Diesel additives?

[ccsial]

I use it in my 97 Dodge diesel. It received a good review some time ago in the TDR magazine. I put it in at each fillup.

For my tractors I have a 300 gallon off road tank. I use power service and biokleen each time I fill the 300 gallon tank. About once a year.

I think additives that provide lubricity are a good thing with the low sulphur fuel that has reduced lubricity.

 

[Mickey_Fx]

Here is some good reading.

Lubricity Additive Study Results - Diesel Place : Chevrolet and GMC Diesel Truck Forums

 

[Gale Hawkins]

WM TCW3 two cycle beats out Amwsoil diesel additive so we do the WM option.

 

[coobie]

Some folks call it snake oil I call it common sense.I use diesel additive in all of my equipment starting back in 1998.I use schaffers diesel treat or stanadyne additives.Never had a failure to start or any engine issues.Living in a cold climate(Michigan)I would call that a plus.coobie

 

[Bigfoot62]

We started selling Amsoil diesel fuel additive at my work now. I am thinking about using it since I can get it at our cost. This is the stuff we carry and I can get it for about $3 a bottle.

Amsoil Diesel Concentrate Performance Fuel Additive

I am contemplating using it in my X740, but I am just wondering if it would make any real difference at all? Basically, just not sure if it is pointless to use or not.

Looking for any knowledge from those who know about additives!

Are you trying to start World War 3? Diesel fuel additives? You might as well ask what brand tractor is "the best." :laughing:
I don't know how many gallons of fuel that little bottle will treat. I get the Lucas fuel additive for $22/gallon. I buy it from my fuel supplier or the Kenworth dealer. (same price) That one gallon will treat 400 gallons of fuel.

 

[JDTank]

Are you trying to start World War 3? Diesel fuel additives? You might as well ask what brand tractor is "the best." :laughing:
I don't know how many gallons of fuel that little bottle will treat. I get the Lucas fuel additive for $22/gallon. I buy it from my fuel supplier or the Kenworth dealer. (same price) That one gallon will treat 400 gallons of fuel.

The small bottle I bought, which I think has 16 ozs, will treat 80 gallons it says. It only takes 1 OZ for 5 gallons. I use 5 gallon cans to get my diesel, so I just put 1 OZ into each before I go and fill them. That one bottle will likely last me an entire year. I hardly use any fuel with this machine. I am guessing I will put on 50-75 HRS a year.

 

[KennedyDiesel]

Few if any fuel shops will recommend Power Service due to the reputation it earned years ago.

FPPF Total Power is my additive of choice.

Use what you want, believe what you want, but I don't really trust any other additive. I guess if I was out and could not find the FPPF I would run Stanadyne Performance Formula as a substitute.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Selected Reply instead of Edit by mistake so the edit is in the next post now.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Few if any fuel shops will recommend Power Service due to the reputation it earned years ago.

FPPF Total Power is my additive of choice.

Use what you want, believe what you want, but I don't really trust any other additive. I guess if I was out and could not find the FPPF I would run Stanadyne Performance Formula as a substitute.

FPPF Total Power did come in third in the research quoted above so it must be good.
http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/76-gm-trucks/64-maintenance-fluids/177728-lubricity-additive-study-results.html

You based on your listed equipment may just want to consider Wal-Mart's Super Tech Outboard 2-cycle TC-W3 that came in in 7th place vs Stanadyne that came in 8th out of 19 if you are out of FPPF since many WM stores are open 24/7.

While I can not hear any difference in the JD like in the MF I expect a quality diesel additive (ranked 8th or better in the lab tests quoted above) may add life to the fuel system.

 

[KennedyDiesel]

I actually provided the product for the FPPF side of the test and know Arlen (the author) quite well. The product came through normal distribution supply chain. The results are quite interesting, but there are a few things that need to be said.

The Opti Lube product came from the lab and was not commercially available in the formulation tested at the time.

The FPPF choice of truck/bus SUV formula was a poor one in my opinion. Total Power is essentially the same formula but in more economical packaging. The SUV is what I call "yuppie" bottles. The stuff that the weekend warriors buy it truck stops based on marketing the size and cost of the bottle. Total Power is much lower cost per gallon.

The fact that Stanadyne Lubricity Formula scores so low puzzles me. It should not be that low.

FPPF Fuel Power plus lubricity contains the same lubricity additive as the rest of the lineup. Why did it score so low?