[Vwdiesel] Vwdiesel Digest, Vol 42, Issue 8

[Ron Schroeder]

Hi William,

Like I said, it did just about everything that they claimed EXCEPT for fuel 
economy improvement but all of the vehicles had "normal" fuel economy before 
I used the additive.

By the way, Startron seems to work better than Biobar on algae/fungus.  I 
have used Biobar in the past and while it kills the algae/fungus, the 
remains plug up the filter.  Startron seems to kill the algae/fungus and 
break it up into small enough particles that it goes thru even a 2 micron 
filter and gets burned by the engine.  It cleaned out the fuel tank in an 
old Mercedes 240D that could barely get above idle without me having to 
replace either the tank screen or the two fuel filters.

Most of the boaters here on Long Island prefer Startron over Biobar.

Additives can't really improve fuel economy but they might restore lost fuel 
economy by cleaning if the cause of the loss of fuel economy was crud.

I have only seen one additive that met it's claim for improving gasoline 
fuel economy.  It stated that it would improve by 5 %.  Unfortunately, you 
had to add 10% of the product to do it.

Ron Schroeder
WD8CDH

----- Original Message ----- > Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 01:35:25 -0700
> From: "William J Toensing" <toensing at wildblue.net>
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] Fuel additive
> To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
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> It sounds too good to be true. When I start seeing test articles in Motor 
> Trend, Road & Track, Consumers Reports, Popular Science, & Popular 
> Mechanics saying it works, I will believe it. I have seen similar claims 
> for a little pill from Financial Freedom. I didn't believe it would work. 
> However, a lady at our local APPLE (Alliance for a Post Petroleum Economy) 
> pestered me to try it. Sure enough, it didn't work. In fact, I think my 
> MPG got worse. I would like to believe their claims but don't. There is a 
> product called Stabil which keeps gas from going stale. It works. There 
> also is a biocide you can put into diesel to prevent algae growth which 
> can occur in diesel fuel when the fuel temperature rises above 93 degrees 
> F. It works & I use a product called Biobar J H. I would add a couple of 
> drops to Amsoil's Diesel Fuel Modifier. I bought two cans back around 1980 
> while living in LA & still have almost one almost full can still left. 
> Back in 1980, I had trouble with algae growth in a then new 1979 Rabbit 
> diesel. I have not had any such problems since. I added the biocide as I 
> found Amsoil did not add a biocide to their diesel fuel modifier. After 
> many diesels & miles since, no further algae problems. I suppose it is 
> possible that some additives could be added to prevent algae growth & 
> stale fuel, but I doubt it will achieve the other claims such as greatly 
> improved MPG. Maybe some of you want to test this miracle additive. If it 
> really works, let us know.
>