Eliminox additive - does it work as advertised?

With that going in your fuel tank, the only sure thing is you will pollute the planet that bit more with it consequently coming out of the exhaust pipe.

The so called "diesel bug", Cladosporium resinae, needs water in diesel fuel, not a wide spread issue in the UK's well managed fuel distribution network. If that really modest risk unduly worries you, then only buy fuel from high turnover outlets, and cycle the vehicle's tank down to low levels rather than habitually topping up when half full. Burn the fuel rather than store it.

Hi campervaner from wiltshire,replying to your question for eliminox, I have used it for the last 6 tankfulls and i am very pleased with the improvements it has made to my skoda superb 2.0 ltr diesel. It drives much better and has more oomff and its 4 miles more per gallon on a motorway run down south (solo 487 mls round trip).as for cleaning up the emissions its hard to say until mot time,the car is euro 6 complient but i think it would clear up your emissions.on a foot note you can find similar products on ebay for a fifth of the cost and double the volume.

I’ve encountered “diesel bug” in boats, but never in a road vehicle, although I’m sure it happens occasionally. Sounds like snake oil.

Forgive my ignorance, but this sounds like the same sort of product as 'Ad Blue'. If so can users of 'ad blue' comment on the efficacy of that product and indeed compare to Eliminox.

I look forward to hearing, particularly as I am a diesel car driver.

It's not the same sort of product as AdBlue which is an exhaust additive and is injected into the exhaust gases to reduce emissions. AdBlue is not a fuel additive and does not enter the fuel tank.

https://www.theaa.com/breakdown-cover/advice/adblue

‘Which?’ looked at fuel additives a while back and concluded that if you own a vehicle that's less than 10 years old that has been well maintained, there really isn't any need to use any kind of additives, as the car's electronics and fuel system will be optimised to deliver the best mix of performance and efficiency in the first place. A 2005 Renault might therefore gain some benefit?

Re the efficacy of Ad Blue; without the need to get too technical here, we can take it as read it "works", as nearly, if not  every auto diesel engine car maker finally had to adopted it to achieve Euro 6 onwards.

None would do so if it did not achieve the NOx level requirements, as the kit does not come cheap, and it is another running cost, neither aspect being taken lightly in this ultra-competitive industry.

None of us normal users have the equipment to explore what our engines NOx levels are, let alone compare NOx levels with and without Ad blue.

Thanks everyone, I now know that what I did not.

I appreciate your input.

I saw the Eliminox advert. I thought it was a fuel catalyst, but I'm not sure and it probably isn't. Ultimum5 IS a fuel catalyst which increases the efficiency of combustion, increasing mpg and reducing emissions, but it doesn't seem to be on sale yet.There are others. I think the best way to keep water out of diesel is to fill the fuel tank up after each trip reducing the chance of condensation in the tank. Ultimum5: http://ultimum5.com/

I tend to use Redex diesel additive.  I stock up when it is half price at Tesco's. Does it work? No idea!!