Diesel Fuel Additives?

[taquilatab]

I was asking my Ford dealer today about fuel additives and he was trying to sell me Summit Diesel Conditioner from Well-Worth. I was surprised since this was not a Motorcraft product.

Has anyone heard of or used this product? What would your thoughts be about this?

[NEVERSWEAT7]

Ford was trying to sell me Lucas at one point. I use Diesel Treat 2000.. I posted above a bit about it. That is one of a few good additives. In the PSD I swear by DT2000. good luck in your choice.

[Judgeguns]

Stanadyne! it rocks! nothin' better!

[BeatMarti]

The report is available by visiting the Grace Distributing: Opti-Lube website, go to the additives page and click on the "here" part of "....(recently ranked in the top four products in an independent study, view it here)...". The report seems unbiased and legitimate. Very interesting results - some of the quite surprising!

[sdcarguy]

ive run stanadyne for my last 6 tanks and saw an increase in mpg from a hand calc'd 12.1 to about 12.7 with no change in driving or route...for what it cost me to buy its worth it.

[LargeCar]

Anyone read the November 2009 issue of Diesel Power Magazine?

Pages 150-152 covers using three types of fuel additives, to help out with getting better mpg.

The test mule was a 1997 F-350 Crew Cab 4x4, with the
7.3L Powerstroke......auto trans, 4.10 gears, LT285 tires

No Additive:
Highway Average: 14.6
City Average: 13.7
Overall Average: 14.1

Two Stroke Pre Mix (TC-W3):
Best Highway: 16.3
Best City: 14.9
Highway Average: 15.6
City Average: 14.6

Opti-Lube XPD:
Best Highway: 17.4
Best City: 15.7
Highway Average: 16.1
City Average: 14.4

FPPF 8+ Cetane Improver:
Best Highway: 17.3
Best City: 15.0
Highway Average: 16.1
City Average: 14.9

Fuel Mixing:
Two Stroke: 200:1
Opti-Lube: 256:1
FPPF: 256:1

I thought it was a good test that shows additives should be used all the time, with really good results!

These guys are having a special on the summer blends quarts Summer Blend at Grace Distributing. LLC

Largecar