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Mar 22, 2012 | 12:03 PM

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FishingNut

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Mar 22, 2012 | 12:14 PM

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skscci

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Originally Posted by stltikn

Here's a link to the study: Lubricity Additive Study Results - Diesel Place : Chevrolet and GMC Diesel Truck Forums

I read the study yesterday and made a note of the following:

4)Opti-Lube Summer Blend
Multi-purpose demulsifier
HFRR 447, 189 micron improvement
3000:1 ratio
1.11 oz/tank
$0.68/tank

I went to the Opti-Lube web site at opti-lube.com and selected the Summer / Winter blend link.

That page states:
Suggested Treatment Rates:
Summer/Warm Climate Blend: 1 to 1500 (1 ounce per 10 gallons of fuel)
Minimum treatment rate: 1 to 3000 (1 ounce per 20 gallons of fuel)

Maybe something has changed in the past 5 years, but according to the manufacturer, that's 1 oz per 20 gals min as opposed to the 1.11 oz / 26 gals stated in the study which is below the manufacturers minimum suggested treatment rate.

All I am saying is that their results may be skewed because they did not follow the manufacturers recommendations and that the results may be better than stated (or could be worse).

Then again, I have not researched any of the rest of their numbers and things may have changed in the past 5 years.

Mar 22, 2012 | 08:51 PM

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doublenot7

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Mar 23, 2012 | 12:20 AM

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kereams

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I use optilube xpd at 1/2 oz per gallon in the winter and 1/4 oz per gallon in the summer as soon as the crappy gas is gone.

Mar 23, 2012 | 07:59 AM

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aaronbrace

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Quote:

Originally Posted by skscci

I went to the Opti-Lube web site at opti-lube.com and selected the Summer / Winter blend link.

That page states:
Suggested Treatment Rates:
Summer/Warm Climate Blend: 1 to 1500 (1 ounce per 10 gallons of fuel)
Minimum treatment rate: 1 to 3000 (1 ounce per 20 gallons of fuel)

Maybe something has changed in the past 5 years, but according to the manufacturer, that's 1 oz per 20 gals min as opposed to the 1.11 oz / 26 gals stated in the study which is below the manufacturers minimum suggested treatment rate.

Actually, the Spicer study was dead on. As you state above the actual minimum treatment rate is 1:3000. That works out to .85 Oz per 20 gallons. Optilube simply rounds up to 1 Oz per 20 gallons because who is going to measure out .85 Oz standing in front of the gas pump. Maybe Optilube rounds up to sell more additive

Math is below:

26 Gallons Diesel * 128 Oz per gallon = 3328 Oz of Diesel in the tank.
3328 Oz * 1:3000 = 3328 Oz / 3000 = 1.11 Oz, exactly what the Spicer study used.

To your point, however, if you follow the rounded up numbers that are printed on the side of the Optilube bottle and mentioned on their website of 1 Oz per 20 gallons that may improve the lubricity. I just wanted to point out the Spicer followed the recommendations to the letter.

---Aaron