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I guess I am missing the Joke,what's so comical about another member having a problem with his truck?
__________________ 2005 F250 XLT wedgewood blue 4x4 C/C SWB,6.0L PSD, Auto.(Member of 05 STC Failure Club ) 2006 Expedition Eddie Bauer,5.4L (Wife's) NRA Life Member. TSRA Life member.
Im as of now a BIG fan of the 2 stroke added deal with my 2002. But it makes it run a heck of a lot quieter. But if my truck was designed to handle the new fuel I wouldnt be adding anything at all. If the 6.0 is designed for the ULSD then I wouldnt add anything.
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where are you located????Ill buy the 50 gal of fuel...I haul campers and have a 115 gal tank in the bed and I cant imagine having a problem with 32oz of anything in the 153 gal capacity. I heard some other hauling buddies talking about putting auto trans fluid in the fuel a while back. I tried one quart in a fill up(rumored to keep valves clean). Who knows, I didnt have any probs with it though.
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Well, what was the outcome? This is truly comical.
I wonder what exactly you find truly comical? The OP tried something that has been tested and excellent results posted all around the net. I have not tried it mainly because I am too cheap and busy to go buy the gallon of stuff. He is stranded and putting a ton of hours into getting back where he was before he put in the oil and you find it comical and others are flaming him. I hope you and the others that have flamed him have problems and need help on the board and someone with a memory like an elephant links your smarta$$ responses back to yall. JJ
I guess I am missing the Joke,what's so comical about another member having a problem with his truck?
The fact that he's having a problem isn't at all comical, but the replies are priceless. I'll play along. The entire truck was brought to its knees from some 2 cycle oil. The tank will hold at least 30 gallons depending on his truck, but a quart of this TCW3 sank the battleship. I'm not buying that. Just my .02
I wonder what exactly you find truly comical? The OP tried something that has been tested and excellent results posted all around the net. I have not tried it mainly because I am too cheap and busy to go buy the gallon of stuff. He is stranded and putting a ton of hours into getting back where he was before he put in the oil and you find it comical and others are flaming him. I hope you and the others that have flamed him have problems and need help on the board and someone with a memory like an elephant links your smarta$$ responses back to yall. JJ
I've been thru all my posts, don't see me flaming anyone over anything. I encouraged him to use it. The problem ultimately isn't going to be the oil. What I find comical is the fact that some folks feel that a quart of this stuff is going to ruin the truck.
The entire truck was brought to its knees from some 2 cycle oil. The tank will hold at least 30 gallons depending on his truck, but a quart of this TCW3 sank the battleship. I'm not buying that. Just my .02
I agree the oil likely had nothing to do with his problems they just were coincidental. Hopefully he did not discard all of that diesel. It most likely is ok and can be used in the truck once his problem is fixed.
I've been thru all my posts, don't see me flaming anyone over anything. I encouraged him to use it. The problem ultimately isn't going to be the oil. What I find comical is the fact that some folks feel that a quart of this stuff is going to ruin the truck.
Sorry, my post was not really clear. You stated you thought it was comical.... and OTHERS flamed him. Did not mean to state that you flamed him. I hope he got it going today with the time off. JJ
After a couple of long nights and several dollars later things are beginning to look up. I was able to get the rig fired up Friday evening, but again got the billowing clouds from the tailpipe. Needless to say, I was sunk as to what to do next. I removed the EGR valve again and decided to replace it instead of cleaning it on Saturday. That seems to have done the trick, I fired the truck again, got a little bit of smoke, as I'm use to seeing normally which eventually cleared up in almost no time.
I'd like to thank everyone who offered their USEFUL advice, it was much appreciated, it helped get me through all this with some good knowledge and learning.
And those of you who found my misfortune COMICAL, here's hoping your dumba$$ gets in a predicament that finds you and your truck up $hits creek without a paddle and folks in this forum thinking it's COMICAL. People like you really need to withhold comments if your not able to provide good solid help instead of criticism. Generally, I've found that forums are useful places to gain helpful and useful knowledge without all the BS some folks like to shovel into them. I can tell that it was, in no way ... COMICAL
Trust me, I'll be looking for your posts as time goes along and when you run into trouble, then I'll guess that turn-about is fair play. So for those of you who didn't really help and thought "what was he thinking" just stand-by, because your days of misfortune are not that far off.
I'll continue to use the 2 cycle oil, because even after all this, I've noticed that the truck fires quicker, idles smoother and even quieter than before ; haven't seen the benefits of the MPG increase yet but I'll be looking for it. And it doesn't appear to have been the root of my troubles.
Thanks again to everyone with useful comments it really helped me out .
Joe
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Daily Driver with occasional hauling and/or towing duty.
Tomcatchamp, believe it or not I am happy you got it sorted. In your own post you admit the oil wasn't the problem. And thats what I found comical, not the fact that you were having trouble. Now, I seriously doubt that you'll find my "Dumba$$", as you refered to me as, on here looking for much in the way of help. And after second guessing myself and going back over my posts in this thread, I defy you to find a post where I criticised you for using 2 stroke oil. I see posts where I say it isn't going to be the oil. Thats not the problem. And it wasn't. Sorry if I pissed you or other members off, it wasn't intentional. If you would like to delete the egr and not have this happen again, pm me and I'll send you the details on how its done. Happy Motoring.
At the oil/ratio of 1oz/gallon, I don't see how you can hurt anything with TCW3 oil. I've used it for quite a while now without any side effects except for a quieter smother engine. If it won't coke up the piston/exhaust of a high reving $15000 boat engine, I don't see how it can coke up a diesel. Having said that, I think Ford and people who run programmers have battled over warranty so much that we have all thrown common sense out the window. I for one, don't trust some distributor making sure my diesel fuel meets lubricity ratings just like I don't trust some station making sure I get good clean fuel and not some crud from their tanks. It would be nice if someone knew what is added to raise the lubricity of ULSD.
On another note,the boards are here for discussion, not trolling, flaming or making fun of someone in trouble. The only dumb question is the one not asked. Good luck Tomcatchamp
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the last time I had my egr valve out I noticed it was actually pretty clean but when I pried it all the way open it hung up. i moved the valve open and closed while spraying it down with brake clean then did the same using graphite spray, let a couple of coats dry while held open seems to be good since. I don't think its so much the carbon all over causing problems as gunge on the valve stem binding hings up
My apologies up front, I wasn't intending to put you directly in the cross-hairs, just the comically remark got under my skin a bit, especially after putting in some long hours under the truck trying to get it right. I wasn't directing anything solely towards you. I'm happy that you don't have troubles with your rig and hope that you don't ; luckily for me it wasn't something truly major that would have caused me a visit to the service department, not to mention more $$$$$ !!!
I appreciate everyone's help in solving this dilemma that I had. On the lighter side, took a drive in the truck today and I'm really noticing a difference with the way it's running. I'll assume it's attributed to the new EGR valve, but I have to believe some of it stems from the fuel that I had. Luckily I was able to salvage all the fuel that I thought was tainted and causing my troubles, and I'm burning that in the truck ; not to mention it helps a bit on the wallet. It runs much quieter and cranks up / fires off sooner than before. In my opinion, I'll continue using the TCW3 2 cycle oil with the fuel.
Again my apologies to you, ddduallyfan.
Joe
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Daily Driver with occasional hauling and/or towing duty.
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) 2006 Expedition Eddie Bauer,5.4L (Wife's) NRA Life Member. TSRA Life member. 
I hope you and the others that have flamed him have problems and need help on the board and someone with a memory like an elephant links your smarta$$ responses back to yall. 
JJ
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