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Old 10-18-2006, 02:34 PM
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Fuel Conditioner

Anyone use MOPAR - FUEL SYSTEM CONDITIONER, or anthing similiar? Im new to diesels. I keep hearing problems with lsd/usld. So my question is should I be adding somthing to the fuel when I am gas-in her up? Thanks for the help.
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Im running Power Service, picked it up from Walmart....
$2.50~ per fill up, cheap insurance to me that I wont need to worry about less lubricant ulsd...

May try stanadyne sometime too...

There are several out there, just make sure its for ulsd, and boosting the ceatene wont hurt either...
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I've been running silver PS and acetone for almost 30K miles, it gives me a small, but consistent increase in mileage and peace of mind about fuel quality.
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I use Howes diesel treat every fill up.
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Stanadyne here!
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How much acetone to a tank? Does the acetone harm any of the rubber or plastics in the fuel system?
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One ounce to 5 gallons of #2

That concentration isn't enough to have any adverse effects on the soft parts.
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Powerservice 8oz, Marvel Mystery Oil 8oz, and a dash of BG conditioner 1-2oz!! Runs smoothe and no worries on lubrication. Helps with the mileage too.
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i have been using lucas, anyone else using it? any helpfull info.?
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I usually run Stanadyne PF but ordered some of the Mopar stuff when I got some other goodies from Genos Garage and my truck seems to like it .
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I've been running NOTHING (except #2 diesel) for 51,000 miles. Runs great with no problems so far.
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How does the acetone help?
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Originally Posted by TexasCTD
I've been running NOTHING (except #2 diesel) for 51,000 miles. Runs great with no problems so far.
Ew, interesting take!

I don't treat every single gallon that goes into my truck, didn't on my old one either.

It is more of a peace of mind thing for me (and a lot of people I bet). I also would be there are guys out there with 400K rigs that never had an ounce of treatment in their system.

I like PS white bottle, I picked up a 32 oz bottle of MMO, been running about 5 oz.'s of that per fill up with 16 oz.'s of PS. I used to run 16 oz.'z of PS pretty much every fill up in my old truck.
Mileage? Can't tell, I only have 2900 on so far, it is still getting about 15 around town (overhead claims 17.7 @ about 120 mile into current tank, so who knows).
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http://pesn.com/2005/03/17/6900069_Acetone/ Try this website, I've been using acetone since march 05 with excellent results, and i'ts Cheap!!
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Every few tanks I run some Power Service in it.
I could not do it with each tank, as I fill up almost every 4-5 days.


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