Diesel fuel aditive
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Are you asking which bottle to use when? Or if it's a good idea in general?
I don't read the labels. Gray bottle in the summer. White bottle in the winter. The white bottle has an anti-gel additive also.
I don't read the labels. Gray bottle in the summer. White bottle in the winter. The white bottle has an anti-gel additive also.
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Yup Viking, that's what I use...of course I've got an 03 with the 6.0 so I have to have the DK for injector health.
Gray for warm weather, white bottle for winter...white in winter just like the snow is how I remember it.
Joe
Gray for warm weather, white bottle for winter...white in winter just like the snow is how I remember it.
Joe
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Yep. There bottle is a thicker plastic that takes more abuse and the lid doesn't leak after the bottle has been opened. Can't say the same for DK or Stanadyne. I've used it and never had any problems with it.
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Deisel fuel additives
To all, read your bottle. As a Deisel mechanic, water is the number one killer of injectors. Take your chosen deisel fuel additive and put an ounce of water with an ounce of your additive in a clear glass bottle and shake it up. If it seperates, it is not doing its job of removing the water. I have tested Stanadyne and Chemresearch additives in water. Both claim to remove water. They failed miserably. The only one I have found so far that truly deals with the water issue is a product made by EZ Oil. The local International dealer turned us on to this product. It attacks the water at a molecular level and turns it into an alcohol that safely passes through the injectors. It cleans in the process. As far as lubricity is concerned, the government mandated a lubricity additive in 2003 when the sulfur was reduced to 500ppm. The fleet I help maintain consists of International DT466, DT466E, and Maxforce DT. Cummins M11 6.0 powerstrokes. We have not yet had a failure due to lack of lubricity.
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I don' t use any additives in CA with the exception of some fuel stabilizer for my motorhome. Never had any fuel related problems in my 20 years of driving diesels here. Than the dry weather makes no algees and no water in the fuel
More Turbo
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all the above mentioned as far as water contamination without a doubt K100 fuel treatment . On the farm we have one 1000 gallon fuel tank and two 500s out in the field saves the trip driving back and forth, unfortunately large tank sits for quite a while till the early spring at which point I dump some K100 in and say goodbye to the water it's probably the best product I've ever used in the last 25 years that actually works, you can test it yourself in a cup of diesel fuel add some water and watch it disappear with just a drop of k 100 it's simply amazing. One other advantage on some of the bigger tractors they drop nearly a half a gallon or so it seems of fuel when you have to change the filter to get the water out of the bottom of the bowl what a mess thank God for k 100 take care
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To all, read your bottle. As a Deisel mechanic, water is the number one killer of injectors. Take your chosen deisel fuel additive and put an ounce of water with an ounce of your additive in a clear glass bottle and shake it up. If it seperates, it is not doing its job of removing the water. I have tested Stanadyne and Chemresearch additives in water. Both claim to remove water. They failed miserably. The only one I have found so far that truly deals with the water issue is a product made by EZ Oil. The local International dealer turned us on to this product. It attacks the water at a molecular level and turns it into an alcohol that safely passes through the injectors. It cleans in the process. As far as lubricity is concerned, the government mandated a lubricity additive in 2003 when the sulfur was reduced to 500ppm. The fleet I help maintain consists of International DT466, DT466E, and Maxforce DT. Cummins M11 6.0 powerstrokes. We have not yet had a failure due to lack of lubricity.
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you can test it yourself in a cup of diesel fuel add some water and watch it disappear with just a drop of k 100 it's simply amazing. One other advantage on some of the bigger tractors they drop nearly a half a gallon or so it seems of fuel when you have to change the filter to get the water out of the bottom of the bowl what a mess thank God for k 100 take care
You need a products that helps keep the water suspended out of the fuel, so that the water separator can remove it.
