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Archoil every oil change (once a year low mileage truck)
Cetane booster when I get a hair up my a$$ and buy a case of stanadyne from amazon or buy diesel kleen when I tow my trailer for the trip there and back. Not sure if it does anything worth noting but I feel really cool putting it in the tank LOL
Cetane booster when I get a hair up my a$$ and buy a case of stanadyne from amazon or buy diesel kleen when I tow my trailer for the trip there and back. Not sure if it does anything worth noting but I feel really cool putting it in the tank LOL
Cargo Master
Joined: Nov 2015
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From: Fort Worth, TX
I had been using Stanadyne since 2015 when I got the truck, but I've been using Diesel Kleen (grey bottle) for the last 6 or 8 months to see if I noticed any difference and I haven't. But then the truck has 273k on the clock, six original injectors, a head gasket leak, and runs like crap so now isn't the time to be comparing fuel additives anyway. I've also been using Archoil 9100 since I got the truck, and until three months ago (when it developed a high-speed tapping sound at 3k RPMs, and started puking coolant) it ran really smooth. I always was an advocate for Archoil after it cleared-up what felt like a slight miss in less than an hour. That was until I saw post #25 here:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...jectors-2.html
Here's some info (though dated) on fuel additives I've been meaning to read. Maybe someone here can summarize:
https://www.jatonkam35s.com/DeuceTec...itive_test.pdf
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...jectors-2.html
Here's some info (though dated) on fuel additives I've been meaning to read. Maybe someone here can summarize:
https://www.jatonkam35s.com/DeuceTec...itive_test.pdf
Lead Driver
Joined: Jul 2004
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From: Foothills, CA
Chris, brief summary: Dated testing done in 2007. Main concern then was lack of lubricity additive in ULSD. Testing was done with untreated ULSD (not pump diesel) + each additive only, compared to untreated ULSD alone in a wear test. Many popular additives did not improve lubricity much and many have been reformulated... You can skip to the bottom and just see the rankings for a speed-read.
I'd like to see something more current with all the latest popular additives (including Ford's) in the research.
Scott
I'd like to see something more current with all the latest popular additives (including Ford's) in the research.
Scott
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