Diesel additives

[bj70bc]

i use stanadyne at the advice heavy equipment guys who report 'never' having injector or pump problems

 

[OM617YOTA]

When I looked up the minimum cetane rating of diesel in Japan in 1996 when my Prado was built, min cetane rating was 45. Our USA diesel is 40 cetane. That might explain why Hot Shots EDT made such an improvement, and why R99 runs so much better.

 

[knuckle47]

I have a small Chevrolet 3.0L diesel in my pickup… I have occasionally run at dose of Hot Shot with the fuel and occasionally Bell products diesel additive. I use it the way most people would run gasoline fuel injector cleaners….once every 5-10,000 miles

Should I be using these additives be a routine fill up plan and not just as a “cleaning” agent.?

 

[Ditcherman]

I have a small Chevrolet 3.0L diesel in my pickup… I have occasionally run at dose of Hot Shot with the fuel and occasionally Bell products diesel additive. I use it the way most people would run gasoline fuel injector cleaners….once every 5-10,000 miles

Should I be using these additives be a routine fill up plan and not just as a “cleaning” agent.?

If your goal is to raise the cetane level (lubricity) it’s every tank I think. If you want to clean your injectors it’s once a year or maybe less. IMO.

 

[Ditcherman]

One of the biggest things I appreciate about the Mud community is the perspectives and knowledge that is provided from members around the world.
I have seen the difference myself on my trucks and in JDM vehicles that have a little Japanese fuel in the tank burning nice and clean till the 1st fill on Cdn diesel.

Well written question. I don’t do much ai but that was with the read.
Anyway, my real response is I beleive I see a real difference when I go west any buy fuel from Illinois (or maybe it’s Missouri?). When that tanks out it goes back to Indiana standards til I turn around and go back through.

Wonder if there’s anyone that lives near a state line that can tell a difference in diesel quality?

 

[OM617YOTA]

I have a small Chevrolet 3.0L diesel in my pickup… I have occasionally run at dose of Hot Shot with the fuel and occasionally Bell products diesel additive. I use it the way most people would run gasoline fuel injector cleaners….once every 5-10,000 miles

Should I be using these additives be a routine fill up plan and not just as a “cleaning” agent.?

I don't think it's meant to be an occasional use cleaner. If you want an occasional use cleaner I'd recommend a product specifically designed to do that.

Hot Shots EDT is so inexpensive per dose, I'd definitely run it every tank. I only haven't recently because I've been on R99, which has plenty of cetane.

 

[Dusten]

I don't think it's meant to be an occasional use cleaner. If you want an occasional use cleaner I'd recommend a product specifically designed to do that.

Hot Shots EDT is so inexpensive per dose, I'd definitely run it every tank. I only haven't recently because I've been on R99, which has plenty of cetane.

As an occasional cleaner I run moly lube diesel purge. It's designed to be run by filling the filter in filter changes or running a line directly to the bottle.

 

[Broski]

If your goal is to raise the cetane level (lubricity) it’s every tank I think. If you want to clean your injectors it’s once a year or maybe less. IMO.

It goes in every tank in my 6.7 tow rig

 

[Broski]

Well written question. I don’t do much ai but that was with the read.
Anyway, my real response is I beleive I see a real difference when I go west any buy fuel from Illinois (or maybe it’s Missouri?). When that tanks out it goes back to Indiana standards til I turn around and go back through.

Wonder if there’s anyone that lives near a state line that can tell a difference in diesel quality?

When I travel to SAS I go through 5 states all western but I can’t tell any difference in the diesel other than price.

 

[Broski]

I have a small Chevrolet 3.0L diesel in my pickup… I have occasionally run at dose of Hot Shot with the fuel and occasionally Bell products diesel additive. I use it the way most people would run gasoline fuel injector cleaners….once every 5-10,000 miles

Should I be using these additives be a routine fill up plan and not just as a “cleaning” agent.?

Modern diesels are far different from the old school mechanical pump diesels
And why I posed the question.
IMO I would run it in every tank in you modern diesel.

 

[aztoyman]

Any of you guys ever watch Lake Speed, The oil Geek on You tube? Here's a part 1 and a Part 2 later down the road with more products tested. I think he even tested the Two stroke oil and Marvel Mystery Oil and many others. Pretty informative. Don't let the pic sway you. The brand in the pic was actually one of the good ones.

 

[Dusten]

Any of you guys ever watch Lake Speed, The oil Geek on You tube? Here's a part 1 and a Part 2 later down the road with more products tested. I think he even tested the Two stroke oil and Marvel Mystery Oil and many others. Pretty informative. Don't let the pic sway you. The brand in the pic was actually one of the good ones.

Dieselkleen was always one of the favorites of the 7.3 power stroke crowd. Grey in the summer and white in the winter