Should have used Fuel additive
Just picked my truck up from the shop. It was having to spin more and more to start this past year. After that it ran great but the slow starts were starting to worry me.
I'd heard that we should use a fuel additive because ULSD has such poor lubrication properties but I blew it off. After all, it always ran great although my mileage has gone down. And how bad could it be with only 108K on it.
Boy was that a mistake. Shop said high pressure pump (CP3) was digesting itself and sending metal through the injectors. They told me it was purely a lubrication issue with ULSD.
So to go along with my new pump and injectors, I have a case of Stanadyne that I will use religously.
In order to get something out of this, I had the shop (DDP Monroe, Wa) install a set of their Honed and flow matched 50 HP tips. We'll see. I don't know if I was down on power before the work but it sure pulls nice now and has tremendous throttle response. It's very quiet too. According to everything other owners have observed, I should see improved fuel efficiency with these tips.
I hope new trucks can deal better with ULSD's lousy lube quality.
YMMV!
I'd heard that we should use a fuel additive because ULSD has such poor lubrication properties but I blew it off. After all, it always ran great although my mileage has gone down. And how bad could it be with only 108K on it.
Boy was that a mistake. Shop said high pressure pump (CP3) was digesting itself and sending metal through the injectors. They told me it was purely a lubrication issue with ULSD.
So to go along with my new pump and injectors, I have a case of Stanadyne that I will use religously.
In order to get something out of this, I had the shop (DDP Monroe, Wa) install a set of their Honed and flow matched 50 HP tips. We'll see. I don't know if I was down on power before the work but it sure pulls nice now and has tremendous throttle response. It's very quiet too. According to everything other owners have observed, I should see improved fuel efficiency with these tips.
I hope new trucks can deal better with ULSD's lousy lube quality.
YMMV!
