Diesel Fuel Conditioner question

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  1. Jul 11, 2019 #11
    MartinFromBC

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    Thanks for the replies gentlemen.
    I was more asking about the lubricating qualities of it, than it lowering the gelling point temp of the fuel. The diesel I get here in winter to the yard is good till -32 degrees. I pour Howes right into my yard tank, just before topping it off.
     
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  3. Jul 11, 2019 #12
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    19FD7E62-5CC3-40BA-B2EB-503A8185E908.jpeg I throw this stuff in about every 5,000 miles or so. Call it snake oil or whatever. But it works for me. Just a little insurance and a peace of mind.
     
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  4. Jul 11, 2019 #13
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    Why would you put something other than diesel fuel in filters when you change them?
     
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  5. Jul 11, 2019 #14
    bigguns

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    By doing some research you will find that adding 2 cycle engine oil to fuel is one of the best lubricating additives out there.
     
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  7. Jul 11, 2019 #15
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    It’s a injector cleaner. Some people used to fill them with atf. Haven’t had any problems yet. Only had one injector go bad, and that was on a N14 with roughly 1.3mil
     
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  8. Jul 11, 2019 #16
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    It’s far safer than filling with diesel which may contain water..
     
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    A filter filled correctly will stop any possible water contamination.
     
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  10. Jul 11, 2019 #18
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    I read that Bosch whom makes the high pressure fuel systems/injectors for a lot of trucks reported that the failure rate of injectors in the USA is close to 8 %.
    In Europe and Canada it is under 2%. This difference they attribute to the lower lubricity standard that the USA has compared to Europe and Canada.
    So there may be a long term benefit to the use of fuel additives.
     
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  11. Jul 11, 2019 #19
    MartinFromBC

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    I basically have had almost no injectors fail in 34 years of driving and now with a small fleet of trucks, my problem was when i had a Cummins in a truck years ago, that one engine was more problem than the dozen Caterpillars and six Mack powered trucks I have now. It forever has made me not like cummins engines, millions like them, but not me.
    People keep trying to tell me my MP8 Mack engines are going to be plagued with massive amounts of injector problems. Yet not a single one has been a problem out of all six trucks. If they do have a problem someday, no biggie, replace them. It really is not that bad to swap them out. I am in a small town, and even here in small town Revelstoke is a shop that can do them for me, and its a 3 minute drive to them. They to tell me that they see very few injectors fail on the Mack MP / Volvo D series engines, and so not to worry. When I had just my three original Mack trucks I went to talk to them about it, they said relax, sure they can fail, but they don't very often. As Mentioned I always do add a fuel additive to the fuel in winter. The summer diesel blend here has better lubricating qualities than the winter fuel does, so i don't add anything to the fuel in summer. Maybe all that additive was a contributing factor in my lack of problems over the years.
     
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    Should never prefill a fuel filter. Always use the primer pump to fill it with fuel. The tolerances are so tight in a fuel system these days that even "clean" diesel from a jerry can won't meet the cleanliness standards required in a fuel system. Hell even engine oil straight out of a pail or jug contains lots of particles. Ever wonder what that film is in the bottom of the jug once you've emptied it?
     
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