2-Stroke oil in yer diesel?

Does anyone add 2-Stroke oil in with their diesel.
Me and a mate were reminen reminas remembering back to when race tracks smelled of Castrol R. I then remembered a mate suggesting i add a litre of oil in with a tankfull of diesel, for some reason, and i wondered if tossing in some Castrol R would bring about THAT smell? Or kill the engine?

I put it in, adds a bit of lubrication I believe

It wont hurt it, but if its a new jobby then I would be careful due to the dpf.

Just done a 1200 mile straight trip from the eu it was 2 in the morning and I by mistake put petrol in 7 litres till I realized so I then filled it to full with diesel I was shifting a brick but she started ok and I must admit she ran slightly better got to half a tank and re filled !!!

yfo866 said:

Does anyone add 2-Stroke oil in with their diesel.
Me and a mate were reminen reminas remembering back to when race tracks smelled of Castrol R. I then remembered a mate suggesting i add a litre of oil in with a tankfull of diesel, for some reason, and i wondered if tossing in some Castrol R would bring about THAT smell? Or kill the engine?

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I believe they're remaking 'the smell'.. you can add a teaspoon to your petrol tank too

I use 2t in diesels - OLDER pre pd type I must add...

aparently it helps lube the older 'VE' type pump & injectors and as in 2t engines helps clear the soot from the combustion-chambers & ports ALTHOUGH I cannot garantee this

as to petrol in diesel, that was an old Lorry 'get-through-the-plating' trick, a gallon per tankfull (lorry big tanks) helped clear crap from fuellines and evrything else

Rich.

kermit_rr said:

I believe they're remaking 'the smell'.. you can add a teaspoon to your petrol tank too

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Ooooh, do you have a link for this? I travel over to Shelsley or Prescott to have a day immersed in "parfum de Castrol R"...and to watch the VSCC boys. Like these...

Sure I heard they used to add a bit of petrol to the diesel to stop it freezing in winter before the manufacturers started adding antifreeze to it. Or did I

backinblack said:

Sure I heard they used to add a bit of petrol to the diesel to stop it freezing in winter before the manufacturers started adding antifreeze to it. Or did I

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They did indeed, well remembered

lynall said:

It wont hurt it, but if its a new jobby then I would be careful due to the dpf.

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New? HA, no. 2002 188k TD5 Disco

kermit_rr said:

I believe they're remaking 'the smell'.. you can add a teaspoon to your petrol tank too

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Not sure i'd drop a teaspoon in. The rattling could drive you nuts!

I run our 300Tdi's with 1% MINERAL TSO - they are noticeably quieter

Any mechanical FIP diesel should benefit from it - I wouldn't bother in anything common rail - can't really see the point - the "bits" you want the extra lube for ( ), aren't there on common rail .

v8250 said:

Ooooh, do you have a link for this? I travel over to Shelsley or Prescott to have a day immersed in "parfum de Castrol R"...and to watch the VSCC boys. Like these...

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I think it's this stuff, someone else might need to confirm, it's castor oil based though!!
https://classicoilsshop.co.uk/castrol-r40

v8250 said:

Ooooh, do you have a link for this? I travel over to Shelsley or Prescott to have a day immersed in "parfum de Castrol R"...and to watch the VSCC boys. Like these...

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That old Darraqc is lovely bit of kit

i still have a couple of tins of castrol r in the garage i do put a little bit in the tank off my mk1 cortina every now and then it smells so goood

I used to throw a bit of Castrol R in my Mk 2 escort when I were a lad. Smelt like I was going fast anyway...

Massive thread on disco3.co.uk about this going back years and years. Personally I don't bother. Mate of mine with a perkins converted 110 has done it for years and swears by it.

Used to be a thing to add ATF to diesel as its a good cleaner.

My last 300tdi got some of everything in it....new and used cooking oil, atf, new engine oil, petrol/diesel mix from customers cars. all in various quantities depending on what was around.....it did get pump diesel as well Id say it ran a bit better with a bit of petrol in it

backinblack said:

Sure I heard they used to add a bit of petrol to the diesel to stop it freezing in winter before the manufacturers started adding antifreeze to it. Or did I

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No, I heard this too. But don't know about it being "they", more like the drivers of the vehicles. But then the oil companies started adding special additives to make "Winter diesel".

Dunno, but I had a turbo 90 that smoked like a 2 stroke!

wattfield said:

Dunno, but I had a turbo 90 that smoked like a 2 stroke!

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think I've seen one like that locally

today saw a zafira doing an impression of a chav with a monstah vape thing

Rich.