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Old 10-15-2003, 05:18 PM
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Unless you have a problem already you shouldn't need that much. Usually a couple of ounces of diesel additive (Redline or Powerservice are popular) at fill up is enough to keep things pretty clean. Use the whole tube of DD if you have an algae problem. You'll get a sense of that happening by watching your clear inline fuel filter for dark debris. A little bit is OK but if it's bad enough the algae will clog the filter and starve the fuel supply. Just fill up at high volume stations, don't store the car without a full tank of fuel and use it enough so that the fuel doesn't sit in the tank too long (especially in wet weather) and you should be fine. Save the diesel doctor for when you need it.
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