Posted by NCWayne on March 29, 2014 at 20:37:19 from (173.188.169.54):
In Reply to: Addidtives for diesel posted by IndianaTom on March 29, 2014 at 20:19:36:
If you look back on here you"ll probably find hundreds of discussions about this very thing. That aside, I"ll say this. Between myself and my Dad we"ve been doing business with the same fuel/pump shop for more than 20 years, and needless to say you don"t do business with folks that long without trusting them. That said, I"ve had many conversations with the guy"s in the shop about this very subject, and what I"m told is that if your not running additive, of some kind, your just asking for trouble. Yes, industry magazines say there"s no need, and that"s all well and good. Thing is when the fuel shops start seeing a big increase in the amount of older pumps coming through the doors directly after a change in the makeup of the fuel.....it tells me that the industry "experts" writing the articles are "full of it"......And that's exactly what happened when ULSD hit the market.......
Personally I run additive in every diesel I own. In my service truck my MPG increased when I started running additive, (before ULSD) but then dropped back down once the ULSD came on the market. To me it was, and still is, well worth the cost, not only for the improvement in fuel economy, but also for the peace of mind that I won"t have any premature problems with the injection pumps.
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