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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: larry104 on November 01, 2006, 11:20:11 am

Title: Best fuel additive?
Post by: larry104 on November 01, 2006, 11:20:11 am

With the weather turning cold, and low-sulfur diesel fuel, which additive(s) would you guys recommend  for a 1.6 TD?  Thanks.

Title: Best fuel additive?
Post by: Jetta Fan on November 01, 2006, 11:30:09 am

I'm using Howes, but just started in the last month or so.

I know a friend of mine likes Gen49.

I was looking at Kleen-Flo the other day, but don't know anyone using it, so I didn't buy it. (I'm almost out of the Howes I was given)

Title: Best fuel additive?
Post by: Justin on November 01, 2006, 12:27:20 pm

anything that adds viscosity and lubricity, hey wait a blend of B20 for the winter is just what I am doing. Higher blends in the summer. or higher blends in the winter in the heated fuel tank.

other than that I will toss in small amounts of filtered used veg oil and such. I hear avation oil is good since its very clean

Title: Best fuel additive?
Post by: burn_your_money on November 01, 2006, 01:23:29 pm

I use the stuff from canadian tire. Thier own brand. I also will use 2-stoke oil or ATF. Actually I have some stuff too but I forget what it's called.

Title: Best fuel additive?
Post by: larry104 on November 01, 2006, 02:33:40 pm

Thanks. Hmmm, nobody mentioned Stanadyne.

Title: Best fuel additive?
Post by: commuter boy on November 01, 2006, 07:33:26 pm

You only got replies for three hours.  +1 for Stanadyne.  I use bio these days  as an additive, but break out the Stanadyne on new to me diesels to clean them out.

Title: Best fuel additive?
Post by: VelocityConservation on November 02, 2006, 06:23:35 am

I use "diesel Source".

Title: Best fuel additive?
Post by: VWCaddy on November 02, 2006, 11:57:45 am

I use Stanadyne Performance Formula mixed with a pint of 2-stroke oil per tankfull of diesel.

Title: Best fuel additive?
Post by: philone on November 02, 2006, 08:51:18 pm

I use the PowerService brand DieselKleen in the summer (gives +6 cetane boost) and the same brand DieselPower in the winter (has a good anti-gel as well as +3 cetane boost).  I run it in my '86 NA as well as  '06 TDI.  Makes a big difference.

Title: Best fuel additive?
Post by: jtanguay on November 02, 2006, 09:41:38 pm

agree on the power service.  boosting the cetane numbers does make a difference, unlike boosting the octane number on gas which only gives less emissions on a vehicle that doesnt have high compression.