what is the best additive????

I would like to know what you guys think is the best additive to put in your diesel fuel? My injection pump is it the rebuild shop currently and I'd like to keep the system running at the peak performance from here on out....thanks

Diesel Power Service; grey bottle in the spring and summer, white in the fall in winter, red for emergencies like gelling.

Look into Lucas and Scharffer's oil they both make good products. Also as said below Power Service is a good product and easier to find than the other two.

Harry will tell ya or use lucas. Thought you were going to call.

I don't run additives very often in my diesel fuel. My local Farm Bureau Oil Co-Op claims to have additives in their fuel. All I know is that their on-road fuel starts the best in my pickup in the winter. I've not put different suppliers' fuels in the tractors enough to know a difference. (Or run them enough to notice.) As I recall, as little as 5% biodiesel in the fuel restores all of the lubrication qualities lost in post 2006 fuels. When I'm not running Farm Bureau's fuel in my truck, It's usually from the truck stop that carries B10. I've not had a single problem in the old Chevy 6.5 yet while burning biodiesel.

My point is, would you really need any additives? Maybe talk to your fuel supplier(s) to find out. -Andy

I was but I had some major problems just show up at the house....sorry about that. I will call you in soon. I just took the injection pump and injectors up the Harry this morning. His one repair tech Mark started on it right away. The injectors tested out fine. They dismantled the pump and took a look at it. He said he really didn't see anything wrong. He did say however that the unit was never rebuilt it had all regional seals. I told him I didn't need it right away so. I told him whenever its done just give me a call. His technician took me right into the shop and I was right there with him when he tested and dismantled everything.

I mix a little power services in once in a while during the summer and always during the winter.

Anti jell in the winter. I stay away from the snake oils.

Rick

They don't come any better . And they treat ya like family . Harry and i have done business together for going on now close to twentyfive years i guess.

Hi

I have been using Amsoil additives for the last 3 years and have had no problems. In our area the biggest problem seems to be the poor quality of the fuel to start with. just my .02 cents.

Cheers

Russ

seafoam for diesals works very well.
i have used it for awhile and all works well.

You need the additive because thanks to your goverment we are stuck with ultralow sulfer fuel witch does not lubricate like the old diesel fuel did when our old tractors were new. The new fuel is hard on pumps, and injectors. I would use any of the name brands.....power service, howes, or shaeffers, ect. Just my 2cents

Any good fuel mixer should already be adding a lubricating agent to the fuel to make up for the sulphur stripped out.

Don't blame the govt on this one, the sulphur is bad stuff, it was contaminating your oil and polluting your air, we were WAY behind the curve on this one.

I drive a diesel car and rarely put in any additives. As others have said a does of Power Service Diesel Kleen (grey bottle) will de-water the fuel which is good in summer and give a does of anti-gel which is good in winter. I've had some problems with algae lately in a car that sat for awhile so I've been adding algae killer to fix that but probably after the first of the year I'll quit that too.

I have been adding two cycle oil to my diesel fuel to try and replace the lubricity lost when the goverment put the bite on sulfer. Its blue so If I get checked for dye in the fuel from the dot Im okay and its designed to burn. I hope its helping!

I sell FPPF products in my store , also power service and brekebile 2+2 products are as well
We like Brekebile as it is manufacture in Sommersett
Pa
Harry

Good subject; there are many ideas about what to add to your diesel fuel since they reduced the lubricating qualities of it. I will throw my experiences of what I found. The only diesel I own is a Dodge truck with a Cummins engine. It has 260,000 miles on it with the original injectors and pump. When I bought it used back in 2003 with 195,000 miles on it then, if you would let it sit for more than a week, one of the injectors would leak down and when started, it would run on five cylinders with a big cloud of smoke coming out of the exhaust pipe until the injector would prime up and run on 6 cylinders. I bought all types of additives to try to remedy the problem with no success. I thought I had to either live with it, or change the injector. Then 2006 came around with the fuel change, I started adding a quart of transmission fluid on fuel fill up, recommended by a Cummins mechanic, but my injector problem was still there. Later in time I bought a 16 oz bottle of Marvel Mystery oil, which has been around from the beginning of time, started using it on every fuel fill. I did this to add to the fuel for the lack of lubricant and my injector problem went away. Killed to birds with one stone. This brings me to a remembrance that when I was working a Standard oil gas station back in the 60's, a salesman for Marvel Mystery oil would drive in with his 1953 Mercury with a flathead V8. He said it had over a 100,000 miles on it and used a Marvel Mystery oil injector which was mounted below the carburetor flange. He said the engine never had a wrench on it other than tune up's and oil changes. We all though, He's a salesman, He is just saying that. Well I got back into the Marvel Mystery oil, using it with air tools. I throw it into the gas I use in my 1940 Farmall H along with some Sta-bil. It won't do anything about water and I don't think it will do anything about jelling, but I started my diesel up last winter when it was below zero, with a summer fill of fuel and never saw a problem. Take it for what it is worth, Jerry