Member Since: 12 Mar 2013
Location: Hastings
Posts: 65
Use Lubron Pro
The semi synthetic Lubron Pro is better and is what I use in the D4. Curiously it appears to be the same price as the non-pro version so no reason not to use the pro versionBrian - East Sussex
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24th Dec 2013 12:01 pm
davidredwood
Member Since: 15 Jan 2012
Location: london
Posts: 3
2 stroke
I have a starting problem with my 55 disco 3 which my garage cannot rectify. when the temperature drops toward zero the engine turns over but doesn't fire and a lot of very smelly exhaust comes out. when the temp goes up and the car does start there is a great deal of smoke and smell. have tried adding 2 stroke which has reduced mpg down to 22 and starting (as now in Alps) is no better. car only will fire if kept in garage with a heater on. it seems to start better if I don't allow the glow plugs to heat up. any suggestions...changed one egr last year.
I think this is probably the wrong thread for you post.
If you ask a mod nicely I expect they can move it to a thread of its own - where you are more likely to get a response.
My first thoughts are that I can't see how adding two stroke oil can possible reduce your MPG - please tell us what you are using and the ratio.
Good luck
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none Electric or H2 fuel cell - yet.
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You need to get some diagnostics, check for things such as:-
Glow plugs
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23rd Jan 2014 10:20 am
davidredwood
Member Since: 15 Jan 2012
Location: london
Posts: 3
NJSS wrote:
Welcome DavidRedwood.
OK . Ratio is 1 to 200 of standard castrol. I was getting about 27 mpg but now about 22 but down to 18 on hills. Exhaust very smelly. It seems that the engine floods on starting and the fuel pump is over delivering.
I think this is probably the wrong thread for you post.
If you ask a mod nicely I expect they can move it to a thread of its own - where you are more likely to get a response.
My first thoughts are that I can't see how adding two stroke oil can possible reduce your MPG - please tell us what you are using and the ratio.
The consensus seems to be to use Castrol ActEvo 2T
but either way the use of such an oil should not increase fuel consumption.
NJSSAm I Gammon or Woke ? - I neither know nor care.
2016 Discovery 4 Landmark
2011 Mercedes Benz SL350 (R230)
1973 MG B GT V8 - 3.9L John Eales engine, 5 speed R380 gearbox, since 1975.
1959 MGA roadster - 1.9L Peter Burgess Engine - 5 speed gearbox
Past LRs - Multiple FFRs, Discos & a Series I - some petrol, some diesel,
none Electric or H2 fuel cell - yet.
There are 10 types of people in this world: Those who understand binary, and those who don’t.
23rd Jan 2014 12:03 pm
davidredwood
Member Since: 15 Jan 2012
Location: london
Posts: 3
I think you must be referring to Castrol Garden 2T which is JASO FB spec.
If it's 100% mineral oil & not synthetic or semi-synthetic it may be OK, but it's not an oil with which I am familiar.
Quote:
yamaha-fan wrote:
One more information to the interested reader when buying 2-T oil:
The "JASO" specification of 2-T oil means "Japan Automobile Standards Organisation"
JASO MA = for 4-stroke motorbike engines
JASO F = for 2-stroke motorbike engines
JASO FA = standard 2-T oil
JASO FB = low smoke
JASO FC = lowest smoke
For JASO F: the higher the letter behind the "F" the better the performance of the 2-T oil
For Europe, the equivalent of JASO is ISO:
ISO-L-EGB equals JASO F
ISO-L-EGC equals JASO FB
ISO-L-EGD equals JASO FC
I suggest that when you get back to the UK you get a good Indy, like Geoff. , to check everything over for you.
NJSSAm I Gammon or Woke ? - I neither know nor care.
2016 Discovery 4 Landmark
2011 Mercedes Benz SL350 (R230)
1973 MG B GT V8 - 3.9L John Eales engine, 5 speed R380 gearbox, since 1975.
1959 MGA roadster - 1.9L Peter Burgess Engine - 5 speed gearbox
Past LRs - Multiple FFRs, Discos & a Series I - some petrol, some diesel,
none Electric or H2 fuel cell - yet.
There are 10 types of people in this world: Those who understand binary, and those who don’t.
25th Jan 2014 10:18 am
Rodent
Member Since: 02 Nov 2013
Location: Aberdeenshire
Posts: 64
it claims to be JASO D spec and i think its mineral based. at this price it works out £2.50/lit
thanks
28th Jan 2014 12:40 pm
Duffer
Member Since: 30 Jun 2013
Location: Pembridge
Posts: 44
i have been using 2S oil from Screwfix but they seem to have changed their oil to 'no nonsense', label as follows. Is it ok to use - what should I be looking for on the label?
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23rd Feb 2014 8:53 pm
SafetyGuate
Member Since: 23 Jul 2010
Location: Guatemala
Posts: 28
I think mineral oil & JASO FC is what you are looking for in the specs
24th Feb 2014 6:39 pm
Mydisco3hse
Member Since: 14 Feb 2014
Location: Durham
Posts: 4
Hi
What is this 2 stroke oil used for.
13th Mar 2014 2:21 am
dervdave
Member Since: 21 Nov 2012
Location: Tyne & Wear
Posts: 83
Duffer wrote:
i have been using 2S oil from Screwfix but they seem to have changed their oil to 'no nonsense', label as follows. Is it ok to use - what should I be looking for on the label?
That oil would be suitable for pre DPF 2.5d motors but should use JASO FC spec for 2.7/3.0d.
Its best not to use the fully synthetic Jaso FD either.
Or better still use a diesel additive designed for the job.
13th Mar 2014 10:42 am
lccl148
Member Since: 30 Nov 2010
Location: Dartford, Kent. On the square, in the centre...
Posts: 65
Actevo 2T
Love to know how you're all getting it so cheap at Tesco; went to Lakeside yesterday and wasn't on sale on the forecourt, only in the main store at - get this - £12.00 per litre! Has some greedy manager been reading our forum?I'm off to a party with the RNLI tonight. They may not get together very often, but when they do, they certainly know how to push the boat out.
21st Mar 2014 4:57 pm
chalky
Member Since: 21 Aug 2008
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 3145
Those cheap cheap prices are about 18 Months ago now, the reason I am led to believe that it was sold off so incredibly cheap is that it was written off due to a problem with the tamper proof serrated puller around the bottle neck failing to come off in a oner ?
Leading to rips in the transparent filler at the base of the neck where it attaches to the red plastic bottle top ?
Not substantiated though ?Only dead fish go with the Flow !
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