Oil & Fuel Diesel additives

[zlock24]

Should I being using a diesel additives in My bx xx00 series tractor since all there is anymore is ultra low sulfur diesel?

 

[WilliamBos]

Should I being using a diesel additives in My bx xx00 series tractor since all there is anymore is ultra low sulfur diesel?

yes!! i run it year round.mske sure it is a formula for ulsd, as it will add lubricity.

 

[zlock24]

Thank you, this is my first diesel tractor. Do you have any recommendations? I live in the snow belt, so I see temps below 0 in the winter and up to 100 in the summer

 

[Bob77064]

Should I being using a diesel additives in My bx xx00 series tractor since all there is anymore is ultra low sulfur diesel?

This is my first diesel tractor also, I am using Power Service Diesel Fuel Supplement. I have heard lots of good things about it.

 

[WilliamBos]

Thank you, this is my first diesel tractor. Do you have any recommendations? I live in the snow belt, so I see temps below 0 in the winter and up to 100 in the summer

i use howes or kleenflo, but lots on here swear by power service. they have two kinds, white bottle and grey bottle. One winter, and one for the rest of the year.

 

[KYDan]

I live in Central Kentucky which is not much different weatherwise for most of WVA and I don't put anything in my fuel most of the time and I have had no problems to-date with fuel gelling. I also have other diesel vehicles and it is the same for them. I do store everything indoors in unheated buildings and use them regularly during the winter. If I didn't use them often I probably would add some antigel/cetane boost product.

 

[grsthegreat]

The additives posts really leave me confused. Ive owned diesels in Idaho for over 16 years now, and ive never added any fuel assist products.

The diesel here is winter blended 6 months of the year.

I have been told that the ultra low sulfur diesel doesn't have any less lubricating properties as the older diesel. Sulfur ISNT a lube.

My engines are run regularly and dont sit unused for months at a time.

So, Are fuel additives really necessary or are they just another method to take $$$ from out collective wallets.

In 16 years none of my 5 diesels have had any gelling or failure issues.

Just asking ? im confused

 

[KYDan]

I guess I should clarify my post. I do have a storage tank in my shop for diesel fuel. I purchase fuel when I start to run low at the end of the "busy" season, usually October and that is still the summer blend here with no additives. Therefore, if I didn't use my tractors/vehicles regularly during the winter months I would add antigel/cetane boost. Also, I am not sure that using off road diesel that they change the formula or not.

 

[Bob77064]

This is my first diesel tractor, so I have no proof. In my gas engines I have always used Techron. It is a good injector cleaner and you can feel the difference.

 

[Max Power]

The additives posts really leave me confused. Ive owned diesels in Idaho for over 16 years now, and ive never added any fuel assist products.

The diesel here is winter blended 6 months of the year.

I have been told that the ultra low sulfur diesel doesn't have any less lubricating properties as the older diesel. Sulfur ISNT a lube.

My engines are run regularly and dont sit unused for months at a time.

So, Are fuel additives really necessary or are they just another method to take $$$ from out collective wallets.

In 16 years none of my 5 diesels have had any gelling or failure issues.

Just asking ? im confused

actually the sulfur is a lube.