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[WBusa]

Wow. After 2 tanks of Stanadyne, my truck has one less noise than it usedtuh. Ever since I bought it, its had a "whisking" noise (for lack of a better term) -- like a wire whisk scrambling eggs in a metal bowl -- coming from the engine compartment somewheres behind the gauge pod. Went up and down with engine load and RPMs. Used to annoy the bejabbers out of me. Stanadyne made it go away completely. I can only assume that what I was hearing was the pump (lift, or injection?), and that the increased lubricity of fuel + additive smoothed it out. Anyway, I'm a happy camper.

 

[Kennywould]

Wow. After 2 tanks of Stanadyne, my truck has one less noise than it usedtuh. Ever since I bought it, its had a "whisking" noise

You sure you aren't dippin your chew in that stuff??? :-laf

 

[WBusa]

Actually, I find it makes a great nightcap, over ice! And you can drive around with an open bottle of it without getting busted!

 

[Matt400]

Wow. After 2 tanks of Stanadyne I'm a happy camper.

I never been much of an additive person but all the talk about this product is wearing me down and I might have to try some.

 

[WBusa]

I'm with you, Mat400. I've spent my whole life viewing fuel additives (and oil, transmission and coolant additives) as so much snake oil, pricey and worthless at best, or pricey and harmful at worst. I still feel that way about everything else, but diesel additive just makes sense given diesel's nonexistant standards, the known problems with lubricity, water, you-name-it. I'm inclined to think there's nothing magic about Stanadyne... I think that any of several competing additives are probably about equally good (don't want to start an argument here... your mileage may vary)... but I liked Stanadyne's price, the availability of "one-shot" bottles, and the fact that the company sells the very products the additive is designed to protect: pumps, injectors, filters, so you figure they must know what they're doing.

 

[Tardog]

One question might be, "Why would a company that builds and sells injection pumps as part of revenue generating want to increase their products longevity? isn't that like shooting your self in the foot? Just a thought.

 

[Matt400]

One question might be, "Why would a company that builds and sells injection pumps as part of revenue generating want to increase their products longevity? isn't that like shooting your self in the foot? Just a thought.

I don't think so, you see if they actually thought they could capitalize on their product not lasting don't you think buyers would begin to look elsewhere for those products? I would more think they are a company that believes in the product well enough to feel it will make their products shine in quality above others.



I know if I built a product and could sell another product with it that would enhance my product I wouldn't hesitate vs hoping my product would fail and they would come running to buy another.

 

[PRyker]

Cant I just dump some 2 cycle engine oil in my tank and accomplsih a similar thing? I think it would be chaeper!



Phil

 

[WBusa]

Cant I just dump some 2 cycle engine oil in my tank and accomplsih a similar thing? I think it would be chaeper!

I don't know whether that would work or not, but suspect it wouldn't (there are a lot of old, cheap diesel farmer and tractor pull guys who live around here, and if it worked I suspect they'd be doing it already, which they're not). But more importantly, good diesel additives attack a bunch of problems simultaneously... increasing lubricity is only one. They also contain anti-gelling agents, detergents to clean your injectors, water emulsifiers or dispersants, and added cetane (helps to make up for the lower BTUs of winter diesel that typically has kero mixed in). 2-stroke oil would give you none of that. Several of the additive manufacturers claim that the added cetane boosts MPG, thus effectively making the product pay for itself. I don't know about that (I'm still collecting the data), but most of these additives aren't particularly expensive to begin with.



With regard to why a pump manufacturer would want to sell a product that would make his pumps last longer... well, I'm a businessman myself, and can only say that there are bad businessmen and good ones. A good one would recognize that if I buy his pump and it goes south in 40K miles, I sure won't be coming back to him for a new one, or recommending it to my buddies, so building a crappy product is no way to capture my return business and free advertising. In contrast, selling me an additive that makes my pump work better and last longer... hey, now he's got a customer for life. Sometimes, you can do well by doing good.

 

[Swayse]

I just bought a case of it yesterday. I tried two bottles of the stuff a few months back, less smoke, and a little better mpg. Still don't like the smell of the exhaust when I run it, but it's worth it.

 

[DennyDay]

Standyne Additive

I drank some of it New Years eve (found it down near Cape Canarvel) danmed if I didn't fart and woke up in Houston!



Denny