Diesel Fuel Additive During Winter Storage
Hi All, This is my first year of storing our 2015 Discovery 40E DP with a full tank of diesel fuel in the Midwest. What do you seasoned DP owners do in this situation in regard to fuel additives, esp...
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down home wrote:
I use the CAT brand biocide additive when I can get it.
I use another brand, that I don't remember the name of from a local diesel shop.
They are both about 32-39.00 bottle of 32 oz. One oz per ten gallons, I think but don't quote me.
It is a terrific idea, today, when there is no sulfur, to amount to anything in diesel. If you use BioDiesel it is absolutely a necessity. Basically cooking oil the microbes really like it with a bit of moisture or not.
Power Service etc I cannot see anything in the ingredients about any real biocide in it. I look anytime we stop for a bit for what they have on the shelves of Loves, or Fyin J etc. Nothing worth my money.
EPA doesn't want us using it.
Power Service diesel additive is a Cetane improver only. If it was a biocide or contained any chemical lethal to microbes in fuel, it would have to be labelled as such and it's not.
I have used the CAT biocide before but it's hard to get whereas the Power Kleen is readily available.
I also use the CAT fuel additive when I can find it. It's hard to find as well.
One look on the back label tells you right away if it is indeed a biocide. It will have all sorts of warnings about disposal of the empty container, inhalation hazards and all that stuff the government requires,,,
