Diesel fuel additives

[Transporter]

An energy drink for your diesel engine.
These could be worthwhile to test, so I bought them at Supercheap Auto today on sale with 20% off strore wide.

http://www.liqui-moly.com.au/product3.htm

Could also be used for fast Vans.

http://www.liqui-moly.de/liquimoly/produktdb.nsf/id/e_3722.html

[bluey]

An energy drink for your diesel engine.

http://www.liqui-moly.de/liquimoly/produktdb.nsf/id/e_3722.html

Curious to know how you go. I have been watching smoke out the back in headlights behind at night using BP Ultimate. (Now I have to go back to standard + Morey's smoke killer to see if there is a difference.)

I understand LiquiMoly has an very good reputation. Looking at the ingredients in MSDS (MSDS is a good place to look for clues when the packaging is sometimes bare of ingredients lists.) I also recall a high price per tank when I was looking at them on the shelf months ago...

Speed Tec Diesel ("more than a cetane booster") has:
Naphtha (petroleum), hydrodesulfurized heavy 60 - 100%
Solvent naphtha (petroleum), heavy arom. 10 - 30%
Polyolefin polyamine succinimide 1 - 10%
Fatty acid alkanolamine, polyol 1 - 5%
Benzene, mono-C4-9-alkyl derivs. 1 - 5%

Other diesel products http://www.liqui-moly.com.au/product3.htm below.

Anti-Knock Plus (reduces clatter and increases cetane - how it does the first other than by the second is unclear; has nitrate cetane improver)
Naphtha (petroleum), hydrodesulfurized heavy 60 - 100%
2-Ethylhexyl Nitrate 10 - 30%
Solvent naphtha (petroleum), heavy arom. 1 - 3%

Diesel Purge plus:
Naphtha (petroleum), hydrodesulfurized heavy 60 - 100%
2-Ethylhexyl Nitrate 3 - 10%
Benzene, mono-c4-9-alkyl derivs. 0.1 - 1%

[peedman]

anybody with a phd in chemistry can tell us what they do lol?

[Preen59]

Ready to go, anytime you want to sell me a few litres. Could be interesting at the post office. I will come bail you out though mate, never fear.

Sweet! PM me your address. Haha.

Don't encourage him please he'll end up blowing us all up

Ohh come on, Russ.. We haven't set fire to anything so far!





I'm tempted to try that additive. Hmmm. Would like to know a bit more about it first though.

[Transporter]

Curious to know how you go. I have been watching smoke out the back in headlights behind at night using BP Ultimate. (Now I have to go back to standard + Morey's smoke killer to see if there is a difference.)

I understand LiquiMoly has an very good reputation. Looking at the ingredients in MSDS (MSDS is a good place to look for clues when the packaging is sometimes bare of ingredients lists.) I also recall a high price per tank when I was looking at them on the shelf months ago...

Speed Tec Diesel ("more than a cetane booster") has:
Naphtha (petroleum), hydrodesulfurized heavy 60 - 100%
Solvent naphtha (petroleum), heavy arom. 10 - 30%
Polyolefin polyamine succinimide 1 - 10%
Fatty acid alkanolamine, polyol 1 - 5%
Benzene, mono-C4-9-alkyl derivs. 1 - 5%

Other diesel products http://www.liqui-moly.com.au/product3.htm below.

Anti-Knock Plus (reduces clatter and increases cetane - how it does the first other than by the second is unclear; has nitrate cetane improver)
Naphtha (petroleum), hydrodesulfurized heavy 60 - 100%
2-Ethylhexyl Nitrate 10 - 30%
Solvent naphtha (petroleum), heavy arom. 1 - 3%

Diesel Purge plus:
Naphtha (petroleum), hydrodesulfurized heavy 60 - 100%
2-Ethylhexyl Nitrate 3 - 10%
Benzene, mono-c4-9-alkyl derivs. 0.1 - 1%

I use Moreys Diesel Smoke Killer every time I fill up. It works for me.
I bought:
Moly Speed Tec Diesel to see if it really improves acceleration and improves consumption.
Anti-Knock Plus to see, if it does anything better than Moreys Diesel smoke killer. I will put the Anti-Knock Plus in the fuel next week and post the comment when I use the tank.

[Transporter]

The Speed Tec Diesel seems to improve diesel economy and cut back visible smoke. I refueled today with BP Ultimate from a bit over a 1/2 tank - 9.35L/100km.

[Greg Roles]

Blah, blah, blah, what about the POWER???

[Transporter]

Blah, blah, blah, what about the POWER???

Better than the ECU re-flash.
It feels a little bit quicker of the marks I would say. Also can drive in 6th gear at the lower speed and feels more torque in 5th gear.
It needs to be taken to racetrack as the instruction on the bottle suggests. I have no time for that.

[Ozram]

Just a word of caution guys,

Your diesel is the only thing that lubricates your fuel injection system. If I were you I'd be checking the lubricity (oiliness) of any product I put in my tank. Rub some on your fingers. If it is like petrol or thinners then you may be prematurely wearing out your fuel pump / injectors as it will offer very little in the way of lubrication.

Personally, I think there is no substitute for 100% good quality diesel. The only time I'd be putting anything else in my tank would be if I had algae in there.

Just my 2 cents worth.

[Ozram]

Curious to know how you go. I have been watching smoke out the back in headlights behind at night using BP Ultimate.

Any diesel smoke will show up 10 times worse when you look in the mirror at night and have someone else's headlights shining at you. What does it look like in the daytime? That's the true test.

[Transporter]

Just a word of caution guys,

Personally, I think there is no substitute for 100% good quality diesel. The only time I'd be putting anything else in my tank would be if I had algae in there.
Just my 2 cents worth.

That would be too late mate.