Stanadyne Bottle SUCKS!!
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Tuned
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Stanadyne Bottle SUCKS!!
Is it just me or does the bottle for the stanadyne SUCK. It leaks and when you it store it in the tool box, the stanadyne runs down the side of the container when you pour it and then all over you. When I did it today, I proab lost an oz of solution. The link has the container that i currently have. Anybody else have this proab. STANADYNE DIESEL PERFORMANCE FORMULA - 64 OZ.
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I had that problem once... yeah it made a mess. Just pour some out into a 16 oz jar or what not when its new and from there use a funnel. Once you get to a 1/3 of bottle, it'll pour nice and easy, as long as you use a funnel. I have been using the stuff on my TDI for over 150k and for over a year and a half on my PSd and It gives me and my injectors piece of mind.
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Tuned
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yeah thats why i started using it cause i did the reading and they said its good. and then i go to poor it and it goes all over. and stuff isnt cheap to have it running all over the place, but in the tank. i was thinking of just getting an old jar that poors better and seals better and just put it in there and be good. stuff to expensive to waste it.
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From: Spanaway
Why not get a PM-22a bottle and reuse it as your add to the tank bottle?
I also had a leak of the PM-22a and it's messy. So what I do now is
I have one of the plastic snap top totes and I can put a few bottles,
some oil and glass cleaner in it and snap it closed. It's has a O-ring seal
so the smell if any stays in the tub. I set it in the back seat fool space because
I neven have more than one passenger anyway.
Sean
I also had a leak of the PM-22a and it's messy. So what I do now is
I have one of the plastic snap top totes and I can put a few bottles,
some oil and glass cleaner in it and snap it closed. It's has a O-ring seal
so the smell if any stays in the tub. I set it in the back seat fool space because
I neven have more than one passenger anyway.
Sean
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Tuned
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Yea. Thats what im going to do. Idk what a PM-22a bottle is. Id reuse the single use bottle, but i dont usually get 30 gallons even lol. More or less. The big bottle is good because i can just figure out how many oz i need n go from there. But yea. I was pissed when i went to pour it and it went all over the paint of my truck my shoes and hands cause i was pooring of the bed rail. Figured they make a bottle that pour better n dosent leak.
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From: Spanaway
PM-22a and PM-23a Are the Ford additives for diesels
The PM-22a is everyday and the PM-23a is anti-gel formula.
I have saved a few bottles because I was thinking about
getting it in the gallon can and reusing the bottles.
Sean
The PM-22a is everyday and the PM-23a is anti-gel formula.
I have saved a few bottles because I was thinking about
getting it in the gallon can and reusing the bottles.
Sean
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Guys, I drove a 97' 7.3 for fifteen years---never used any additive, except one quart of Dexron III trans fluid in every third tank of fuel----still running great for new owner and has about 300K miles now. Never had any injector or pump problems. I changed my engine oil and filter every 5K and fuel filter every 10K.
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Guys, I drove a 97' 7.3 for fifteen years---never used any additive, except one quart of Dexron III trans fluid in every third tank of fuel----still running great for new owner and has about 300K miles now. Never had any injector or pump problems. I changed my engine oil and filter every 5K and fuel filter every 10K.
I will agree there is no "need" for additives. In fact we don't run anything in our work trucks which all have over 300K on the clocks and run great.
I run 2 cycle oil in my 7.3 just because it runs quieter and makes me feel better.
Diesel fuel now days is drier than years back and any lube is good for the injectors, pump, and stuff but no it isn't needed.
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Snowseeker, I did notice each time I'd put the trans fluid in the fuel, it ran quieter and seemed to up the power slightly. I was tempted to run it all the time. The new diesel is so dry, and I wanted to lube the pump to extend its life and let the detergent in the fluid flush the injectors, seemed to work. A lot of over-the-road drivers I know do this all the time. A local boat delivery company I know has put 600K+ miles on some F350s pulling and hauling boats from TN to the west coast.
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The only additive bottle I've found that was worth anything and didn't leak was from Howe's.
If you want to carry bottles of additive around, build yourself a cup holder out of sheet metal. Here's mine tucked up under the tool box at an angle so the bottles are out of the way, but don't leak since they're almost upright.
If you want to carry bottles of additive around, build yourself a cup holder out of sheet metal. Here's mine tucked up under the tool box at an angle so the bottles are out of the way, but don't leak since they're almost upright.
Very nice and clean. 
