I don’t mean to “stir the pot” ... especially I don’t ever wish to contradict good advice from those I perceive as more experienced than I... but Soltrons’ claims are to control ”organic particulates” in conformance with “ISO4406”.... and it probably does because to make that specific claim would be too easy for competitors to prove or disprove.
(ISO4406 is a standard of measurement of particulates... usually in hydraulic oils... but diesel is also an oil, of course.)
Getting rid of water in the oil is it’s primary super-power and that’s a good thing because the germs live IN the water..and eat the fuel for food...and poop into the tank which makes the slime stuff, etc..
But I wouldn’t expect more from it than other snake oils with regard to the claims of “reduces CO, NOX, HC” etc etc that none of us can measure or give a poop about, or that it improves performance, extends engine life, removes combustion chamber deposits, or enhances male performance while preventing premature ejaculation.
When I flew for an Indy race driver it was a “pit-crew-secret” that a hot engine at high rpm could enjoy a water-methanol injection into the intakes because the steam that was generated would clean the combustion-chambers. It doesn’t take much imagination to think about water in diesel fuel which any emulsifier could encourage to pass-thru a water-separator filter might turn to steam and have a cleaning effect. So getting the water to pass-on-thru and out the exhaust certainly will reduce the amount that remains in a tank to grow bacteria... and if Soltron or any other product can do that... Great! (PS: Don’t know how good that is for injectors tho’)
But all the rest of those claims are not easily provable and snake-oil claims don’t sway me very much when compared to known chemistry of products that don’t make wild claims to fix everything an owner can imagine.
(Now, where’s my Nomex suit...).
