Posted by NCWayne on December 08, 2014 at 20:58:34 from (173.188.169.54):
In Reply to: Diesel fuel lubricant posted by 37Chief on December 08, 2014 at 18:58:19:
This subject has been one here quite a few times, and the results are about the same each time. In other words some say use the additive, some say use two stoke oil, or some other fluid, and some say it's snake oil.
The industry magazines say they are adding stuff to make up for the loss of the sulfur, and that no one should have any problems with any of the fuel. The guys at the fuel shop dad and I have used for over 20 years love the changes in the fuel as their business always picks up, especially in the way of older pumps having seal leakage problems. They say if your not running additive, regardless of what kind it is, it's not a matter of if your going to have problems, it's a matter of when......Add in the latest thing of adding making the fuel as a blend with 5% to 10% bio-diesel blend, and that just adds insult to injury.
On that note, I've had my Freightliner for nearly 15 years. Until a few years ago the light indicating water, trash, etc in the fuel never came on. For the past two or three years, it routinely comes on. This tells me that fuel, straight from the pump, is now full if stuff that it didn't have in it just a few years ago.
Unfortunately with the bad fuel coming from the tanks, the fuel going to the injection systems on the newer engines (where they can be running fuel injection pressures as high as 20,000 to 30,000 psi) has to be cleaner than ever.
Personlly, my take on the whole subject is that I picked up nearly two MPG when I started running additive, and then lost it when they went to ULSD. I still run it in every tank of fuel I buy. My truck weight around 32,000 lbs all the time, and I routinely average 5 plus MPG out of it around town. Let me get on the interstate a good bit and I have gotten as good as a 9 MPG average over a 3 month period.
I know customers that were having problems and started using the additive, and the smoke, rough idle, etc they were experiencing went away.
In the end I know lab results will say one thing, industry magazines, and OEM's will say one thing, and I couldn't care less about either one. All I care about, and base my opinions on are the things I see actually happening with my, and my customers equipment.
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