[AT] Gas problem now diesel

[Mike]

Some of you may find this interesting, it is a study that tested the 
lubricity of different diesel additives. MMO actually hurt the lubricity 
of the fuel, when added in the ratio they used. Good old Walmart 2 
stroke oil fared pretty well given the cost. I wish they would have 
tested transmission fluid as that seems quite popular, like Spencer 
said. I have the study in PDF format if anyone is interested. Thanks

http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/76-gm-trucks/64-maintenance-fluids/177728-lubricity-additive-study-results.html

Mike M


On 5/7/2013 7:07 AM, henry miller wrote:
> I use power service anytime I'm worried about gel, lubrication, cetane, or algie (different products for different needs).  I have two reasons for this brand:
>
> Something made for the job is probably safer than a guess as to what will work, and a prayer that it will help, not cause damage.
>
> On several diesel forums I've seen discussions on some additive, and soon someone writes power service and gets a technical answer. It has engineering details, not marketing b.s. - or at least it has enough details that my freshman chemistry is not enough to find what is wrong.
>
> As for ULSD and lubrication, oil companies do add lubrication: to meet the minimun levels that engine manufactures require. They will not spend a penny more though.  There is on exception to this rule: biodiesel is an excelent lubrication, and so if they are blending biodiesel they automatically get much better lubrication.  Biodiesel is an expensive additive though, and so they never use it for lubrication, they use it either to meet legal requirements, or for environmental marketing.
>
> Note that biodiesel is a host of other issues in a modern engine. It is a great lubricator though. Old engines it is wonderful stuff - unless it disolves the fuel lines.
>
>
> charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Read what Lucas Oil has to say here:
>> http://www.lucasoil.com/products/display_products.sd?iid=26&catid=2&loc=show
>> But the thing I always wonder is, if something like Lucas will cure all
>> that
>> ails our modern fuels without
>> creating emissions problems then why aren't the fuel companies using
>> something similar to begin with.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jtchall at nc.rr.com
>> Sent: Monday, May 06, 2013 9:44 PM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Gas problem now diesel
>>
>> OK, in the dark on this one. Dad's 4020 Deere is diesel. We haven't
>> been
>> adding anything to the fuel, should we? I actually did just buy some
>> injector cleaner as it was skipping when idling about a month ago when
>> he
>> was harrowing some corn land. The cleaner seemed to resolve that issue.
>> We've noticed some pretty nasty stuff in the fuel filters lately, been
>> thinking of adding a filter on the supply tank.
>>
>> John Hall
>>
>>
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