Diesel fuel additives??

I don't know about any post being silly. People have questions, people have answers and some are right and some are wrong and we try to discern through constructive conversation/debate. The only silly thing I ever see on this forum is how people react to one another sometimes which borders on disrespect. But on to vehicles my truck did have fuel problems and my mechanic attribute those problems to issues of prior maintenance and fuel quality. I'm glad that you didn't have any problems with any of your trucks and wish I have had the same experience but I didn't and a little research brought up info that I thought sounded reasonable and I tried it. By the way here is Ford's response to one of the real common issue with my engine (that I also had).

http://www.powerstrokediesel.com/docs/EGR_Valve_Info_Sheet.pdf

Turtle n Peeps wrote:

rowekmr wrote:
Thanks for providing that study, I have never seen a comprehensive and scientific study on additives. I did a lot of searching when I bought my truck because it had cold start issues that I assumed were stiction so everyone recommended RevX and a smaller group Archoil. I tried the Archoil (oil and fuel additive) mainly because it was cheaper and it did show an immediate improvement by starting quicker, less smoke and less fuss when cold idling. Turns out 4 of my injectors were really bad and the other 4 weren't so great. The shop that replaced them uses and recommended Shaefer's to address the lubricity and cetane deficiencies. He said injector life is dependent on clean fuel and proper lubricity. I have since used Diesel Kleen since it is available everywhere but after reading this report I will follow the shop's recommendation and switch back to Shaefer's because it performed better than the DK.

Turtle n Peeps wrote:
Hears a good blind study. You can read it for yourself who came out on top. It's an old study so who knows how good it is today.

Some of this stuff with emulsifiers or alky in it will kill a HPFP pump. Know what you're doing with this stuff or don't put anything in the tank because some of the stuff people put in their tank is worse than putting nothing in.

Some posts on here are kinda silly. I get a chuckle out of the people that say, "I use brand x because it's the best and I haven't had any fuel system problems for over 5 years!"

LOL well,I don't use anything in any of my trucks or tractors for over 45 years of diesel ownership and have never had a pump or fuel system problem.

As has been said above, most major manufactures say not to run anything other than clean #2 diesel in their fuel systems. Cat says no additives needed so does GM and so do many others. (Most in fact from what I can tell.)

As Mower say's, and so have I many times on here, look at the MSDS. Most don't have acetone as Mower has stated, but most have either naphthalene or light machine oil or kerosene as their major ingredients along with a splash of heavy duty solvent cleaner. And I do mean a splash. Usually less than 1%. :E

Lets pull the curtain back and look into snake oil can. :B