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.

 

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.

 

Good to hear from another satisfied customer out there. I am glad to hear that you have been satisfied with your unit.

The AirDog system was built to deal with the problem that haunts all diesel engines....air in fuel. There are service bulletins from Caterpillar and Cummins going back 40 years, that talk about the problems air in fuel causes. When you remove the air from the fuel, there are a ton of benefits that come from that, and I am glad to hear that you are reaping the rewards of what the AirDog is able to accomplish.

On another note, I have not been with this company for very long, but one thing that I can tell you is this....Charlie and the guys here at Pure Flow take tremendous pride in their products and their company. I have been pleasantly suprised how much detail is given to customer satisfaction. I have seen Charlie be in the middle of getting an important presentation together fro a large distributor, and stop to take the time to take a technical call!!

I have been in the sales industry for over 20 years, and I have never seen this kind of dedication to customer service.

Thank you for the excellent testimonial Imacumminz!

Ron

 

Charlie and Air Dog Both get my highest marks !!

 

Sorry if my response made it sound like the process of burning out carbon deposits corrects the timing, that was not my intention. Carbon deposits form from engines that have delayed timing. When you correct the delayed timing, then the deposit which have formed are reduced or eliminated. When I mentioned the carbon deposits, I was referring to your black smoke you were talking about. As the carbon deposits are eliminated and you begin to burn more of the fuel that is sent to the cylinder, you have less wasted fuel. Black smoke as we all know is your roasted unused fuel. Air is compressible, so when there is air in the injectors, timing is delayed, causing wasted/unburned fuel.

I am sorry to hear that you have not experienced the results that you were expecting. It is not often that we get people who are unsatisfied with the performance of their AirDog system.

Thank you,

Ron

 

jvencius,

Do you have a fuel pressure guage? Do you monitor fuel pressure?

I cant say I know anything about Ford Diesels but most people put on an upgraded fuel system like the AirDog so they can get a supply of constant fuel pressure delivered to the injector pump. These are not inherently performance enhancing devices, and often the benefits are not easily seen.

 

I don't have one that's visible from inside the cab. The ITP reg. return kit I have has a gauge that mounts to the regulator but since it's under the hood (and since I haven't yet warmed to the idea of dropping nearly $200 for an electric Optix fuel pressure gauge I don't have a way to monitor fuel pressure under WOT out on the road.

I realized that installing an AirDog on top of the fuel system mods I've already done might not be a night/day improvement, but I was hoping for at least SOME changes for the better. It's a fine product and if I had installed the AirDog before the RegRet system then the difference might have been more obvious but I can't help but think that my $500-ish might have been better spent elsewhere, given the mods that were on my truck previous to the AirDog install.

 

I agree with what Dr. Evil said about some of the gains not being as apparent on some modded trucks. However, there is nothing negative that comes from removing the air from the fuel. One of the benefits that is not talked about near as much with removing air from the fuel is the protection it gives the injectors. Air in the injectors causes cavitation which damages the injectors, when that air is removed it prolongs injector life. I hope you will begin to see some of the benefits that you were expecting soon.

Thanks

Ron

 

We sell diesel performance products as well as install them. We used to sell FASS systems, but switched to Air Dog about 8 months ago. In our opinion it is a better product, being that you have adjustability and a lifetime warraty. That alone lets you know it has to be a better product. Go to youtube.com and watch the truck we built perform in the Las Vegas san dunes after the 2008 Sema show. We run Air Dog on our tucks, and sell many to our customers. I have not had one come back yet, with the customer unhappy. It has been our expierence that this product does more for your truck when you have multiple modifications, but if you install this as your only modifcation it works just as well. It is kind of like fuel additive, you know it is doing good for your engine, but you dont neccessairly feel the improvement. But you are insuring good long life for your engine and internal parts. We feel Air Dog acts sort of like this. It gives you good clean fuel with out air, so that you can maximize all the power adders you have done to your engine. You can not maximize the full potential of all those adders without good clean airless fuel, hence Air Dog. sendamechanic.com Chet Eastin San Antonio TX

 

Chet,

Thanks for the testimonial, we appreciate your support.

I had the pleasure of meeting Chet while in Vegas for SEMA, and this is one stand-up guy, with a SICK truck. I think you may see this truck in some upcoming PureFlow ads. I was unaware of the dunes video, but if the pictures that I seen are an indication of the madness that occurred.....I cannot wait to check it out.

Ron