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Diesel Cetane Improvers: Busting Myths
Erik Bjornstad: Mar 20 2024
Having the right cetane value in your diesel fuel can be the difference between a good driving experience and a poor one. But even some of the best...
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How to reduce black smoke in diesel engines
Erik Bjornstad: Mar 19 2024
Diesel engines gained a reputation over the decades of the 20th century for being dirty and making lots of black smoke. That’s one of the dominant...
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Why is winter diesel fuel mileage lower than it is in the summer?
It’s well known that gas mileage goes down in winter, partly because they change the composition of winter gas to make it more volatile and burn...
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Recognizing Diesel Fuel Algae
Erik Bjornstad: Feb 27 2024
The last decade, since 2014 when the complete transition of all off-road diesel fuel to ULSD was completed, has seen a dramatic rise across the...
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Diesel Fuel Algae Treatment
Erik Bjornstad: Feb 13 2024
Figuring out that you have algae in your fuel is one thing. But getting rid of it and keeping it away is a whole other ball game. A game you've got...
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How to Select the Best Diesel Fuel Stabilizer
Erik Bjornstad: Feb 8 2024
The days when you could take diesel fuel, put it in a storage tank, and "set it and forget it" for months or years are long in the past. And they're...
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Diesel Fuel Gelling Symptoms: 3 Things to Know
Erik Bjornstad: Feb 6 2024
Diesel fuel gels in cold weather because its paraffin wax components get less and less soluble as the temperatures drop. As more of it "drops out" of...
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Diesel Engine Troubleshooting: Black Smoke
Erik Bjornstad: Jan 31 2024
With the modern advances in diesel engine technology, there should be no reason to ever see smoke coming from a diesel engine. You might see a small...
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How to Boost Cetane in Diesel
Erik Bjornstad: Jan 23 2024
You have a diesel engine and it just doesn’t seem to be running right. Maybe it’s a little rough. It could be noisier than usual. It doesn’t seem to...
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Dirty Diesel Symptoms
Erik Bjornstad: Jan 17 2024
“Dirty diesel” vs. “clean diesel”. You hear about the term “clean diesel” sometimes. What are they talking about? If you don’t think you have “clean...