what additives with the new diesel??

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Nov 17, 2007 | 08:39 PM

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rjm022

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From: wilson,ny

i use k100d. happens to be manufactured about 15 miles from my house. great stuff!

http://www.k100fueltreatment.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?

Nov 19, 2007 | 10:26 AM

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IrishND

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Can someone simplify this for me as to what to buy to run in the winter-now? All this is a little confusing. I run straight diesel and no programmer changes....as of now. I've run stanadyne perforamce before and liked it.

Bob

Nov 19, 2007 | 10:07 PM

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Minwy

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Unless you have water in your fuel or its 25below zero there's no reason to worry about winter additives. Most freeze ups are caused by water in the filters and not fuel gelling. Keep your filters clean and drained, knock on wood but so far I have never had a weather related fuel problem. I run a Fleetguard FS20000 filter/lube additive combo for fuel lubricity.

Nov 19, 2007 | 10:12 PM

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oldmikegraham

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Originally Posted by ratlratl

I was picking up a can of Sea Foam the other day for my mowers and other yard items and a guy came up and bought three cans ahead of me. We checked out at the same time and both walked out. He took two of the cans and dumped them into his agri bed tank. He said he always runs it in his tractors and his skid steers. Has for years. I swear by it for small engines and this guy likes it for his machinery. It seems to be expensive for every tank use, but what about occasionally? anyone use it in the truck?

Chris

In my 02 7.2 PS I used seafoam at fuel filter changes. Put new filter in and filled bowl with it. Did quiet idle.

Nov 20, 2007 | 06:30 AM

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Swayse

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Run some Biodiesel if you can, as little as B5 is better than any additive.

Nov 20, 2007 | 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by oldmikegraham

In my 02 7.2 PS I used seafoam at fuel filter changes. Put new filter in and filled bowl with it. Did quiet idle.

I sure hope you don’t use Sea Foam in your 07 Dodge. Sea Foam should not be poured in your filter housing when changing the filter and yes I know that Sea Foam said you could. Sea Foam has Alcohol in it and according to the Dodge owners manual you should not use any thing in your fuel that has Alcohol in it. The only exception I know about is if you need to de-gel your fuel with something like Power Service 911.

JM02

Nov 21, 2007 | 06:18 PM

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oldmikegraham

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I sure hope you don’t use Sea Foam in your 07 Dodge.

Nope, kind of lost the bug to worry about everything that may help. No more chips, snake oil or anything else that costs money and will generate "yes it does/no it doesnt" threads. If it breaks I'll fix it, if it keeps breaking I'll get rid of it. My exception is adding stanadyne to fuel. That is probably explained just like drinking Crown, makes me feel good to pour it in!