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Oil Additives For Diesel Engines - Are They Worth It?
The finished engine oils you buy aren't just petroleum oil pulled out of the ground and slapped into a bottle. They are an engineered combination of...
Heavy Trucks and Equipment
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How to reduce black smoke in diesel engines
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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How to Select the Best Diesel Fuel Stabilizer
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 Engine Troubleshooting: Black Smoke
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
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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Water in Diesel Fuel: 7 Must-Knows For Getting Rid of It
Anyone who works with diesel fuel, stored or otherwise, knows that water comes with the fuel territory. Water in fuel can cause problems all year...
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New Rules and Trends To Be Discussed At 2017 Florida Tow Show
The 2017 Florida Tow Show is coming up on April 20th in Orlando. Hard to believe folks would want to come down to Florida for a trade show, right?
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Ways to Increase Diesel Fuel Mileage: Tips From The Industry
For trucking companies and diesel fleets, diesel fuel is probably the biggest consumable expense they have, the biggest operating line items in their...
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Lubricants for diesel engines
Oil is oil, right? If you have a diesel engine and you need an oil change, what’s stopping you from throwing in the same kind of oil you put in your...