Tractor Diesel Fuel Additive

[tassmannn]

To kill bacteria, just get a bunch of copper pennys, and throw them in the tank. If you want to spend money buy copper washers, or just a foot long peice copper tubing. Copper kills almost all bacteria.

@jigs_n_fixtures ...that's a darn good hack!

 

[heyinway]

I had been looking and looking for a easy to use quality fuel additive. Came across this stuff and I'm very pleased. I've used it in my Mahindra and New Holland.
Super simple!!!! It is winter time, so I just dumped the whole bottle in, and filled the tank. Noticed less smoke on initial start up and less clattering at idle. In my eyes it was money well spent, and I will continue to use it throughout the seasons.

Tractor Diesel Fuel Additive​

FPPF products are good. Highly concentrated... use proper amount. Over treatment is waste. Used it for 20 years in over the road semi.

 

[Portuguese Farmer]

ATF.

 

[Hermio]

I had been looking and looking for a easy to use quality fuel additive. Came across this stuff and I'm very pleased. I've used it in my Mahindra and New Holland.
Super simple!!!! It is winter time, so I just dumped the whole bottle in, and filled the tank. Noticed less smoke on initial start up and less clattering at idle. In my eyes it was money well spent, and I will continue to use it throughout the seasons.

Tractor Diesel Fuel Additive​

Project Farm just did a big test on these. Looks like the Hot Shots Secret line of products is one of the best overall.

 

[RayIN]

Really? Need more information on this.

I built my house in 1968, all the doorknobs are copper-plated, as were the better brands of hardware at that time. Copper kills germs and virus's, as well as trees, shrubs, and algae that grows on roof-tops, etc.
Got a tree you want dead, sprinkle a few hand-fulls of Copper Sulfate around the drip-line, next year it's dead.
A penny in a small tank does the same thing.

This PDF from Dow Chemical about fuel contamination is informative: https://www.hpcdfuel.com/pdf/DOWfuel_training.pdf

 

[jigs_n_fixtures]

Really? Need more information on this.

Copper has been used to kill bacteria and algae for centuries. All of the boat hull paints used to contain copper, until the EPA banned it in the late 70s, early 80s. The Barnacles also didn't like it and wouldn't attach.

Breifly:

• It disrupts bacterial cell membranes — copper ions damage cell membranes or "envelopes" and can destroy the DNA or RNA of the microbe
• It generates oxidative stress on bacterial cells and creates hydrogen peroxide that can kill the cell
• It interferes with proteins that operate important functions that keep bacterial cells alive

 

[NUTTERDW]

The 3 that I use and always have used, not only in the tractors but my big truck with it's 3406 Cat as well. Today, a certified by the EPA biocide is almost mandatory and far as I can tell, Bio-Kleen is the only EPA certified biocide on the market. Easy to tell as well. Just look at any bottle of diesel additive that touts itself as a biocide and see if there is an MSDS cautionary label attached 'as required by Federal Law'. No label means no biocide added. Real simple actually and you don't ever want to get microbial growth in your diesel as it's very expensive to remedy. I know, been down that road in the past and it wasn't a cheap date so buy the biocide and use it with every tank of fuel. I keep more than one bottle of it on hand all the time and the dosage per gallon of diesel is small so a bottle goes a long way.

When it comes to microbe prevention, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

yes in my ford Pickup diesel I had problems and I was changing fuel filters about every two weeks at 75 dollars per change. I finally used enough bio clean and changed enough filters that I finally got it clean

 

[dkmc]

Copper has been used to kill bacteria and algae for centuries. All of the boat hull paints used to contain copper, until the EPA banned it in the late 70s, early 80s. The Barnacles also didn't like it and wouldn't attach.

Breifly:

• It disrupts bacterial cell membranes — copper ions damage cell membranes or "envelopes" and can destroy the DNA or RNA of the microbe
• It generates oxidative stress on bacterial cells and creates hydrogen peroxide that can kill the cell
• It interferes with proteins that operate important functions that keep bacterial cells alive

So if you drop some copper (tubing, washers, etc) down in a steel fuel tank, is there any danger of interaction between the copper and the sheet steel? Like....will it eat a hole thru the steel tank bottom?

 

[4x4moses]

There is a very good video done by Projectfarm on YouTube.

And the Oil Geek also has a good one:

I went back and watched the Project Farm video. It convinced me to abandon Howes, and switch to Hot Shots.

 

[4x4moses]

Copper Penny's or just a short length of copper tubing, dropped in the tank, will kill nearly all bacteria or algae.

I agree with @mike5511 - I'd like more info.

 

[RayIN]

So if you drop some copper (tubing, washers, etc) down in a steel fuel tank, is there any danger of interaction between the copper and the sheet steel? Like....will it eat a hole thru the steel tank bottom?

No. Copper is the most neutral metal of all others.
Reference: The Galvanic Series - the essential guide - Mechanical Engineering

 

[Looking4new]

Power Service white bottle for me. Just ordered another 9 12-ounce bottles off Amazon.

That is the stuff I have been using since 2012 when I got my Kioti. One ounce/tank (7 gallons) of fuel. A quart will usually last me two winters.

 

[Skrizan]

Project Farm just did a big test on these. Looks like the Hot Shots Secret line of products is one of the best overall.

I bought some Lucas anti gel because I think I bought my 5 gallons of diesel in the summer and was worried it might gel. They had a bottle of Hotshots secret diesel extreme also, and after I read the bottle I decided to try it. After adding the proper amounts to a full tank in Kubota L3130 I ran it for a few minutes and a short drive to get it mixed up. Normally cold starts are pretty smokey in my garage, but the next time I started it a few days later, in single digit temps, it did not smoke at all and was running very smooth! Need to find out the shelf life on this stuff though. Have enough for 80 gallons, that is 4 or 5 years for me.

 

[nybirdman]

Just read;Cummins recommends PowerService for their engines.Been using in my Kubota's for 20 years.Treat all my fuel ,year round(never know when you will have summer fuel left over).

 

[Hay Dude]

We just went through 3 days with highs of 17* and nigh-time lows of 5*.
My Ram’s DEF tank was 3/4-7/8 full. Fuel was untreated.
It had to sit outside all 3 days & nights.

It started & ran fine. DEF tank appears to have survived. I was told it would freeze & crack at 12*
No additives were put in fuel tank or DEF tank.

I don’t know if I’m lucky, or the stuff about fuel additives and DEF freezing is just fear p0rn?

Maybe something is going to happen I don’t know of, but I drove my truck a lot today. No check engine lights….nothing

 

[Robin Veerman]

Kinda like driving around with no spare tire, or always on empty, or boating without life jackets. No problem,….until it is
Just because you got away with it doesn’t mean that you always will

 

[screamin400]

Kinda like driving around with no spare tire, or always on empty, or boating without life jackets. No problem,….until it is
Just because you got away with it doesn’t mean that you always will

My def tank went to 20 below a couple weeks ago with no issues. 12 below last night

 

[Robin Veerman]

It can get a lot colder here in Canada and there’s lotsa diesel trucks here too. So not sure about the concern of def freezing if the temperature drops below 12*…
Maybe trucks here have some extra hardware

 

[LouNY]

Most trucks have heaters in the DEF tank, I would assume that tractors do to.

 

[DarkBlack]

To kill bacteria, just get a bunch of copper pennys, and throw them in the tank. If you want to spend money buy copper washers, or just a foot long peice copper tubing. Copper kills almost all bacteria.

You’ll want old ones, then. Modern pennies are only 2.5% copper