What does everyone use as a fuel addative?

rdohara

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What does everyone use as a fuel addative? I use Red Line Diesel Fuel Catalyst. I have not really seen anyone run it what do you think?
 

jmar243

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stanadyne diesel treatment is what the injecter shop recomended for my truck
it will pay for itself with better fuel economy
 

mytmousemalibu

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Power service once in a while. On my old benz, i'll pull the fuel line and run it off the stuff, cleans it out a bit;)
 

jolar

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Stanadyne here as well.
I seem to pick up 1 mpg.
I'd agree, pays for itself and then some.
 
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LBZ

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I use whatever the shop has in stock.:D Howes is what I use right now, previously it was Kleen-Flo.
 

BombDocDiesel

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I run Opti-Lube XPD. There was a study showing it to be best lubricant additive. I run my Edge CTS Race on Level 3. With no additive; my mileage was 17.6 MPG covering 321 miles. With XPD at 256:1 my mileage was 19.2 MPG over 325 miles. That is only 1.6 MPG increase in economy. XPD costs $0.16 per gallon to treat at 256:1. ULSD with no additive is $2.599 per gallon or $0.147 per mile at 17.6 MPG; ULSD with XPD is $2.759 per gallon or $0.144 per mile at 19.2 MPG. I make this run at least three times a month when I'm home.

That is 3/10 of one cent savings.

I don't see myself running this much beyond the supply I currently have.
 

TheBac

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I started running 2cycle oil again about a month ago. Seems to help smooth things out.