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gmacdougall
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 Posted - 01/04/2013 : 06:13:55 AM
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I am looking for info from current users of fuel additives for #2 diesel-(ulsd. what have your experiences been? is it cost effective? what are the benefits as compared to the costs?
G. MacDougall
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Trailboss
Senior Member
United States
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Posted - 01/04/2013 : 07:29:29 AM
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| When I had a fuel storage tanks I dropped fuel additive into the diesel storage tank. The additive that I used also raised the cetane level so I added it year round. I got mine from Certified Labs. Now that I don't have a storage tank I buy mine from a local station that winterizes their fuel. |
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sob
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 01/04/2013 : 09:43:27 AM
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Our fuel supplier New Alliance F/S injects an additive Dieselex Gold into the fuel as they refill the tanks. Not sure about raising the cetane level,but dang sure makes them smoke a lot less. Had comments from the drivers about the reduced fumes without saying a word to them. So it isn't my imagination. The cost I think is .02 a gallon more.
It is also supposed to help with the bugs and algae. I check the tanks annually. So far so good.
Before that, I splash blended a BG additive. |
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partsman_ba
Advanced Member
United States
221 Posts |
Posted - 01/04/2013 : 09:47:11 AM
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I tried to get my previous supervisor to OK the testing of this product, but he was afraid of screwing up our Cummins warranties: http://www.wsbindustries.com/Fuel%20Additives.htm. I actually use the boost tabs in my own car and see some mileage benefits.
We used to fill our new fuel filters on annual with SeaFoam SF-16, but have switched to Lubro-Moly Diesel Purge LM2005 as it is cheaper and specifically designed for diesels. |
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partsman_ba
Advanced Member
United States
221 Posts |
Posted - 01/04/2013 : 10:08:48 AM
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| @sob, do you have units with DPF's? If so, are you seeing more time between regens? The salesman for the WSB product above claimed it would do that. |
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pusd
Senior Member
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Posted - 01/04/2013 : 11:37:15 AM
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| This is our second year using the WSB additive and its worked well for us. We have 5 buses, and 4 trucks that have DPFs and the last time I had a work order for regen problems was late 2009 so I think it works. It helps with cold weather too. It gets down to around 12 degrees here in the winter and we didn't have any problems with algae or gelling last winter, or so far this winter. Before we would have 2 or 3 buses go down a week no matter how often we changed filters. The WSB is expensive but its been worth it. $200.00 per gallon, but it only takes 3 ounces to treat 100 gallons of fuel. |
Edited by - pusd on 01/04/2013 11:38:59 AM |
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Fastback
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Posted - 01/04/2013 : 11:40:57 AM
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| We don't use any additives, just BP Premier fuel blended with #1 at a ratio determined by ambient temperature. |
Why yes, the ORIGinal CHARGER is a Fastback |
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Trailboss
Senior Member
United States
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Posted - 01/07/2013 : 03:18:33 AM
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| Our supplier does not handle #1 diesel we used to blend kerosene to our fuel in the winter to prevent jelling. I went to the additive because it also raised the cetane. |
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sob
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 01/07/2013 : 04:47:43 AM
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| @ partsman, I work on a fleet of "Dino" buses, the newest thing in the fleet is an "06". DPF's, none on the horizon. Sorry, I'm no help. |
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bluebirdvision
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USA
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bwest
Administrator
United States
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Posted - 01/24/2013 : 09:13:07 AM
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| No problems with my fuel. I use an FS member company and I tell them they live in the same world I live in and they have diesel engines too. So they use their own discretion when adding an additive to the fuel. By the way, I don't have to add anything to my propane fuel and don't even have to plug them in. lol |
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Fuel additives for ulsd #2 diesel
