Oil & Fuel 1992 diesel

[T REX]

Ford 1720 1992 diesel

I've been reading that older diesel engines need an additive in the low sulphur fuel to make up for the extra lubrication that the higher sulphur fuel of that era.... Is this true? If so what should I use and how much per gallon???

 

[Jerry/MT]

Re: Ford 1720 1992 diesel

I've been reading that older diesel engines need an additive in the low sulphur fuel to make up for the extra lubrication that the higher sulphur fuel of that era.... Is this true? If so what should I use and how much per gallon???

I doubt that you need a special additive because the fuel is blended with the proper wear additives.

 

[T REX]

Jerry, I think you must be right, not many folks seem to be adding anything extra... I was told several year's ago by a tractor repair shop about this and have wondered about it ever since.... then recently read a post on the oil and fuel forum about adding 2 cycle oil to diesel for use in older engines.... I wasn't sure I understood it and thought I'd put the question out there to see if I could clear it up... Thanks for the reply!!

 

[Rustyiron]

heating oil will get very close if not be exactly what old reg. #2 diesel is.

 

[T REX]

Rustyiron, Thanks for the reply! I thought heating oil and kerosene were now low sulphur as well???

 

[Rustyiron]

I can't say for sure, usually someone that's in the business will respond. I think h/o is about as close as you can get but this "stuff" has been changing so fast since they told us the sky is falling. :laughing:

 

[MitchellB]

Re: Ford 1720 1992 diesel

I mix my diesel at 3.2 ozs. of 2 cycle oil per 5 gallons of diesel fuel (which is the size of my fuel cans). I use that in my 1958 Ford 861-Diesel tractor. I forget how I came to the mix ratio, but I found the info online somewhere and been using it since 2014. I just happened to have a gallon of old 2 cycle marine oil TC-W2 I picked up at a flee market years ago (when I had a boat) that needed to be used up and that is what I been using, and it is is still not empty. The old girl seems to like it.

 

[RickB]

heating oil will get very close if not be exactly what old reg. #2 diesel is.

Heating oil is Ultra Low Sulphur as is diesel fuel. Nothing different except the tax structure, additives mixed at the distribution point and dye if we are comparing on-road fuel. Off-road dyed fuel is identical to HHO except for any additive package chosen by the fuel distributor.

 

[T REX]

MitchellB, this is what I've been Lookin for.... makes sense to me.... should add some lubrication, hopefully without doing any harm. NOT for newer diesels tho!! Thanks for the reply!!! I wonder how many other folks do this???

 

[T REX]

RickB, thanks for confirming the low sulphur in heating oils.....

 

[Rustyiron]

Heating oil is Ultra Low Sulphur as is diesel fuel. Nothing different except the tax structure, additives mixed at the distribution point and dye if we are comparing on-road fuel. Off-road dyed fuel is identical to HHO except for any additive package chosen by the fuel distributor.

Rick is that a "national" thing, or may it be different in the various regions of the country?

 

[RickB]

Rick is that a "national" thing, or may it be different in the various regions of the country?

So far as I know it is a federal thing. The topic comes up here about every 6 months. A search should turn up several hours of reading.

 

[Dan Hunter]

Removal of the sulfur was an emissions issue. Sulfur, as I understand it, doesn't provide the lubricity. It's the process of removing sulfur that degrades the lubricity of current diesel. Early diesel units were designed to tolerances that assumed an existing lubricity. I use TC-W3 at 100 to 1 to compensate in my "darn thing won't die like all the others" 1994 6.5 TD engine.

Daddy wants a Colorado.

 

[sandman2234]

I have never added anything to my 1989 John Deere, didn't add anything to the tractor before that either.
David from jax

 

[rockinacummins]

Re: Ford 1720 1992 diesel

I also use TC-W3 (the cheap stuff from Wally World). In fact, I use it in the fuel in every Diesel engine I own and have never had a problem. Every once in a while, I will skip the 2 cycle oil and use the diesel Kleen in the grey bottle. That stuff is amazing for cleaning injectors.