Fuel additives
Cargo Master
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From: Fort Worth, TX
I'm glad you guys like the PM-22 so much, and that gallon price is tempting, but could somebody please explain what's so great about it? Is there some detailed independent study touting its effectiveness or giving it a rating that surpasses all other diesel fuel additives?
Unfortunately, my experience owning this truck has made me skeptical of Ford's engineering prowess. I could give many examples...hack, hack - Ford Gold coolant - hack, hack....but you've already heard it all anyway.
Unfortunately, my experience owning this truck has made me skeptical of Ford's engineering prowess. I could give many examples...hack, hack - Ford Gold coolant - hack, hack....but you've already heard it all anyway.
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Mountain Pass
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This is what I'm looking for too ☝🏻
Fleet Mechanic
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Years ago there was an additive called Gold Eagle Diesel fuel supplement. Same bottle, same smell as PM-22 but half the price. Gold Eagle is the parent company of Sta-Bil. A few years ago the prices rose to the same or a little more than PM-22 so I quit using Gold Eagle and started using PM-22. About the same time I was making trips FL-TN every month or so and decided to do one trip with no additives, saw no difference in mpg. I've made the run many times since with no additives and got the same result, haven't bought PM-22 in over a year. New injectors made the most noticeable difference in running quality and mpg's, changed mine @ 175k and now just over 235k..
If the orange man bad crowd gets their way we won't need any additives, they will have us all driving golf carts.
If the orange man bad crowd gets their way we won't need any additives, they will have us all driving golf carts.
Laughing Gas
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Where did you get this information?
I've used Archoil 9100 for every oil change since I bought my truck. The one time I didn't use it, I noticed a difference (in the form of what felt like a cylinder was firing intermittently) almost immediately. Dumped a bottle in the crankcase and within an hour the problem went away. Yeah, I'm sure I could use new injectors at 285k but $50 per oil change is a whole lot easier to swallow than $1800 for injectors.
I've used Archoil 9100 for every oil change since I bought my truck. The one time I didn't use it, I noticed a difference (in the form of what felt like a cylinder was firing intermittently) almost immediately. Dumped a bottle in the crankcase and within an hour the problem went away. Yeah, I'm sure I could use new injectors at 285k but $50 per oil change is a whole lot easier to swallow than $1800 for injectors.
More Turbo
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"We measured lubricity improvements in diesel fuel treated with AR6200 using the ASTM D6079 method while doing some product development, but we don't advertise this information to customers. Different fuels will respond differently to a given lubricity improver, so the only way to compare two fuel additives ability to improve D6079 wear scar results is to measure the improvement using the same fuel as a baseline. We saw an improvement of 170 microns in one example, at our standard treat rate."
Optilube has some published tests that show improved lubrication but again, much more expensive than Archoil per treatment. I've been happy with Archoil and my diesel mechanic said he sees cleaner fuel systems on truck he works on that use it for what that's worth.
Cargo Master
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From: Fort Worth, TX
Years ago there was an additive called Gold Eagle Diesel fuel supplement. Same bottle, same smell as PM-22 but half the price. Gold Eagle is the parent company of Sta-Bil. A few years ago the prices rose to the same or a little more than PM-22 so I quit using Gold Eagle and started using PM-22. About the same time I was making trips FL-TN every month or so and decided to do one trip with no additives, saw no difference in mpg. I've made the run many times since with no additives and got the same result, haven't bought PM-22 in over a year. New injectors made the most noticeable difference in running quality and mpg's, changed mine @ 175k and now just over 235k..
https://www.bellperformance.com/fuel...-contamination
Also, here's a study that was done in 2007 on lubricity characteristics of additives. I know it was a looong time ago, and it doesn't include PM-22 or Archoil, but it's still an interesting read.
https://www.jatonkam35s.com/DeuceTec...itive_test.pdf
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