Your thoughts on this Fuel Treatment

[Dieselmaster]

Ok... I was searching for the best cold weather fuel treatment for my step dad and buddy working up in Wyoming.... I had found some stuff a while ago that was good for all the way down to -75° ... but now I can't find it again... So thus me searching....

Anyways, I come across this stuff called "QMI" and they are comparing how each of the leading Diesel fuel treatments handle water in the fuel and how well they combust afterwards... They show that all the other fuel treatments except theirs pushes the water to the bottom of the beaker and really doesn't do much with the water...

Theirs .... according to thier data .... mixes the water completely with the fuel allowing for it to be burnt ... it also shows the residue left after each test and how their's once again is the cleanest burning and offers the most lubrication...

Please give me your thoughts... I was at first thinking that this can't be right... then after some more looking I found that all Fuel treatments are suppossed to be mixing the water with the fuel so it can be burnt .... I guess i was thinking that the water removal was happening some other way... osmosis, evaporation??? I don't know what I was thinking...

Here is the info for you to make your own judgements..

http://www.qmimo.com/fuel_demo_diesel.htm

 

[Mopar1973Man]

Looks rather promising but...

1. There is no meantion of improving HFRR values. Most of todays diesel fuel barely meets the 520 HFRR standard which in most cases doesn't meet the standards of LSD design trucks of 350-460 HFRR...
More on this at...
http://mopar.mopar1973man.com/2002-dodge/tips-and-tricks/2-cycle-oil/hfrr/hfrr.htm

2. Flash point is meaningless in diesel fuel really. Because our trucks don't run with spark-plugs. So you need to consider auto-ignition temps. This is the point at which a fuel will ignite by temperature alone. No flame or spark...
More on this at...
http://mopar.mopar1973man.com/2002-dodge/tips-and-tricks/2-cycle-oil/chemicals/chemicals.htm

3. Does there mixture increase cetane values? If it does then you know it will decrease the MPG numbers as well as HP/TQ number. Cetane booster are normally added to diesel fuel in the winter time to reduce auto-ignition temps so the engine can start at minus temps. High cetane fuel in the summer time tend to alter the ignition timng of the fuel and turns it more like gasoline in charactistics...(Which is a bad thing).
More on this at...
http://mopar.mopar1973man.com/2002-dodge/tips-and-tricks/2-cycle-oil/chemicals/chemicals.htm

http://forum.mopar1973man.com/viewforum.php?f=20&sid=f8ccaad8e2a6db5b5a98e1661fbc5789

As for it burning clean the only fuels I know of that burn clean like that is alcohols. Try it... You can pour rubbing alcohol in a steel bowl or can and light it. It will not leave a carbon residue... So most all petroleum product tend to leave carbon residue because of the LONG CARBON CHAIN in it chemical make up... That is something you can't change...

As for the othe products here is there chemical make-up...
http://mopar.mopar1973man.com/2002-dodge/tips-and-tricks/2-cycle-oil/msds/msds.htm

 

[Papabear]

up here we just use howes and winer fuel