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Alright, I am trying to get peoples opinions on which additive to use. I drive the truck daily and not very hard, trying to add some life to my injectors.. also, what else can i do for added service time on my injectors?
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No additives at all. Zero issues to date. Additives are not something that I subscribe to, but it could also be that I live in 2 states in the South and that might have something to do with it.
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Additives can prevent algae buildup if you leave fuel in the tank for long periods. They can also help demulsify water so it can be more effiiently removed, they can improve cetane values which can help combustion efficiency, and they can help with lubrication. How much they can help is limited, and the effectiveness also depends on the quality of fuel you get.
I use additives as a precaution. I can not say that the use of additives (I have used stanadyne, B5, and DieselKleen) has noticeably helped anything, but then I don't think I have gotten a bad load of fuel yet (in this truck anyway). I have gotten bad fuel in my old 7.3L so it does happen, but I think it is pretty uncommon.
I use additives as a precaution. I can not say that the use of additives (I have used stanadyne, B5, and DieselKleen) has noticeably helped anything, but then I don't think I have gotten a bad load of fuel yet (in this truck anyway). I have gotten bad fuel in my old 7.3L so it does happen, but I think it is pretty uncommon.
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I have often thought of runing the white bottle of DieselKleen in the summer months, I had a terrible day last winter at about -20 with a little candle wax in the fuel filter, to cold to ever repeat again. Explaining why you are going to be late to work because your fuel is gelled to someone who thinks diesel is an actor is not very fun. So for now every single tank in the winter its some grey bottle.
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B5 is the best way to get add lubricity into your fuel...which will help the plungers inside the barrel (what actually forces the fuel into the cylinder). The problem with running anything above B5 is (A) if you still have a warranty on the truck, Ford can denie any claim and (B) biodiesel will gel at a higher temp (some as high as 40F). Just like the oil debates on here, it's an open debate weither the fuel is too dry for our trucks. I've run B20 in years past, other than a slight (0.5 to 1 mpg) lose in fuel mileage the truck showed no ill effects. The key to a long happy life with a 6.0L is doing the PM's on time and with the right fluids & filters. I don't subscribe to the snake oil in the motor oil theory; but to each their own.
Think you've got it backwards, pretty sure you want to use white in the winter, gray in the summer. The white bottle has the anti-gel; the gray is a cetane & lubricity booster.
That's not what diesel is?
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I've always run Power Service (Diesel Kleen) in my truck, double dosing the white bottle anti gel when temperatures drop below the ASTM Pour Point Temperatures for winter diesel: ASTM pour point temperatures
Note that the chart shows the pour point for diesel fuel, not the cold filter plug point. Pouring diesel out of a beaker is not the same as getting it through a three or ten micron filter.
Power Service has always kept my truck running, even during extended periods of -25F and I'm able to get the chemical engineer who designs the products on the phone for technical questions. Both give me a lot of confidence in Power Service products.
I know Power Service anti gel works because I've passed a parking lot full of diesels towed to the ford dealer with gelled filters more than once,
Note that the chart shows the pour point for diesel fuel, not the cold filter plug point. Pouring diesel out of a beaker is not the same as getting it through a three or ten micron filter.
Power Service has always kept my truck running, even during extended periods of -25F and I'm able to get the chemical engineer who designs the products on the phone for technical questions. Both give me a lot of confidence in Power Service products.
I know Power Service anti gel works because I've passed a parking lot full of diesels towed to the ford dealer with gelled filters more than once,
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According to Ford, using BIO not over a B5 mix in tank and use Cetane Booster in tank helps everything work better. I have been getting B20/B99 cheaper then Ultra Low all during the summer, now has been cut back to B75 for winter Blend. I usually put 5gal of B99 in then fill truck with Ultra Low for a mix in the tank, if I am gonna be towing my 5ver. Just a reg fill-up put B20 in on a fill, I have a transferflow 57 gal tank on my truck. So can travel a ways down the road, average around 10.5 to as hi as 11.7 while towing my 5ver at 11K down the road.
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