Diesel fuel addative.

[Merle Nelson]

Have to hype Diesel Kleen to anyone who cares.

I have a 2018 Ram 5500 with the 6.7 Cummins, about 46k mi now. From new it would frequently go into regen and stay on for 15 or 20 minutes of driving. At some point I saw addatives being talked about as important to today's fuel because of reduced lubricity with low sulfer fuel. I went with Archoil because it was recommended somewhere, did the initial condioner and then upkeep addative. No changes in anything I noticed, still frequent regen for 15 to 20 minutes. (Once every week or two.)

Then watching Project Farm, or the Oil Geek (Lake Speed?), Diesel Kleen was highly recommended as superior to others with facts and info to back it up. So I bought some and started using that. My regens have gone down to once every few weeks it will click on for a moment or 20 seconds and that's it.

The facts listed on the YT video are why I wanted to use it. But, living in CA the mental picture of my CAT staying primarily clean is very satisfying.

 

[Merle Nelson]

 

[Evo]

Have to hype Diesel Kleen to anyone who cares.

I have a 2018 Ram 5500 with the 6.7 Cummins, about 46k mi now. From new it would frequently go into regen and stay on for 15 or 20 minutes of driving. At some point I saw addatives being talked about as important to today's fuel because of reduced lubricity with low sulfer fuel. I went with Archoil because it was recommended somewhere, did the initial condioner and then upkeep addative. No changes in anything I noticed, still frequent regen for 15 to 20 minutes. (Once every week or two.)

Then watching Project Farm, or the Oil Geek (Lake Speed?), Diesel Kleen was highly recommended as superior to others with facts and info to back it up. So I bought some and started using that. My regens have gone down to once every few weeks it will click on for a moment or 20 seconds and that's it.

The facts listed on the YT video are why I wanted to use it. But, living in CA the mental picture of my CAT staying primarily clean is very satisfying.

Good to hear, I just got a 50kmi f-550 6.7 (2016) and I’m looking into fuel additives, fuel pump upgrades, and more.
Already having some regen issues, as our trips are typically 10miles one way. Dang truck should let you know when it’s about to regen.
I’m considering getting a code reader that can force manual stationary regen so I have some control. The reader I currently have does show soot levels in the exhaust filter so I can target when/where the regen happens

 

[Merle Nelson]

I do a lot of short hop driving too. Often I used to be at the job before the regen had finished, I figured that wasn't great.

 

[Bart_]

Oil Geek tends to inspire confidence in me when I see his presentations. I've got some 26 year old oil which I'm now going to reconsider because it was a brand that mostly didn't separate and oxidise in his testing.

 

[Merle Nelson]

Yeah, that episode slowed down my stocking up on hard to get oils.

 

[Bart_]

IIRC he said 5 years reliable oil shelf life. Since grease carries oil, presumably also with additives and subject to oxidation, I wonder if it has a similar shelf life? Oxidation may be less important because grease is rarely (?) subject to combustion chamber cylinder wall temperatures. ?

I've had the oil seep out quite badly in high quality name brand grease before. Wonder if that could be tied to shelf life?

 

[Analog]

Good to hear, I just got a 50kmi f-550 6.7 (2016) and I’m looking into fuel additives, fuel pump upgrades, and more.
Already having some regen issues, as our trips are typically 10miles one way. Dang truck should let you know when it’s about to regen.
I’m considering getting a code reader that can force manual stationary regen so I have some control. The reader I currently have does show soot levels in the exhaust filter so I can target when/where the regen happens

I have a 2015 F550 6.7 and all my research points to installing the CP4 Disaster Prevention Kit.