With all due respect Nadirpoint, the refiners, fuel jobbers, Minnesotans, and many fleets will disagree with you on the need for premium additives for today's ulsd and bio.

 

hmmm queeg 01 ram 260,000 miles on my 2nd vp. i still get 17-19 mpg. cant be that bad.
and well my truck is soo quiet i dont have to turn it off at drive thrus.
enough said for me.

but ill keep watching

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i think its just a sales pitch!

 

I'll go along with lubricity additives, no doubt. Make your own bio and start some bacterial contamination? Maybe for .001% of the users out there who get themselves into that situation one way or the other. Premium additives? Puhleeeez. Diesel engines were running and lasting quite a long time before all these "premium" snakeoils came on the market. Only problem now is somebody decided it would be a good idea to take the lubricity out of the fuel. Diesel is (or should I say "was") after all, a light oil.

Maybe we'll just have to agree to disagree.

 

"Diesel engines were running and lasting quite a long time before all these..."

and the sulphur content which was not only added lubricity,but an underrated anti-oxidant as well has been removed And bio has been introduced. I am not saying that a guy can not get by w/o additives, but having a better fuel run thru your system surely can't be a bad thing and many feel that it is just good solid preventative maintenance.

 

Yep. And that's why smart people are running 2-stroke. Best value lubricity add out there. But I guess simple, effective low cost solutions like that are kinda hard to compete with when your peddling "premium" stuff.

That WAS the topic or subject of the thread, IIRC: Two Stroke Oil Myth or Legend ?

Where's the myth and legend? Anyone care to chime in?

Here's one for you: Premium Fuel Additives Worth the Extra Cost?

 

Sounds to me that this rep is like everyone in sales, our product is the best but can't say why. IF they put forth the effort of say MoparMan and post their findings, it would be a lil easier to swallow. I'm from MN and we are stuck with 5% bio for now, but I think what I run is good enuf for me. Power Service for anti-gel and 2 stroke in winter WMO in summer. If those in sales want a sale, they should post proof and its cheaper or close to what people are using now.

 

There is a pretty intence writeup somewhere out there I read and printed out about all the additives and walmart 2 stroke oil came in with high marks compared to stuff we thought was good. Hell I fill my fuel filters with atf as its a non stinky and it convient to carry along with spare filters. I bet you can run a diesel on ATF alone. (OK I know you can) TOO many good reports about 2stroke oil / never head of any bad one and at 200 to one or so , what the heck . Put the Sulfer back and I will drop the oil! Of course I get forgetful and don't use it every time but when i do i seem to have a fuller fuel tank for the same 300 mile trip. Fuel costs don't kill me but engine work will and I never heard of anyone saying . " you overlubed your engine". What would Mr Diesel say now after all the trouble he went though to make a motor that would run on waste crude oil gasoline crap

 

Interesting..................