Well more money to be made by service people and parts people. ..a lot of people buy a diesel not knowing how sensitive modern diesel fuel systems are too dirt and water contamination. I advise people if they don't have a mechanical bone in their body. ... Get a gasoline powered vehicle
Anyway ..on the diesel matter. ... Recently I have observed an increase in the amount of contaminants that I drain out of my sedimentor. The dirt is very fine and takes almost three days to settle out; there is also a lot more free water and some slimy looking dirt.
I have changed my first fuel filter at 18000km... Planning on pushing the servicing interval to 35000km... filters do get more efficient the dirtier they get and the first one didn't look so bad
As for treatments I use whatever I wanted to test
Redline 85 plus. .. I'm still a bit iffy on this because it claims to disperse water
PS Diesel kleen.... Same issue just described as water solublizer
Penray diesel fuel prep.... its mostly kerosene and an injector cleaner
Amsoil cetane booster.... This makes starting a bit easier and quiets the engine a little; runs smother as well.
Amsoil injector cleaner... When I'm feeling for a change of pace.
Still have a can of liqui moly diesel purge but that will probably get used at 50000km.
My main reasons for using additives are to quiet the diesel down and lubricate the fuel pump.
Speaking of lubrication and fuel cleanliness...If and when we get ulsd ....for all those who believe the fuel will be cleaner and they will have less problems think again. ULSD is worse at lubricating the fuel pump than LSD so unless they add something to replace the loss of lubrication provided by the Sulphur... expect your fuel pump to wear out faster. The fuel is cleaner. ... environmentally cleaner that is. .. Less Sulphur in the fuel means less sulphuric acid formed after combustion.
You don't have to think about any of this with a GAS.
But I have a Diesel