Donald -
A friendly word of advice. If you feel the need to put something else in
the gas tank or engine other than fuel/oil make sure it's something that is
supposed to go into the tank/engine/radiator.
Gas and Diesel stations that sell a lot of fuel tend to have fuel that
receives additives for different things and even seasonal additives for
winter and summer running.
I've heard the stories of ATF and other stuff in the gas tank (mostly before
the engines became a farm of semi-delicate sensors) and they were proven to
not help the engine, etc and sometimes they can cause problems. I also read
that ATF in an engine (forgetting the sensors for now) will actually make a
carbon problem *worse* due to the chemical make up of ATF. Don't recall the
details.
The only thing I can recommend for fuel or engine oil additive is Marvel
Mystery Oil. It *seems* to help fuel mileage and my injectors are always
very clean. I have a friend who is a long distance trucker. He got me
started on MMO - he kept detailed records of mileage, etc and it looked like
MMO helped - I say *appeared* because there are always things affecting
tests in the real world that may cause a change in the results but is not
recognized as such at the time. A lab test would be nice but I haven't
found any. But it's a product *made* to be used in an engine and/or the
fuel tank.
Stick to those kinds of products.... (IMHO). Or other products made for use
in the fuel tank...
Take care --
LarryT
91 300D
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From: "Donald Snook" <dsn...@mtsqh.com>
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 8:53 AM
To: <Mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] diesel fuel supplement
Kaleb wrote: "Do any of you guys use that Powerservice diesel supplement,
either the
stuff in the white bottle for winter, or the Diesel Kleen in the grey
bottle? Does it really help increase MPG and better running? Or is it
a waste of money?"
I used to use it in my old 123 diesel and I think it helped with cold
starting. I never tried it in the 124 diesel. That car always started
and ran great. I always felt like the best results from any supplement
that I added to the fuel occurred when I put some transmission fluid in
the fuel and especially when I changed the main filter and filled it with
transmission fluid. Maybe it was just a placebo.
I even put just a little (about a pint) of ATF in my BMW last week. I
changed the plugs and I thought I would try a little ATF to help clean the
injectors. I wasn't having any problems, just thought the detergent
effect would be beneficial to the car. I could not tell any difference.
Donald H. Snook
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