Kerosene in diesel.

I've heard that using kerosene in modern DPF/SCR engines is not good and will mess up sensors.
We would always throw 5 or 10 gallons of kerosene in the tanks when temperatures got real low to help from gelling up years ago pre 2007. It was the only thing that really worked when it was real cold and I knew whole smaller fleets that did it .

 

That's BS. As long as it is 15 ppm ultra low sulfur kerosene it will burn just fine in a DPF/SCR equipped engine.

 

I guess it depends on the type of kerosene. That was from a friend who is a diesel mechanic and owns a busy shop
Where I used to live in North East PA. He would always use kerosene in trucks that were gelled up,but used some in a new emmision truck and had to replace some sensors.. I never had a problem using kerosene in a gelled up truck or to stop it from gelling when it was cold. I still do. I do like power service, it does clean up the fuel system and I do notice an increase in power. I never had good luck with Howes when it got real cold and the truck would be sitting over the weekend I would put a whole bottle of Howes in each tank and come Monday I had wax
crystals in the fuel. Diesel 911 works pretty good for gelled up trucks but don't use it as a regular fuel additive
(Which it says not to do). A friend of mine thought he would be extra safe one cold winter and used Diesel 911
Everyday and it disintegrated the paper in the fuel filter.

 

I will be picking up my truck Saturday, are additives necessary other than in winter?

 

No, all you need is oil and diesel fuel. Anything else is a waste of time and money.

 

Atf has a high amount of detergent. So the thinking is, it cleans out the fuel system from the tanks all the way to the injectors. I still do this with my older farm equipment and dozer. But not gonna do it with anything that has an ecm.