As long as you filter the ATF and don't go too overboard with the
mixture...should be fine. I have a few customers that have been running
over 80K miles with a 50/50 mix now and no issues...injectors on one of them
was changed (unrelated to ATF) and it was actually cleaner than the standard
diesel usage injectors.
- Bernd
-----Original Message-----
From: Dustin Williams [mailto:dustinewilliams@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 10:42 PM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: DML: Off Topic: ATF & Diesel
I've read here about people putting ATF in up to a 50% mixture with
their diesel in their 5.9L Cummins. Obviously this would save a lot of
money since everybody wants to get rid of their waste oil. I told my
dad (who has a 99 Ram 2500 with the Cummins) about this and the
research he did is that some of the minerals in the oil would erode
away at the injectors and other parts of the engine. What I'm
wondering is what's the long term effect of doing this? Will a Cummins
still get the 350,000 mile life span before overhaul that they're
supposed to?
Thanks,
Dustin
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