Originally Posted by jvencius

Being extremely disappointed with the AirDog FP100 I recently installed on my 2002 7.3 Powerstroke, I'm wondering--are the hoses/fittings/filters that come with an AirDog kit Biodiesel compatible? That would be one very minor thing to make me feel comfortable with the $500-ish I spent on the AD.

Originally Posted by PureFlowTech

Jvencius,

You mention being extremely disappointed, but only mention the fuel line. Is there something else that I can help you with regarding your new unit?

Ron

Originally Posted by jvencius

I'm not disappointed at all with the quality of the pump or hardware but so far I have seen NONE of the claims made in any of the AirDog advertising I read prior to buying it. My truck is just as smoky, not any quieter, and my fuel mileage hasn't increased at all so other than the pre-pump 2 micron filtration and air/water separation the AirDog provides, I don't really think I got my money's worth with the AirDog.

Originally Posted by PureFlowTech

As far as the smoke, you will actually see an increase in smoke when you first put the sytsem on. This is caused from burning out the carbon deposits that are present in most diesel engines. Once the engine has had a chance to clear itself up, because of the corrected timing....you should see a decrease in smoke output. The quieter operation goes along with this as well.

The fuel mileage increase should have been noticable pretty quickly. Most customers see an increase of 5-10%, if the vehicle is driven the same as it was before putting the unit on their truck.

Also, keep in mind you have a fuel pump and filtration system that has a lifetime warranty. So in essence, you have spent all the money that you ever will on fuel pumps. Hopefully you will see these benefits soon with your new system, and I hope to hear from you when you do.

Thanks

Ron

Originally Posted by Imacumminz

Welcome and thanks for being here for DB!
I have been a very satisfied customer. I had to have my entire fuel system replaced for the second time in 7 months and decided to put an Airdog 150 on to try and help catch the debris before it gets to my injectors. I had been getting contaminated fuel from stations where I live and it didn't really matter which one. The dealership offered to install the Airdog and use the installation cost for the intake pump so I would not be out of pocket any more than before. They still installed a new in-tank pump but just did not hook it up.
Once I got the truck back, it has run the best it ever has. It is definitely alot quieter and I can put the pedal to the floor with the QUAD turned up all the way and get very little smoke and it feels like it has twice the power as before. I am very happy with the product even though I had all the other work done at the same time I feel that this did make a big difference, remember it is my second time this year. The first time it ran better but nothing like this! I hope it can keep everything filtered out now so I don,t have to do it again.

Originally Posted by jvencius

Please explain how "burning out the carbon deposits" corrects timing in an electronically controlled engine?




I've had my AirDog on for a month and 1K miles (~1/2 of that on the interstate) now and the impressions I wrote of above were based on that mileage, not the first handful of miles after I got it installed. My truck ran pretty well before I put the AirDog on (the ITP reg. ret. kit and Fluidampr worked wonders for smoothing out the engine) but for $529 I expected some change, not the completely same-running truck like I had before.