Engine/Transmission (1998.5 - 2002) 2006 fuel standards and lubricity

[Houser]

Just fried another VP.

While phone shopping for a new injection pump, One of the people I was getting pump information from, (Jeff @ Advanced Diesel), mentioned that the new diesel that was due to start coming out in Feb. of this year was going to have lower lubricity than current diesel. He said I was going to need to start running additives in every tank full or start burning up a lot more pumps. ????Bummer. My first inclination was to put in a new pump, sell the truck as soon as possible and get a new 06. but after pricing out the 06s Vs, the value of my 02 I have decided that running with additives might not be so bad. :-laf

I ended up ordering a stock rebuilt 02 HO pump from Industrial Injection. He had the best price and sounded like he knew what he was doing. He mentioned that one of the upgraded features he was adding to his remanned pumps was the FEDEX upgrade. I read about that on another pump site. something to do with the brain box but don't know exactly what except that it makes the electronic portion of the pump last longer.

Once I get the new pump then Ill have to shop for the best non pricy fuel lube. any suggestions would be appreciated.



Mike. w

Palmer, Ak

 

[Marco]

The VP pump has been designed for low sulphur fuel from the beginning.

Our Diesel fuel here in Europe has less than 50 ppm sulphur since Y2K before it was 100 ppm. My truck is close to 100K miles now on it's original VP. No problems at all and I've never used any additive.

 

[nps]

The sulphur doesn't add lubrication to the fuel. The process used to remove the sulphur also reduces the lubricity. Additives can be added by the refiner to restore lubricity. Will they - who knows? Some will and some won't. Are European fuel standards more rigid and are they more closely policed than those here in the US? Don't know.



If you were worried about lubrication before, then you are already adding something to your fuel. If you weren't worried before, my guess is that you won't be in any worse shape after USLD if you don't use an additive.



Personally, I'm adding 1 gal of new motor oil to every tank - I can get it free. Used motor oil burns good too.

 

[SHobbs]

All the more reason to run bio if you can get it. Higher cetane and nearly twice the lub. of #2.

 

[SnoKing]

When Cummins starts saying to add something, then I will start adding something. In the boat I add bioguard in the winter time only, as the diesel sets for 6 months, and I do not want little bugs growing in my fuel. SNOKING

 

[Houser]

Good feed back

Thanks for the feed back. I think just to be on the safe side Ill run some kind of fuel lube. the guy I am getting my pump from pushes standardyne. Ill buy what ever is cheapest and works.



Mike w

 

[Texas Diesel]

If lubricity is what you want than buy Wally World house brand 2 cycle oil. $6 a gallon. 2 cycle is alread formulated to run in internal combustion engines and is 99. 9% ash free. I've added 2 cycle oil for over 100,000 miles with zero problems and the injectors dont show any abnormal deposits. Add it at 200:1.



Lately we have been using dirty motor oil after filtering through a $5 10 micron filter (I posted the link for the filter head, $25 and new filters $5 already). The motor oil we add at 100:1.



IMO, low lubricity is one of the biggest killers of the VP, along with heat and low/no LP pressure.



Just my 2 pesos (about 20c)