Power service additive, one ounce?

[bones1]

How do you guys measure out small quantities of Power Service. I have a Kabota with a small tank, maybe 3.5 gal and a 300DTC with a 10 gallon.A capful or so?.

 

[dmccarty]

I and I am not alone, use the glug method. One or two glugs from the bottle makes an ounce. Or close to it. I would rather put in too much than not enough.

The BEST solution I heard was to take an old baby bottle to measure the amount. I have some bottles somewhere. The Glug method has worked so far.

Later,
Dan

 

[emmy71]

Stop by a motorcycle shop. Most sell a small measuring container for mixing two stroke fuel. They are marked with standard and metric markings as well as ratio marks such as 25:1, 50:1, etc. I always keep one around to mix fuel stabilizer, chainsaw mix, trimmer mix, etc. They are not expensive. One brand I can think of is Ratio Rite.

RATIO-RITE MEASURING CUP

Terry

 

[Butters]

Stop by a motorcycle shop. Most sell a small measuring container for mixing two stroke fuel. They are marked with standard and metric markings as well as ratio marks such as 25:1, 50:1, etc. I always keep one around to mix fuel stabilizer, chainsaw mix, trimmer mix, etc. They are not expensive. One brand I can think of is Ratio Rite.

RATIO-RITE MEASURING CUP

Terry

You can also use one of those old "Grand Canyon" shot glasses

 

[shvl73]

If you use Sta-Bil for gas treatment, save the empty container. It has a measure feature. I just marked the outside clearly so I know which one to use. It also helps that it is a clear bottle and Sta-Bil is red, Power Service is yellow.

 

[RalphVa]

For 10 gallons, that's 37810 cc. The usual dosage is about 0.15%. That's about 60 cc, which is 4 tablespoonfuls or 2 ounces.

I always keep the measurement things that come with stuff like herbicides. As others pointed out, some of the 2 cycle oils have measurement gizmos, too. Otherwise, ya gotta borrow something from the wife's kitchen.

Ralph

 

[WH401]

Just dump some in and call it a day, like another poster said, too much is better than too little.

 

[Doc_Bob]

Just dump some in and call it a day, like another poster said, too much is better than too little.

I agree.
Bob

 

[john_bud]

I used to worry about measuring Powerservice. Then I got stuck on the side of the road with gelled filters too many times and wised up and have switched to Howes Diesel Treat.

The bottle is clear and has gradations on it.

 

[Matt_Jr]

If you use Sta-Bil for gas treatment, save the empty container. It has a measure feature. I just marked the outside clearly so I know which one to use. It also helps that it is a clear bottle and Sta-Bil is red, Power Service is yellow.

I thought I was the only one that was lazy enough to do this.

 

[Bird]

Walmart and lots of other places have measuring glasses from shot glass size on up. They have ounces, millileters, teaspoon, and tablespoon numbers on them in red letters. I keep one in the shop to measure insecticides, so it would just fine for Power Service. However, I also agree with the others that too much ain't gonna hurt anything, so I wouldn't waste any time worrying about it.

 

[LBrown59]

The BEST solution I heard was to take an old* baby bottle to measure the amount.
Later,
Dan

When I was using the lug lift and grunt five gallon can method I liked *this The best for treating small amounts.
I marked one of them off in three 3 ounce increments.
This is enough to treat three 5 gallon cans.
After I built my pump and drum rig I just dump a full 32 oz.bottle in the empty 55 drum before filling it .
I still have the marked BB in case I would happen to need to traeat a small amount sometime.

 

[Ford850]

A word of caution about Power Service. I just noticed they have change their treatment rates on the new bottles. I realized this when I was researching online last week and found they no longer give the rates on their site. They tell you to follow the instructions on the bottle. I compared the bottles from last year and this year, and realized they no longer recommend a double dose for winter use. The new rate is for summer and winter, which equates to half the old winter rate. Also the rate for BioDiesel is now 2/3 of the old rate.
This concerns me some, as maybe they found an issue with higher rates? Seems odd that IF they are using a more concentrated formula requiring lower dosages, they are not bragging about it on the front of their bottles.

 

[Ford850]

A word of caution about Power Service. I just noticed they have change their treatment rates on the new bottles. I realized this when I was researching online last week and found they no longer give the rates on their site. They tell you to follow the instructions on the bottle. I compared the bottles from last year and this year, and realized they no longer recommend a double dose for winter use. The new rate is for summer and winter, which equates to half the old winter rate. Also the rate for BioDiesel is now 2/3 of the old rate.
This concerns me some, as maybe they found an issue with higher rates? Seems odd that IF they are using a more concentrated formula requiring lower dosages, they are not bragging about it on the front of their bottles.

Old rates:
Summer = 32 oz per 100 gallons of fuel (.32 oz per gallon)
Winter = 32 oz per 50 gallons of fuel (.64 oz per gallon)
BioDiesel = 32 oz per 30 gallons of fuel (1 oz per gallon)

New rates:
Winter and Summer = 1 oz per 3 gallons of fuel (.33 oz per gallon)
BioDiesel = 2 oz per 30 gallons of fuel (.64 oz per gallon)

 

[number two]

I use several diesel fuel additives in my various machines.Some additives come free from work,etc.I also use Power service.I buy souflee cups at the local food service store.They have one and two ounce plastic cups like you get catsup at in a restaurant.A bag of a hundred is about $3-4-almost a lifetime supply!If I'm refueling my diesel vehicles I have my additive with me,estimate the quanity required,add the additive and toss the cup into their garbage container.Works very well for me!!