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hopefully this can save some others alot of anguish...



I picked up my 05 in March. My brother-in-law(a tractor-trailer driver) was telling me that it is a good idea to run additives with your fuel, so I started running stanadyne in April.



In May I started getting a CEL w/P0251. Each time while using a quadzillaraider and stanadyne.



In June ... same thing. Only this time-MAJOR trip to the dealer(WTY-2 valves,pushrod,injection pump).



In July, same P0251 w/ & w/o Quad but w/ stanadyne.



I put together a diary of the results and dates as near as I could remember and I noticed that there seemed to be a relation between the stanadyne and the codes. I did a search on here for stanadyne and found a few obscure

posts about 3rd gens problems caused by additives, one mentioning that even Cummins had spec. stated "never, never use additives" in these 3rd gens. Its sort of weird that some people use additives and swear by them w/ the same truck. All I can say, that in the couple of weeks since replacing the fuel filter and not using the additive, No Codes.
 
Been running PS and MMO for 12000 miles with no problem. Truck gets better milage and really runs better with it. With the crap fuel these days additives are a must. I have never heard about any Cummins specs about not using additives. In fact I went to the Carson Dodge class run by TDR's John Holmes and he runs additives in 3rd gen trucks,If they were a problem he would not have them at the class. If anything I would check the fuel you are buying-no way additives did the problems you had.
 
70,000 miles and stanadyne, never a code. And much of that is with the EZ (never past Level 3 though).



The pre-600/610 does not seem to have as many "issues" as the current configuration CTDs.
 
28,000 miles using Stanadyne. No problems... No Codes...



Have TDR formula of Amalgamated on order and will be giving that on a try next.



Jeff
 
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