Fuel Additive Testing

[LRosi]

 

[Grumpy8811]

my first thought regarding video's like that is why anyone pay's any attention to them..

 

[LRosi]

You can lead them to water BUT

 

[Grumpy8811]

You can lead them to water BUT

But you shouldn't depend on You Tube to be anything other than cheap entertainment.

 

[promisedland]

I think additives help, but which one(s)?
I feel confident that hotshots is good.
Project Farm has good videos where he tests a LOT of stuff & hotshots has done well.

 

[LRosi]

I’m a fuel additive guy. Some believe it’s BS. This was one of the first test that has any credibility as far as testing for wear and cetene that I have seen. I’ve used Hot Shot EDT for years. Before that Amalgemated in my 05 5.9. They all claim they’re the best.Im changing to Opti Lube. Now. JMO.

 

[Vaughn MacKenzie]

Most fuel additives are worthwhile, while engine oil additives I would stay away from for the most part.

The diesel fuel additive I have used for 25 years is never mentioned in testing or comparison reports or videos. It is Amalgamated, which I learned about on TDR and they even have the "TDR blend" which I use. I think it is superior to pretty much everything else on the market. Amalgamated has expanded their "TDR" line of additives over the years

https://www.amalgamatedinc.com/products/classic-tdr-premium-diesel-fuel-additives

 

[Grumpy8811]

I know people " feel" like additives do something
I know clever advertising does
but I would just like to say any anecdotal evidence I have points in the other direction.

my anecdotal evidence being I worked for a large municipal fleet for 35 years that ran anywhere between 700 and 1000 diesel powered vehicle's on a daily basis
and they employer did not use any fuel additives, with the exception of a biocide one time when we had an issue with bacteria( aka Algae) in our fuel tanks ( we had 60,000 gallons of fuel at our facility) and we would then treat the fuel in the supply tanks, never on the vehicle itself.

only other anecdotal evidence I have would be the fact that engine manufacturers say to use diesel fuel and no proof is offered that additive do anything unless a specific problem is identified as being traced to the fuel and to use a specific chemical agent to treat that specific problem, not a generic across the board "fuel treatment".

That said I do occasionally use a fuel treatment like Howes or Power Service because I also succumb to marketing and it makes me feel better about the world.