I used to use it, with no side effects. But always found it trickier to pour in without messing with measuring jugs and the like. So I just use a dose of 2EHN from a measured bottle.

After seeing your comments I'm a bit apprehensive about using the oil. But would using Shell V power make the engine run smoother.

I've been using it (2T) , and a dose of Millers Eco Power Whatever Its Called Presently, in each and every tankful for years, don't have any issues, engine quiet, emissions well under what's allowable at MOT time, engine pulls well, have never (touch wood) suffered a turbo failure.

Things might well be just the same if i wasn't using the mix, which i pre mix and keep in a small oil top up bottle and sling the lot in every time i fill up, but i do look after my vehicles regarding servicing above and beyond, not suggesting anyone else adopt my regime which works for me and i have no intention of changing...and no intention of going too modern on vehicles either until forced to by the legion of hypocrits and their apparatchiks who want to tell everyone else how to live.

I learned much from one of my bosses many years ago, he ran the best kept, arguably overmaintained, lorry fleets in the county and probably one of the best in the country, he didn't waste money mind, he always said oil is cheap engines gearboxes and axles are not, those lorries generally cruised at well over 60 mph fully loaded for the whole of their 7 years on the fleet, breakdowns were unheard of, with a queue of smaller hauliers and owner drivers eager to buy them after.

Edited by gordonbennet on 08/01/2020 at 16:21

After seeing your comments I'm a bit apprehensive about using the oil. But would using Shell V power make the engine run smoother?

I find that adding 10 litres of V-power to my Pug 1.6 HDi tank makes the engine sound smoother almost immediately. I do that about every ten fills, costing about an extra quid a time, depending on the price differential. I guess it would have a similar effect in a PD engine.

Thank you for your comments.

I'll put the oil in the chain saw and ive bought some Red Ex Diesel additive instead ?

Surely that is safe ?

I would not use 2 stroke oil.. catalyst will eventually be damaged...

As above, just use manufacturer's specification oil And oil filter...

The injectors are likely worn and can get noisy.. S stoke oil will make no difference to them...

I don't have a catalyst. I wouldn't have thought a 15 year-old diesel would have one either, though I havn;t checked,

People do use 2T with catalysts though, at very high dilutions, That may be the reason fot the TCW-3 recommendation.

In a diesel the main benefit (if any) will be to the fuel pump, but injectors and the upper cylinder are also exposed to fuel so increasing its lubricity might also be of benefit to them.,

It will have a cat: our 2003 Yaris d4d has one ...

Time flies, and things get more complicated.

Fresh motivation to keep the old stuff going, though lately it feelsa bit like painting a burning house.