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W.A.S. · Jul 25, 2009

5.9 in my Dodge. Injectors a bit loud.
I was told to use 2 stroke oil in the tank and life is good.
What kind??
Regular or syn and why??
Thanks Hope the answer is on the way

Anonymous-0 · Jul 25, 2009

is it a 2 cycle

W.A.S. · Jul 25, 2009

Yes 2 cycle

thurlow · Jul 25, 2009

I've used ATF in my diesel tractors for years, but the manual for my 1st generation Dodge/Cummins says to use NO diesel additive, so I haven't; about 250,000 with no problems.

W.A.S. · Jul 25, 2009

ATF does not burn but helps lub
then the truck smokes
2 cycle I was told will burn clean

Anonymous-0 · Jul 25, 2009

No ash is the important characteristic to limit piston/ring deposits, so use a TCW3 rated oil regardless if regular or syn. The better grade 2-cycle oil is API-TC, but it is low ash and can leave deposits at lower diesel engine output. These deposits are just "burned" away and scavenged at the higher temperatures in performance, high-output 2-cycle engines. So if you always run the "bejesus" out of your engine, the higher grade API-TC oil will probably work, otherwise stick with a TCW3 rated oil.

Ray · Jul 25, 2009

How could the injectors be loud??

RusselAZ · Jul 25, 2009

What year 5.9?

Anonymous-0 · Jul 25, 2009

I got my old 92 out for a ride today, only 112K miles.. Quite a shame that the paint fell after 5 years, though.. Still a good old truck

ericlb · Jul 25, 2009

237000 miles on a 94 with no problems, no additives ever, when i was a kid i used every kind of snake oil mirricle in a can additive i could find to cure noisy lifters in a '69 olds, never worked, and i never bought another additive other than stabil for small engine storage in the last 37 years and having owned probably 25 different vehicles in that time, im a firm beliver in not using any kind of additive anywhere, if its broke, fix it, if not, drive it

MSM · Jul 26, 2009

When's the last time you adjusted the valves?

Anonymous-0 · Jul 26, 2009

Where is this engine located?? I have never seen a 2 cycle, 5.9 Perkins engine.

Anonymous-0 · Jul 26, 2009

Ray,, some people don't know the difference between an injector and a valve,
It's really interesting and funny all the stuff that comes up on this forum, and the questions they ask, it makes me wonder if they know the difference between up or down.

thurlow · Jul 26, 2009

Can't beat 'em; mine's a '93 dually and my daily driver; still gets close to 20 mpg just puttering around. Dodge definitley didn't know how to paint a truck back then; a couple of years ago, my then 6 year old nephew asked me what color my truck was when it was new; thought my wife was never gonna quit laughing........

just another old geezer · Jul 26, 2009

12 valve 5.9s needed valves ajusted every 25,000 miles. Try that first

fixerupper · Jul 26, 2009

Amen, Eric! Jim

dieseldoc · Jul 26, 2009

ATF wil burn. In summer I mix diesel and used atf or motor oid 50 50 and run it in all my engines. only problem is on the old ford 7.3 is they start a little hard.once running you cant tell difference.the cummins and deere engines love the stuff.

Joe(TX) · Jul 26, 2009

The engine is a 4 cycle. The Detroit diesels were 2 strokes.

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