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Jun 25, 2003 | 02:41 PM

Lukkys

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ATF in fuel

Hi,Aguy that had a bunch of school bus with 7.3 was saying that when he had a rough idle or something in one he'd put a quart of ATF in the fuel tank and it would clear most of the problem.He used to put around a million K on them motors.What's your opinion on ATF in fuel.Thanks

Jun 25, 2003 | 04:39 PM

cartwright

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ATF in fuel

Its bad. Use Stanadyne performance formula.

Jun 26, 2003 | 08:26 PM

walnutcreek

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ATF in fuel

Stenadyne is best, I add it at every fuel stop as I don't trust the fuel in my area that much. ATF is meant for a tranny, not a motor in my book anyway, jut my $.02.

Jun 26, 2003 | 11:03 PM

french277

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ATF in fuel

it is really not good idea to use atf because it will change the fuel charticis and the atf is red and if the road inspecter hear that it will wind up with a fine and i will use styane fuel condinter sometime use power service fuel condinter too one of two i can use and i use from time to time to keep my injector tip clean and it dont bother dot regualations

merci marc

Jun 29, 2003 | 02:13 PM

argve

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ATF in fuel

ATF will work, but I would recommend "Fred's Hair Tonic" Stanadyne as it's designed by the same folks that make the fuel system, so they should know what it needs, and it looks nothing like ATF.

Jul 15, 2003 | 09:40 PM

larry2000

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ATF in fuel

It is really, really, really N O T a good idea to use atf The inspecter found that my fuel was red and cost me a lot of time and $$$$ to get out of this.

Jul 15, 2003 | 09:43 PM

GR8Diesel

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ATF in fuel

larry2000,
How did an inspector get involved with your fuel system?

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Jul 16, 2003 | 06:42 PM

128racecar

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ATF in fuel

Actually, there is some validity to this question. When I worked for a Mercedes dealer in MN, we made sure every diesel owner had a can of ATF in their trunk in the event they had bad fuel, ie water in it. ATF when added to diesel fuel has water dispersement properties. I added 1 pint to my fuel every oil change (3000 miles) to combat condesation, common in the upper middwest. Worked well in 500, 000 miles of personal use in the 2 MB 240Ds I owned. I don't recall anyone checking fuel for dye traces back then in cars, only semis.