What diesel additive at fill ups?

I usually only fuel up in the fall after summer time prices have dropped. I add a stabilizer but I don't recall what the name is.
 
Wow you only have to fill up once a year? I'm new to diesels and I know I'm going to experience a huge gain in fuel efficiency, but that's amazing.
 
I have not used any additive in my diesel, have not had any problems with our Marina fuel. When ever I can I fill up using ValvTect Premium diesel. Did add some sta-bil for the winter lay-up.
 
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brewster16 said:
What product/brand does everyone use in their tanks when you fuel up? I always add diesel Sta-bil.
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Suggest you go to the CSR home page, click on "Home" then scroll about 1/2 way down to the articles. Go down to the 3rd article…….lots of info on additives and fuel system management there.
 
Boat Guy said:
Frank, you still stick with the same biocide?
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Eric,

Yes, I do, but I lost my local wholesaler for Power Service Products. I have been using Biobor in my equipment in Tennessee and will probably change to it in the boat when I use up my current supply of Power Service biocide. As far as I am concerned, there is no linkage between the biocide and the other additives for cetane improvement, water dispersion, lubricity, etc. It just kills microbes, once they are gone, we deal with the other stuff with different chemistry anyway. I think as long as you are using a known biocide with a good reputation, it really doesn't matter what biocide you use.
 
After getting a bad batch of fuel in the Bahamas a couple of years ago and being out of fuel additive I paid dearly. It took eight months to clean up the tanks. I now keep a couple of bottles of BioBor JF on the boat always and add it every time at the fuel dock. BioBor JF is both a biocides and lubricant.
 
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Frank, I have your article printed off and in my maintenance folder for quick reference. Are you switching to BioBor JF and then dropping the multi-purpose additive? Or are you still using a combination of BioBor, a multi-purpose, AND a lubricity additive?
 
Z-Worthy said:
Frank, I have your article printed off and in my maintenance folder for quick reference. Are you switching to BioBor JF and then dropping the multi-purpose additive? Or are you still using a combination of BioBor, a multi-purpose, AND a lubricity additive?
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Andrew,

You and Eric asked about the same question:


Quote Originally Posted by Boat Guy View Post
Frank, you still stick with the same biocide?
Eric,

Yes, I do, but I lost my local wholesaler for Power Service Products. I have been using Biobor in my equipment in Tennessee and will probably change to it in the boat when I use up my current supply of Power Service biocide. As far as I am concerned, there is no linkage between the biocide and the other additives for cetane improvement, water dispersion, lubricity, etc. It just kills microbes, once they are gone, we deal with the other stuff with different chemistry anyway. I think as long as you are using a known biocide with a good reputation, it really doesn't matter what biocide you use.
Frank


Every time I add fuel to my tanks, I use:

1. either Power Service Biocide or Biobor….which ever I have at the time
2. Power Service Diesel Kleen
3. Stanadyne Lubricity Additive
 
Hi I have a couple of posts,been lying in the background reading all the posts.Has anyone heard of AJX-TCS fuel products it's a biocide that claims you don't have to polish your fuel,just one quart will take care of those "little critters" that live in diesel,not a lot of info regarding testimonials.Any thoughts would be appreciated
 
Those "critters" don't live in diesel. They live in the water that may be in your diesel. If you don't have water in your fuel, you won't have live bacteria. Biobor is probably a good idea in case you get water in your tank. I use Stanadyne as it is supposed to help reduce asphaltenes.
 
ltjpc715 said:
Has anyone used a product called AJX_TCS any response would appreciated Thanks
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Two years ago I got some bad fuel in the Bahamas. Ended up with a significant algae issue and could not seem to get it under control. Besides plugging up the Racor filters it was plugging up the siphon tubes in the fuel tanks. I drained the tanks down to just below 50% then put two quarts of AJX TCS in them then polished the fuel with a polishing system. After polishing and treating the fuel and tanks I transferred all fuel from one tank to the other and then the reverse and pulled the senders to inspect. The tanks were very clean in the area the senders are installed. No further issues and the Racors are always clean. The TCS is expensive but it seems to have fixed my issues.

I don't believe this product is for continuous use; for continuous use I use Biobor JF and something to supplement the low sulfur fuels we have today.
 
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I've been using a product called "Diesel-Shok" for the past 9 years in a previous boat and now my 420. It's a stabilizer, cetane booster, but no bug killer. The charter captains love it as well. If your not burning that much fuel, might be better to just fill half tanks or so and make sure your burning it up. Turning over the tanks is the best thing you can do.
 
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I've been using a product called "Diesel-Shok" for the past 9 years in a previous boat and now my 420. It's a stabilizer, cetane booster, but no bug killer. The charter captains love it as well. If your not burning that much fuel, might be better to just fill half tanks or so and make sure your burning it up. Turning over the tanks is the best thing you can do.
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I may be misunderstanding what you have written, but are you saying he should keep the tanks ½ full? That will cause more harm than good.

I follow Franks regimen.

 
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