So, I don't want to sing praises for a single brand. I went with Rev-X, just because a lot of people here have used it with good results. I believe any good friction modifier would do well, and I know a lot of people have had good luck with Archoil AR9100.
First, let me say I do run Rotella T6 5W-40. It did not help my stiction. It was bad.
I bought the truck on a Thursday, and the Friday morning after I cranked it up to drive to work. Keep in mind I had no monitor, and had been driving gassers for years. I noticed it ran like CRAP. It missed hard for 2-3 minutes before it got warmed up a little. When it stopped missing for a minute or two I left, and could feel the missing. I was pretty disheartened in my new truck but I knew it needed to warm up. I left my neighborhood and got to the red light to pull out on the main highway to get to work.
I had a sizeable gap in traffic, one I had never turned down in my gas vehicles making this route. I pulled out, and it was missing so bad and had no power I freaked out. I stomped it, blew a CAC boot. Scared the sh*t out of me. Thought I had blown the motor ha.
Well fast forward a few weeks, and the problem persisted in the mornings. After getting my Banks IQ in I started letting it warm up to 100, which by the time I got to the main highway the temps would be over 120 and the missing would be 98% gone, 100% by the 130's.
So last night I stopped to get the mail, got two bottles of Rev-X. Went home, poured them in the oil. While under the hood I noticed I had a coolant leak where I had tee'd into the return hose for my coolant filter, the clamps they supply for that line are too big anyway. So, I decided I'd take my old 92 Chevy to Home Depot real quick to get some hose clamps that were the right size. Opened the door to it (parked about 50 yards from my 6.0), and the radio was playing. DOH! My radio is hardwired in that truck on a switch, and I hadn't turned it off 5 days ago when I last drove it. Sure enough, no crank. So now I have to jump it off, but to do that I have to move the 6.0. Oh well, whats a little coolant. Pulled it over to it and jumped it off in no time. The 6.0 ran for maybe 2-3 minutes during the whole exercise after putting the Rev-X in.
Now go to this morning, I cranked it...Zero missing!!! ZERO! I let it warm up to 80 ECT...backed up, pulled forward...no missing! Gave it a little throttle...immediately felt the difference! And NO missing!!!
It was a very good morning for me and my 6.0!
The moral of the story is that even if you aren't experiencing bad stiction like I was, you should use something like Rev-X or Archoil AR9100. If it can help injectors as much as it did mine that quickly, then it has to be good for the health and longevity of them.
First, let me say I do run Rotella T6 5W-40. It did not help my stiction. It was bad.
I bought the truck on a Thursday, and the Friday morning after I cranked it up to drive to work. Keep in mind I had no monitor, and had been driving gassers for years. I noticed it ran like CRAP. It missed hard for 2-3 minutes before it got warmed up a little. When it stopped missing for a minute or two I left, and could feel the missing. I was pretty disheartened in my new truck but I knew it needed to warm up. I left my neighborhood and got to the red light to pull out on the main highway to get to work.
I had a sizeable gap in traffic, one I had never turned down in my gas vehicles making this route. I pulled out, and it was missing so bad and had no power I freaked out. I stomped it, blew a CAC boot. Scared the sh*t out of me. Thought I had blown the motor ha.
Well fast forward a few weeks, and the problem persisted in the mornings. After getting my Banks IQ in I started letting it warm up to 100, which by the time I got to the main highway the temps would be over 120 and the missing would be 98% gone, 100% by the 130's.
So last night I stopped to get the mail, got two bottles of Rev-X. Went home, poured them in the oil. While under the hood I noticed I had a coolant leak where I had tee'd into the return hose for my coolant filter, the clamps they supply for that line are too big anyway. So, I decided I'd take my old 92 Chevy to Home Depot real quick to get some hose clamps that were the right size. Opened the door to it (parked about 50 yards from my 6.0), and the radio was playing. DOH! My radio is hardwired in that truck on a switch, and I hadn't turned it off 5 days ago when I last drove it. Sure enough, no crank. So now I have to jump it off, but to do that I have to move the 6.0. Oh well, whats a little coolant. Pulled it over to it and jumped it off in no time. The 6.0 ran for maybe 2-3 minutes during the whole exercise after putting the Rev-X in.
Now go to this morning, I cranked it...Zero missing!!! ZERO! I let it warm up to 80 ECT...backed up, pulled forward...no missing! Gave it a little throttle...immediately felt the difference! And NO missing!!!
It was a very good morning for me and my 6.0!
The moral of the story is that even if you aren't experiencing bad stiction like I was, you should use something like Rev-X or Archoil AR9100. If it can help injectors as much as it did mine that quickly, then it has to be good for the health and longevity of them.