diesel additives

[EASLOOP]

Does anyone use an additive in their diesel. i.e. for helping to reduce sticking rings etc rather than killing bugs?
Any knowledge gratefully received.

 

[nedmin]

Used to use Redex diesel treatment,but they dont make the same one anymore, as I have a steel boat and tank I had no trouble with rust or diesel pump problems as it had additives for both.they still add the additives for the pump etc. but not the tank. I now use Soltron and thinking of adding some 2-stroke oil to "oil" the tank and help with lube. on the diesel pump. anyone got any thoughts? wouldnt need much 2 stroke oil I would have thought.maybe a waste of time!!

 

[Guest]

Re: diesel additives - Why ?

Addition of Lube-oil ? All diesels pass a Lubricity test and red in fact is better for pumps than white .....

As to use of Soltron etc. - some dose each fill up - which IMHO is overkill. A tank is not normally full empty when a refill is made - therefore additive is still there ... but just gets diluted .... as the tank is free of problem - it is fully able to treat what is coming in ... My regime - IF I was to use such - would be to dose after so many fill-ups - determined as when dilution is so far down scale as to be near / at zero. Even then is it really necessary every time ?

Remember dose levels are nice for sellers and also are usually quoted higher then needed to make sure product meets sales guarantees. Seller sells a nice quantity and assures themselves of repeat sales ....
But maybe I'm being unfair ??

 

[Birdseye]

having bought a boat with a smokey volvo 2003 last year, I was given a bottle of a S African injector cleaner ring free-er type compound. Much to my surprise , it really worked.

Trouble is, I cant buy any more.

 

[EASLOOP]

That's what I need. Any idea what it was called?

I am not worried about the quality of the diesel, I just think i might have sticky rings.

 

[neil_s]

I remember you had a lot of trouble getting your engine (Bukh) to go in the Spring - it showed signs of low or no compression. Mine wasn't quite as difficult as yours, but it still took an awful lot of churning and hairdryers up the air intake etc. I could turn it with the handle whether the valve lifters were on or off. During the warm Summer months I have cogitated on what I did over the Winter of 2005 to make the engine behave so badly in the Spring. The answer is - I took the exhaust manifold off to paint it and didn't put it back until the Spring. I think cold damp air got in and rusted the exhaust valves and thus destroyed the compression. Once the engine started up the valves bedded themselves in again. I certainly have plenty of compression now. This winter, I'm going to stuff oily rags down the air intake and exhaust and hope for easier times next Spring!

Cheers! Neil

 

[SvenglishTommy]

I've been thinking about using some injector cleaner, just because I get good resulsts using it in the car. Not sure what kind though.