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Diesel Kleen, Diesel Purge, Naptha, Xylene, Toluenol?
All of these diesel additives have my head spinning.
From what I can tell, most of them are Naptha based solutions. From Diesel Kleen to Stanadyne Pump Additive. Can't something similar be brewed off a hardware store shelf for much cheaper than these guys are charging?
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Vehicles: 2002 SLK 230 Gone but not forgotten: 1983 300D 1981 El Camino 'OILBRNR' - 6.2L diesel OM617 powered '86 F150 1984 BMW 524td 2001 VW Beetle TDI 1994 Sunurban 4x4 6.5L diesel |
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Fess Up
'Who's the resident organic/and/petroleum chemist?
Sure you might be able to... Pep Boys stocks RedLine Synthetic Diesel Fuel Catalyst $6.++ in the empty tank and done.
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'84 300SD sold 124.128 |
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You can put cat pee in the tank and it will probably have the same psychological effects as the off the shelf additives. If cost is your main worry, I wouldn't use any additives at all. Plain diesel will do no harm.
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I agree with what forced said, except biodiesel will clean everything out in your system better than any additive will ever do.
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Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac? As long as they would add one additional commandment for you to keep thy religion to thyself. George Carlin (Wonder where he is now..) 1981 240d (engine donor 1983 240d) recently rebuilt engine hurray! - No more.. fought a tree and the tree won. pearl black 1983 240d 4speed (Converted!@$$%) atleast the tranny was rebuilt. |
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So, between the lines, these additives/fuel treatments/whatever do absolutely nothing?
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Vehicles: 2002 SLK 230 Gone but not forgotten: 1983 300D 1981 El Camino 'OILBRNR' - 6.2L diesel OM617 powered '86 F150 1984 BMW 524td 2001 VW Beetle TDI 1994 Sunurban 4x4 6.5L diesel |
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Yes, B5-B20 BioDiesel is much better than any additive you can buy off the shelf.
There is a time and place for useful additives such as antigel in sub-zero weather and biocide for a fungi infection. Cetane boosters, injector cleaners and mileage improvers all have a low return value for what little they actually do. As said before much of it is psychological, you put it in your tank and you pay closer attention to your driving/mileage expecting to see a difference and that alters the way you would usually drive. The bottom line is if the additives really worked then the fuel stations would be using it in their own fuel to have an edge over the competition, the way Shell claims to with their fuels. Stations already add their own package of additives to the fuel when it is picked up at the refinery, you never get straight Diesel from the pump. |
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With the profits they are making right now, they would be foolish to put any additives in their fuels. I am surprised they don't put pure diesel in a 16 ounce bottle and sell it as an additive. Some schmuck will buy it and claim it works wonders.
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Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac? As long as they would add one additional commandment for you to keep thy religion to thyself. George Carlin (Wonder where he is now..) 1981 240d (engine donor 1983 240d) recently rebuilt engine hurray! - No more.. fought a tree and the tree won. pearl black 1983 240d 4speed (Converted!@$$%) atleast the tranny was rebuilt. |
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I agree with B100 as the best all around cleaner, but I have had good results using Diesel Purge. I would run it from a glass jar and boy would it turn black by the end of the treatment! At $7 a can using two cans every six months I paid a whopping $28 a year on it.
Of course now that I run almost exclusively on B100 I don't bother with DP any longer. I have also stopped using Lucas or Diesel Kleen and the OM603 is running better than with D2 + additives
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