2 Cycle Oil In Fuel?
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ATF works I've used twice in the last year, just to clean things up.no more than a qt per tank right after its filled. ATF also attracts water that is in your fuel tank, trust me if you have'nt dropped and cleaned the tank there is a little water in there, it holds on the bottum of the tank and keeps it out of the pick up and pump and the rest of the system.
ATF also has friction modifiers that reduces the lubrication qualities of fuel...keep the trans fluid in the trans and use a product engineered for diesel fuel.
I cannot understand why someone pays nearly $3/quart of ATF when a bottle of something like PowerService costs $8 and will treat 150 gallons.
Another thing to remember is the fact you are adding additives to fuel that already has additives in it...how do you know what you're adding is compatible with the additives already in that fuel? Remember that lubricity study done a few years ago...they tested on non-additized fuel...
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Years ago ATF was essentially just light hydraulic fluid. In the more "primitive" diesels of the era, it burned just fine. Now like Steved said, it's loaded with additives that aren't burned and additives that can't be good in our high pressure CR fuel systems. Right now, it cost's me about $1.00/tank to treat with roughly 16oz. of 2 stroke oil. Been doing it for almost 3 years with not a single fuel system problem.
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I don't follow??
LSD and ULSD lose their lubricating qualities because of the refining process to remove the sulfur...the more they try to remove sulphur, the less lubrication the fuel has (and it is not directly related to the sulfur, sulfur does not equal lubrication).
Most around here would prefer HSD, or even LSD, to the current ULSD or the upcoming UULSD (less than 5 ppm sulfur) for lubricating qualities...however, we do like to breathe.
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