Diesel sludge treatment Technol 246

[ChromeDome]

Perceived wisdom a decade ago was to use Soltron, it seemed to cure everything including sludge and MMGW, well it must have done 'cos we didn't have it then, Not sure if it's still sold or on the banned list. Poster hereabouts, Dom in Channel Islands was their UK agent but not sure if he still is. What is Soltron®?

At lot of the banned products showed up in new versions, without the suspected ingredient

 

[Refueler]

Please share any more recent you may have.

Unfortunately all I have is Industry data - which is not for distribution outside of the industry.

As regards magazine articles - I am not aware of any other - and the one you link to gets repeated .....

I don't think magazines want to spend the money to do updated product testing.

That article has various quotes / comments in that are questionable. Lets just leave it that ...

 

[Refueler]

Perceived wisdom a decade ago was to use Soltron, it seemed to cure everything including sludge and MMGW, well it must have done 'cos we didn't have it then, Not sure if it's still sold or on the banned list. Poster hereabouts, Dom in Channel Islands was their UK agent but not sure if he still is. What is Soltron®?

Soltron as you comment on was in conflict with Startron. That is why you do not see 'Don' and Soltron now.

Startron is available .... and works.

I do not endorse any product - all I say is best to use an Enzyme Based additive - if you are going to use one.

 

[Refueler]

Fuel polishing will be unlikely to remove heavy sludge deposited on the bottom of a fuel tank, or in its corners. Serious suction would be required, plus getting the probe to the sludge. The two pro polishers I have seen in action, apart from their huge filters/sediment traps were little better than my home made job. Getting a probe into the corners of my 900 litre "H" shaped tank would be impossible. The only access is through the central fuel gauge fitting, a 32mm threaded hole. Marine 16 and getting my annual fill from a supplier of known top quality fuel with a high volume turnover works for me.

Fuel Polishing is fine - if all you want to do is filter your fuel.

But its naff all use for anything else.

 

[burgundyben]

I agree with snake oil but why is fuel polishing a waste of money?

If it is known there is crud in the tank and the tank being drained of fuel to clean the tank, surely fine filtering the fuel is a sensible move otherwise the detritus in the fuel will settle over time when back in the tank and to a lesser degree, back to square one with less money in the the wallet?

In my opinion, the photo in post #6 gives you the answer.

No amount of filtering will achieve that.

I've always owned boats from the 60's and early 70's, without fail I've gad to get inside and scrub.

Quite by coincidence I was doing one yesterday.