Well I can tell you I work over at TDG.com as a moderator and so far the Ford crowd is having no issues. Chevy on the other hand is quiet... I need to check in on the boys...

Buy I'm been using 2 cycle oil in the fire truck here for the last 2 years without any ill effect to the trucks performance. As a matter of fact it helped the 6.5L Chevy fast attack I drive considerable. Used to be rather loud in the injectors now it really quiet...



If I'm using in a emergency vehicle(s) you know I got good faith that its not going to harm anything... And it hasn't...

 

I've been using 2 stroke oil in my 04.5, with the kitty, for almost 3 years now with no ill effects at all. In fact, I just got back from a trip over Thanksgiving to ND and essentially averaged 20mpg for the 2 tanks of fuel that were used essentially for highway driving!!! Most of the highway driving was running 70-75mph also!! In my 3rd gen, I use 1/2oz per 1gallong of diesel. Mikes the brains, I'm just a cheerleader!!

 

When i picked my new truck up (same as yours) i was running down some back roads at about 50-55 (following school bus) and the computer was reading 21-22mpg (no oil added) we were headed to the gas station before we jumped on the highway.. Filled up added a qt of oil to a full tank, running down the highway 70-75 computer was showing 15-15.5 but if i kicked it up to about 80, it would drop to about 14.5 after awhile, and then i tried kicking it down to 60-65, and it went up to about 16-17. When i got home, i filled it up computer was reading like 15.7 and i did the math and it got 15.6!! so the comp is somewhat accurate, i just dont understand how you guys are getting that kind of mileage running 75..
I am getting a AFE CAI for xmas and as soon as i get it inspected the kitty is going buh bye. maybe that will help?? And as far as running it hard, i shift about between 1500-1700 rpms and arent trying to set time records shifting so.. Any help? I think i might run the rest of the fuel out of it that has oil added and then run a tank without it and see what happens.... Also as soon as i got home, i changed the oil and fuel filter...

 

Take notice everyone of them has a truck that has a body lift and oversized tire on it... That right there raises a RED flag in my head. More than likely most of then have odometer and speedometer that are out of calibration and get incorrect mile numbers...

Like myself I found out with my stock speedomoeter, my ScanGauge II, and Garmin GPS I found out I'm off by exactly 0.5 MPH so by a tank of fuel I could be off as much as 20 Miles. Which in turn is about 0.2 MPG offset between the SG II and hand calculation of the speedo.

But I can pull 23.7 rather easy in the summer time... (But at 55-60 MPH)

 

You can see from my signature what I have on my truck. Stock sized tires, no lift, and I "work" my truck. It isn't too often that my truck doesn't have a trailer on it!! On my ND trip, the wind was not behind me coming and going either. It was at my side essentially the whole way....out of the SW!! The tank of fuel that I didn't mention in my post above was the tank that was essentially just running from hunting spot to hunting spot. So it had lots of cold starts and extended high idling.....especially first thing in the AM!! That tank was under 17mpg if I remember right!!

 

With the onset of winterizied diesel here in Idaho and the lower of BTU's of the fuel from 55 Cetane fuels I've dropped from 21-23 MPG to just around 15-17 MPG. I've just completed running 2 tanks for test purpose without 2 Cycle oil and no change to the MPG at all. Still floating around 16 MPG.

But to give yo guys a clue...


Yes the light green is winterized fuel and dark green is summer fuel. But for point of reference gasoline is a 125K BTU's so I know that high cetane fuel don't mean better performance actual the reverse... But now notice lower cetane fuels is much highier in BTU content.

So when summer returns we all rejoice in the increase in MPG's... Maybe because the cetane is reduced again to around 40 cetane...

 

I have an '06 with a bad injector rattle. Would the 2-stroke oil help it or quiet it down any?? Any help would be great.

 

Yes it would help be what I found out about 3rd Gen fuel systems is that... Yes it would stop the rattling noise for a short time... But from what I'm learning on 3rd Gen injectors is that they soon fail anyways. This is because the damage is already done. But it might extend the time till it fails...

Here is a interesting PDF I got today... It a huge learning curve...
http://mopar.mopar1973man.com/pdf/022003bosch.pdf

Also from Bosch PDF...


Key there is fuel lubricity!

 

So the first time that you add the 2 stroke oil for example my truck has a 35 gallon tank would I add 35 onces of oil to it when its full and then when I filled up again for example 14 gallons I would add 14 onces of oil correct. Sorry if this is a confusing question Im new to the 2 stroke oil thing. Thanks for any advice

 

I add 16oz when I feel up my tank.