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Zinke

Member Since: 27 Jan 2009
Location: Scunthorpe
Posts: 670

Ive been using 2 stroke in my TD5 and have had the same kind of results. Was working about a hours drive away for a few weeks and every tank was getting me 32.5mpg apart from when i filled up with shell and then it dropped to 29 mpg on the same route with the same weather condition.

Pete.

1st May 2011 7:23pm

warren

Member Since: 14 Oct 2009
Location: East Lancs.
Posts: 903

2009 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 HT Santorini Black

Zinke wrote:
Ive been using 2 stroke in my TD5 and have had the same kind of results. Was working about a hours drive away for a few weeks and every tank was getting me 32.5mpg apart from when i filled up with shell and then it dropped to 29 mpg on the same route with the same weather condition.

Pete.

Mine doesn't like Shell either.....

2nd May 2011 2:15pm

john adam

Member Since: 01 Sep 2010
Location: Paris
Posts: 77

2010 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Keswick Green

warren wrote:

Mine doesn't like Shell either.....

I have problems with BP, better Esso or Total (here in France)
Carlo 1971 88 Series IIA somewhere in Southern Italy
1989 Ninety stolen in Paris
2004 90 TD5 gone
2010 110 S Puma TDCI running

2nd May 2011 3:39pm

BIGFOG

Member Since: 12 Sep 2010
Location: Edenbridge
Posts: 537

2009 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Stornoway Grey

I'm on my fifth tank with 2 stroke added and have raised my average mpg from 22.5 to 25.9 according to the iPhone app....

Engine sounds sweeter than ever!!

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26th May 2011 9:57pm

robpenrose

Member Since: 15 Jan 2011
Location: Hampshire or Cornwall
Posts: 338

if you chaps are looking for a cheap place to get the Actevo 2 Stroke, I have been getting it from Tesco. Its about £5.50. In Halfrauds its significantly more. Current:D4 HSE
Gone: BMW Z4MC
Gone: Defender TD5 90 CSW
Previous: Discovery TD5 ES (Gone)

26th May 2011 10:08pm

bm52

Member Since: 04 Apr 2010
Location: Kent
Posts: 2189

2014 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Havana

robpenrose wrote:
if you chaps are looking for a cheap place to get the Actevo 2 Stroke, I have been getting it from Tesco. Its about £5.50. In Halfrauds its significantly more.

thanks for the info, my nearest Tesco is a 16miles round trip away........

BM52

26th May 2011 10:20pm

bm52

Member Since: 04 Apr 2010
Location: Kent
Posts: 2189

Big Fog - i just gulped seeing the price per litre you are paying and how often you fill up........ouch.

i used to do very heavy miles years ago and filled up about every other day as well so that is serious miles you are doing.

now days a tank lasts me about a month

BM52

26th May 2011 10:24pm

robpenrose

Member Since: 15 Jan 2011
Location: Hampshire or Cornwall
Posts: 338

yeah i dont live by a teco either, but just get a couple when i go past one. I hate filling my truck up. Im a Twice a week chap normally, this week might even be three times. Current:D4 HSE
Gone: BMW Z4MC
Gone: Defender TD5 90 CSW
Previous: Discovery TD5 ES (Gone)

26th May 2011 10:48pm

rossy

Member Since: 29 Nov 2010
Location: Co. Roscommon
Posts: 1296

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 CSW Stornoway Grey

seems the right time to chip in with my tuppenceworth on 2 stroke

My current motor, a Mitsubishi Outlander (ok boo hiss etc - new 110 to follow !) has the VW PDI engine - a tough little lump designed to be thrashed in Transporters and Caddys but hates short trips.

For the last 3 years I have had the same recurring problem. When the engine is running fine you can hear the turbo singing away and it pulls strongly from 50mph in 6th. During Winter and Spring its mostly short trips on the mummy circuit and this results in sluggish performance so around now it starts going into limp mode - the problem is always the MAP (boost) sensor getting oily and needing replacement which it was in 2008,09 and 10. Summer and Autumn are fine as we tug the caravan regularly so it gets a good caning.

Last November I started using 2 stroke -50m per 10l diesel and six months later its running as if I have just changed the MAP ie perfectly. The other thing I have noticed is that mpg on the short trips has improved from 27 to 32 and on the long trips we could never get beyond 37 - now easily 42 (haven't towed yet)

So I am a convert. To me thats real proof. By the way I used Millers ecomax for a year and it made no difference. I don't think it matters much whether its FC or FB because the arguements for both seem to be contradictory. FB is good as its mineral but bad as its higher in ash. FC is good as its lower in ash but semi synth (so doesn't fully burn they say) so its bad too. I'd use both and either

-what about mixing them !

Anyway when I get my hands on the Defender its going to be 2 stroke from day one. From my experience I'm looking forward to soot free EGR and turbo vanes smooth running and good MPG and at this stage nobody could convince me otherwise.

But if the engine blows up I'll be the first to admit my muppetry

26th May 2011 11:31pm

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