Snake oil.. Well, I was wrong..

[Cat_Driver]

Which Diesel Anti-Gel Additive is Best? Let's find out! - YouTube

 

[mcfarmall]

Decades ago you used to be able to buy Gumout carburetor cleaner in a can just like SeaFoam. My dad had a "Gumout kit" with a piece of tubing, an adapter for the lid of the can and several fittings to adapt the hose to your carburetor. The kit also came with a hanger that fit around the can so you could hang it upside down from the hood latch like an I.V. bottle. You disconnect the fuel line from the fuel pump and plug it, then install the hose adapter and hang the can from the hood. Start the engine and rev it up a few times and then it would run like a top!

 

[crreed67]

Which Diesel Anti-Gel Additive is Best? Let's find out! - YouTube

Thanks for this. Very good information.

 

[dalola]

Which Diesel Anti-Gel Additive is Best? Let's find out! - YouTube

Informative & entertaining all at once! I wish he would've also tested Opti-Lube, my diesel treatment brand of choice.

 

[herm0016]

i'm going to need to watch that when i get home.

 

[GeneV]

I could testify, seafoam got my craftsman tractor running smoother and improved the gas mileage on it ALOT within 1 tankful, I'm a believer.

 

[RalphVa]

I've used Seafoam to avoid having to take carbs apart several times. Stuff works.

Ralph

 

[Texasmark]

I had nothing to do one day and had an old BS push lawn mower, some old weed whackers, and a couple of chain saws sitting around that I thought had outlived their abilities. Amazingly I got all of them running sweet with the stuff.....didn't happen immediately, but as the stuff cut through the carbon and varnish, the engines just kept improving in performance....within an hour give or take of fooling with each. Use it in my outboard motor and zero fuel problems...like didn't touch the carbs for over 10 years and it started and ran like a champ. Not a substitute for 2 stroke engine oil....consider it part of the fuel in the mix ratio, not part of the lube.

 

[cqaigy2]

I like watching those project farm videos. The op has gotten better and better as he goes, though i'd not consider his yard a farm. I've used seafoam to soak carbs in too, seems to work pretty good.

oops, wrong thread.

 

[dodge man]

I've personally have had fuel gel up using Howe's. Looking at that stuff he drug out of the freezer I would say all of them would have made a tractor not run correctly. I think kerosene is the way to go mixed with your fuel plus an additive.

 

[Cat_Driver]

After I watched the video I purchased the hotshot. I'll bee darn since new my average fuel ( every tank calculated by hand) has been right around 11-12mpg - 2019 Ford F250 diesel. Today after a tank load if hot shot I'm at 13 plus and much smoother sounding. For what's it worth.

 

[tradosaurus]

After I watched the video I purchased the hotshot. I'll bee darn since new my average fuel ( every tank calculated by hand) has been right around 11-12mpg - 2019 Ford F250 diesel. Today after a tank load if hot shot I'm at 13 plus and much smoother sounding. For what's it worth.

I have a 2014 F250 diesel with 135,000. I get 16.9 mpg and use Hot Shot's Secret HSSEDT16ZSP2 Everyday Diesel Treatment at every fill up.

However I think part of my increase in mpg was when I deleted the emissions.

 

[nova3930]

After I watched the video I purchased the hotshot. I'll bee darn since new my average fuel ( every tank calculated by hand) has been right around 11-12mpg - 2019 Ford F250 diesel. Today after a tank load if hot shot I'm at 13 plus and much smoother sounding. For what's it worth.

Due to the cetane increase most likely. Diesel combustion is highly dependent on localized conditions throughout the cylinder. The slight increase in combustion delay that a cetane increase causes fuel droplet size and dispersion changes that can result in more efficient combustion, releasing more energy from the same fuel with less soot production.

I've seen the same effect using Power Service DieselKleen in my '15 Ram 2500. Confirmed by comparing DEF consumption rates using DK vs not via an ecm monitor. The flip side to less soot production is more NOX production, which the truck sees and uses more DEF to compensate.