When ULS diesel was introduced, Yanmar, Cummins and Perkins all recommended Stanadyne Lubricity additive for existing engines. I presume that is still true. I don’t know what is recommended for the Kubota based engines from Universal and Beta.
I try to keep water out of my fuel tank, and use Biobor JR algaecide. That’s what the engineering department at my old employer recommended to folks who used our brands of fork trucks. So far I’ve not had any problems. As far as fuel gelling at low temperatures, the cause is the amount of paraffin in the fuel. Paraffin – as in candle wax. #2 fuel has a fair amount, #1 diesel has very little. Fuel suppliers in colder areas switch to a mix of #2 and #1 as it gets colder in the fall. And in the winter sell straight #1. Which doesn’t really work for us because a tank of fuel will last most of a year. Keeping heat in the engine compartment in the winter should stop the gelling…. Or moving to some place where the temperature doesn’t get below about 25F. Rick Brass Washington, NC From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Ronald B. Frerker via CnC-List Sent: Saturday, November 4, 2017 7:36 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Ronald B. Frerker <rbfrer...@yahoo.com> Subject: Stus-List diesel additive I know this has been brought up before, but I did want to check if new info out there. Besides the water/microbe problem, we now have the low sulfur fuel as well. And it seems like there was a third item as well which I can't remember right now. Oh yes, the gelling problem in cold weather. Some additives from the past might not help with the low sulfur. So, are folks using one all encompassing additive, or a combination of previous ones with a low sulfur additive thrown in as well? Ron Wild Cheri C&C 30-1 STL
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