Heavy Duty Trucking, June 2018
power and reduce emissions Its easy to be skeptical of such claims but evidence suggests theres some truth there Many different problems can be solved or avoided all together when including fuel additives in a fleets maintenance plan says Kevin Adams director of research and development for Lubrication Specialties Inc makers of Hot Shots Secret One of the most common problems and perhaps the most easily avoided relates to the condition of the injectors By using the correct fuel additives injector damage due to water and internal diesel injector deposits will be prevented When a lubricity additive is used the life of the injector is increased In most cases youll never know if the product is working or not How does one gauge the condition of an injector short of tearing it down and examining it If it fails you might do that but if it doesnt fail over its expected life is that a result of the additives you used Or would it have been fine without it In other instances its easier to tell if the product is working If you suffer from fuel filter plugging for example an additive can help dissolve the asphaltenes These are high molecular weight hydrocarbons that are usually found on the bottom of the crude They can also be formed in ultra low sulfur diesel fuel from the heat created by higher pump pressures inside the fuel system and returned to the tank from ost fleets would confess to using fuel additives from time to time most likely in the winter to prevent gelling But there are fleets lots of them it seems that regularly treat their fuel with additives of some description Some use detergent additives or lubricity agents to make up for the loss of sulfur in diesel fuel which disappeared under a government mandate back in 2006 Others use fuel stabilizers to offset the effects of aging and cetane improvers to optimize combustion or in the words of some additive suppliers to increase horseHDT JUNE 2018 64 WWW TRUCKINGINFO COM M ADDITIVES GOOD FOR WHAT AILS YOU Fuel additives can help compensate for poor quality fuel and even make good fuel better The question is do you need a fuel additive By Jim Park Equipment Editor jpark@ truckinginfo com Hydrocarbon deposits on injector nozzles and internal surfaces far right can impede their function and performance Corrosion inhibitors detergent additives and lubricity agents can help alleviate potential problems PHOTO LUBRICATION SPECIALTIES INC
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