Low Sulphur fuel (can of worms)

[Ralph L. Fullenwider]

Good morning Howard:

It may well be true for cleaning the injectors, I honestly do not know, nor
have read anything on injector cleaning additives. I do know that the
lubricity is mandated to be at 500 microns of lubricity, which brings the
diesel to the level it has always been. So my thoughts go back to, if the
injection pumps are not damaged and the lubricity is correct, then the
injectors should be lubricated with the present fuel we have now. Of
course, there are always the proverbial "Murphy's Law" and injectors that
were not quite up to standard when new, to begin with. I do not know brands
of injector cleaners, but common sense would dictate that any of the
injector cleaners would have to incorporate the main properties no matter
what brand. The difference would be, what is used as the "base" for
delivery of those properties. It would also seem like, when it came to
actual brands of cleaners, it would be like tires, everyone has their ides
of which is better? Still, a cleaner no matter the brand would still have
to have the main things in common to get the job done. One just smells
better than the other? I am sure that shop owners, would use one
that he likes and a similar shop in the next county would use a different
brand?

Again, I am no chemist, just an owner with a Kitty CAT running on low
sulphur fuel, doing some reading and talking with highly knowledgeable
chemists that have the test equipment and have run studies on this subject.

Safe travels,

Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider
84FC35
Duncan, Oklahoma

At 11:37 AM 5/26/2007 -0400, you wrote:
>Ralph,
>On the subject of fuel additives I have a question and statement on
>Injectors. I had the owner of a local well respected diesel injector
>repair shop tell me that he only and strongly recommended the brand
>Stanadyne Diesel Injector Additive for keeping the injectors clean. What
>is your thoughts on this and any brand preference.
>Howard Truitt
>Camilla, Ga.
>86 8V92 PT40
>