fuel additives

I use Amsoil TWO STROKE, works great

 

You live in northern Canada. Try fueling up down south where I live and park the truck in some overnight -35F up in Wyoming with the motor shut down and see what happens when you go to crank her up in the morning lol. I'm sure where you live fuel distributors take care of it and Howes is a waste of money. I can even imagine over doing it and maybe melting a piston or something.. But you probably have heaters in your fuel tanks etc as standard equipment up there.. I'm not hawking antigel additives or anything. I seldom ever use them myself but they are from time to time, down here, necessary..

 

Scaeffers has winter additives too.
Blue can for winter.
Red can for summer.

Ive been unlucky enough to fuel in Dallas, and then end up in Wyoming during a -20F bellow temp with 40mph winds. Dallas purchased fuel will gel rather quickly lol.

 

Once it gets that cold I don't shut the truck off at night unless I'm at a terminal and can plug it in or have a mechanic there that can boost it lol. I have a webasto in the truck but I don't like to push my luck with it not starting. That being said I remember going to work to get my truck and the guy that had it before me didn't fuel it or plug it in, it was -40 but it started it didn't want to but it did, shook something aful for a few seconds but it evened out and was fine after that.

 

You guys using 2 stroke oil. How much do you use?

 

It depends but usually I put 1 quart per tank (120 gal tank) every 2 weeks or monthy. There been times I put 1/2 quart, it all depends if I feel the truck is running a lil rough.

 

I primarily use a B5 biodiesel blend most of the time for lubricity and keeping the fuel system cleaner. Bio has a little higher flash point and it increases the cetane rating of diesel. I have used various anti-gel products over the years. Bio is pretty easy for me to get on a consistent basis since I primarily operate in the upper Midwest all year.

I started using Amsoil's product this last winter and actually prefer it over the others. I get it at preferred pricing, so pricing is not higher than the shelf brands you see in the truck stops. Even using bio in the winter, I never had a problem all winter long with the Amsoil additive. With almost all the other brands, I would get an occasional problem like when it was in the -20F or below range and the truck was off for a day or two. Never had that problem with the Amsoil stuff, even though I had bio in the tanks even at those cold temps.

 

hey Dave , im guessing you use the 2 stroke as a injector cleaner? and lube? i ask because ive read a little on its use but still not convienced.

 

When I had my cummins I use ATF religously and it work. On my CAT I've been told that ATF is not good for the E-injectors, so I read on here and did some research and the most economical cleaner and lube would be 2 stroke oil. I've also tried Lucas and didn't notice any more difference than 2 stroke.

 

thanks Dave, i was actually tossing up between lucas and 2 stroke, but lucas here is about $70.00 for a 1 gallon bottle and 2 stoke oil is about $30.00 for a 1 gallon bottle. so 1 treatment of lucas will cost me $140.00 where as 1 treatment of 2 stroke will cost me about $7.50. think I will use the 2 stroke. thanks