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I had some rather old fuel in my truck. Hadn't seen any sign of alge but it was bearing on my mind. Picked up some Power Service deisel fuel additive. Drove truck to Houston yesterday. Had a lot to do there and needed truck inspected. Darn thing ran best it ever had. Had great power. Smooth as silk. Good snake oil?

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Glen,

I put the Power Services Biocide in my truck with every fill up if my truck is going to sit for a few weeks.  Don’t know if it makes it run better but sure doesn’t allow algae and bacterial growth.  What most folks don’t realize is the black slime is a mixture of both algae and bacteria not just algae.  Only downside is I’m wondering if it is corrosive to steel as both my fuel cap chains rusted through and fell into tank.

https://powerservice.com/psp_product/bio-kleen-diesel-fuel-biocide/

 

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I've been running the Power Service Winter (White Bottle)for the last month here in North Dakota because the refineries haven't switched to the winter diesel blend.  Can't tell if it runs better or not, but my fuel isn't gelling like it did back in April....

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two things and they are different but the same

preventative-which everybody has in stock and remediation that is getting rid of it after established- much much more difficult to find.At least I did ,read the label carefully  prevent or remove.Found in all the catalogs but never on the shelf.

Finally went to my old stand by -the marine supply stores - still rare but I found a remover.Star tron  the on line reviews were positive  eg we had 3 ' of alge in our tanks (alaskan commercial fishing co) and this product cured it. 

I developed the issue after a load I picked up in Florida ,filter changes started to come 500 kms apart instead of yearly, in fact 2 on the way to the ECR.Dosed with Star tron when we got back ,changed my last filter in the spring and will change another this spring even though the glass is only 1/2 full.

I keep some on hand now as marine stores run out about now.

 

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Ralf,

Power Services has this product.  Wonder if it is as good?

https://powerservice.com/psp_product/clear-diesel-fuel-tank-cleaner/

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Ya thats the kind of stuff , thou it doent say algae  ,-slime - whats that?  either way easy to find on line but as least up here not on the shelf.

I used howes, power service and  a few others what ever the truck place had on sale - still got algae .Truckers have no idea as to how bad it gets compared to a yacht with thousands of gallons from anywhere in the world in constant 100% humidity

those guys know

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5 minutes ago, hone eagle said:

Ya thats the kind of stuff , thou it doent say algae  ,-slime - whats that?  either way easy to find on line but as least up here not on the shelf.

I used howes, power service and  a few others what ever the truck place had on sale - still got algae .Truckers have no idea as to how bad it gets compared to a yacht with thousands of gallons from anywhere in the world in constant 100% humidity

those guys know

This is my favorite http://reversopumps.com/fuel-polishing-systems/fuel-polishing-marine/fuel-polishing-system-210-gph-marine

Worth the money......

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1 minute ago, Alie&Jim's Carrilite said:

that is what they have to go through  ,we use our trucks more like yachts then over the road trucks, so asking at a truck stop may not get the best answer. 

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45 minutes ago, Alie&Jim's Carrilite said:

Jim,

Why don’t you buy one and then we’ll just “borrow” it. 😜

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5 hours ago, SuiteSuccess said:

Ralf,

Power Services has this product.  Wonder if it is as good?

https://powerservice.com/psp_product/clear-diesel-fuel-tank-cleaner/

That's what I used

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Me too Glenn , I still got algae. I think I got it already active from storage ,it was then pumped into my truck tanks.

In that case none of the preventives will help ,because its already there, now you have to get rid of  an active  colony.

Remember I had power service in the tank already ,and plugged a filter every few hundred miles.

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I'm more or a Howes man. I wouldn't worry about fuel being a few months old. We have farm equipment that only gets used a couple months out of the year and its fine.

If you have an existing algae problem that is different. You need a algae killer and couple cases of filters.

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More often than not, algae is due to fuel tanks being repeatedly left underfilled over periods of time.  Proper fuel management requires keeping the tank(s) full...always.

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I used power service bio kleen during warm weather and diesel kleen with 911 when I got bad fuel. The 911 removes water very quickly. If you get in the habit of using power service buy it by the case with the larger bottles from petromunun dealers, otherwise you'll pay too much.

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