel from a container that may have dirt or moisture in it.
Smoked like a son of a gun until the ATF got washed out of the filter.
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I was say coat ha quite a bit to do with it. Most places already have ATF laying around. I use two stroke oil on older diesels because it much cheaper and it works.
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I have a QT of the red dye. I used to be required to add it to 2 cycle fuel so that it was identified. That stopped when the new Stihls were having problems with the dye inside the carb's. That and when I stopped being the mixer. I would put a capful in a 5 gallon can of mixed fuel. When I was not there somebody poured some in. Thinking good enough. Looked like pure blood when I went to get the Stihl back. All the 2 cycle stuff was damaged. I went back to mixing. Then we sub contracted the grounds maintenance. But I know the dye I had 1 QT for 10 years easily. A little of that goes a long way. I bought trucks that had red fuel in them and it was still tinted 10 fuel tanks later.
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Do you really mix it at 50 to 1? Thats a full Gallon of 2 stroke oil in every tank? I buy my oil wholesale but that is still over $10 a Gallon. Eddy
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I run what ever comes out of the diesel pump at Speedway and Loves. My Son would pour a gallon of drain oil in his M1028A1 truck at every fill up. He never had any adverse conditions that I know of. 20 years ago I added used ATF and never noticed anything different. My Son drove his M1028A1 from Camp Lejeune to home once a month for over a year. He used all the drain oil we had around. Now I give it away to a guy with a waste oil furnace. Just run straight diesel. Not a chain saw. Too much or not enough is out of the equation this way.