REDEX IN PUG DIESEL ENGINES

HAVE RECENTLY ACQUIRED 115.000 MILE RELIABLE 406 ESTATE EXEC. 1998. PAST 40
YEARS ALWAYS USED REDEX IN VARIOUS PETROL ENGINES WITH (IN MY OPINION)
BENEFITS. ANY POSITIVE/NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES WITH DIESEL REDEX IN PUG
DIESELS?

 

(Bit noisy).
Wouldn't think there would be much point in Redex. Diesel fuel has lubricant
qualities.
I throw a flask of that anti smoke snake oil in now and again.
DaveK.

 

Recently under 'historical anecdotes' I posted the following:

Peugeot placed istelf on the map in Australia in 1953 when a 203 won
the first round-Australia reliability trial.

Your post reminds me that that event was sponsored by Redex - at the
time in Australia it was called the 'Redex trial'. I did not mention
this because I thought the product (which neither I, nor anyone I know,
has ever used) was long-forgotten. Wrong!. Apparently there are some
'snake oil' users out there.

Regardless of any actual merits, anyone who can persuade a significant
number of people to use a fuel additive can make a lot of money. I have
always taken the view that if an additive was worthwhile it would be
adopted by one of the major fuel brands as a marketing ploy. Another
test is whether the vehicle manufacturer recommends any additive.

Recently in Australia a variation on the .'snake oil' thing has emerged
- it is called after sales - when you sign to buy a new car you are
passed to a pretty lady who attempts to sell you a whole raft of things
- coatings for the paint, the upholstery, the chassis and snake oil
additives to fuel which are said to do all sorts of things essential to
the wellbeing of your new vehicle. All crap! Exploiting a new vehicle
owner while in a vulnerable state.

 

Erm, it has been. See Shell Optimax for details

 

Well I use Optimax in my 406 - am I getting Redex or STP? Or what?

 

http://makeashorterlink.com/?B445251FB

 

They won't tell you what the additives actually are - they just give a bunch
of vague information.

Take a look on their website - there's a whole load of stuff there...