Baba-booey
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Any recommended additives for TDIs? I have a ‘14 Golf. I use Lucas in my Cummins, but wasn’t sure what’s recommended for TDIS. Thanks.
Agreed that fresh fuel should be enough to keep the vehicle running. I'm not sure that I agree that it is enough to ensure long life of vital components like the HPFP. Our fuel lubricity rating is right on the cusp of being inadequate.Nothing is recommended by VW. There are tens of thousands of threads and posts here where people will recommend everything under the sun that is available. Really using fresh fuel from a well supplied station is all that is required.
There was a TSB back in the MkIV days that says you could/should use Stanadyne in cold weather. However, they also stated additives are not required/recommended for the Common Rail TDI's.I thought i read somewhere there was a tbs where vw recommends stanadyne if you need an additive for cold temps i could be wrong tho
Yep. b5 and b10 here at the pumps in Texas that I fill up at. I do not see a reason to add bottles of additives when the best additive is already in the fuel. Now if they would just stop switching the pump handle colors. A missfuel would negate any years of using additives. That is the biggest fear and I have seen a miss fuel before on a 70,000 truck before. Always have to check around here and verify before filling up.Most of the stations here have at least some bio mixed in the fuel. Due to that I don't worry over lubricity issues. That and the long, long warranty that covers these cars. I still have 130k miles to go on mine.
Interesting - hadn't heard that about PS before. I've been running 8oz PS per fill-up the last couple years, because the dosing instructions (when they still put them on the bottle) said 4oz/15 gallons but to go double-dose if any Biodiesel present (at least one pump I frequent has a sticker noting up to B5).Power Service is very widely used, but I don’t use it anymore. The concentration differs according to container size, which makes pouring the right amount confusing. More important, I’ve been stranded with gelled fuel after using the winter formula. So I’m done with PS.
Stop looking at the pump handles. It is plainly printed on the pumps. People need to get out of this habit.
No ****. I was referring to whole banks of diesel pumps being replaced by that gay ethanol fuel. Some switched to ethanol but.then back to diesel. But you are right always check the pumps and the skimmers , they are all over the place.+1 !!!!
READ THE PUMP - then you don't need to worry about the pump handle color.
With all due respect, but that is a lot of B.S!Many choices. Power Service is very widely used, but I don’t use it anymore. The concentration differs according to container size, which makes pouring the right amount confusing.
Yes. 10-30%Does Seafoam have any amount of alcohol in it?
Actually, I know that I am correct. I wrote to Power Service a couple of years back and they said the concentrations were different. But they probably lied.With all due respect, but that is a lot of B.S!
The factory pours the same liquid in all sizes of containers, from their smallest to the biggest !!!
It's how the user measures PS into the fuel tank which differs.
I pour PS into 8oz bottles I have to add to a fillup, which is a MEASURED amount!
Or truck stops, I suppose.Well, that's not encouraging. Fortunately it doesn't often get that cold in NJ.
Will have to look around to see where I'd have to go to find Schaffer's around here, hopefully my local Napa/Autozone/Advance carries it.
Thanks. So just a thought for poster ToBiN to perhaps reconsider using Seafoam in a TDI as any amount of alcohol is not recommended (do your own search of course to verify).