When Al Kramer mixed up the first batch of Power Service Diesel Fuel Supplement in his garage in 1956, he knew he was onto something. It simply worked better than anything he had seen during his years as a chemist for a major oil company.

Al’s son, Ed Kramer, helped market Power Service, taking it directly to the truckers who needed it. With a simple shaker test in the parking lot of a local truckstop, he put Power Service up against the leading diesel fuel additives. The results were undeniable. Power Service simply dispersed water faster and more completely than anything on the market. The truckers took note and so did the truckstop owner who agreed to carry the product.

When Ed took over management of the business in 1971, he had only one product to sell. He knew that a strong national distributor network was essential to the company’s growth and success, so he used the same resourcefulness he showed early on in his career, and immediately began securing new warehouse distributors. By 1976, Power Service Diesel Fuel Supplement was available coast-to-coast, and by 1981 was the nation’s best seller — a title we still hold today.

The distribution network in place, Power Service then began developing diesel-fuel treatments to meet the needs of major fleets wanting reliable winter-fuel operability at a low per-gallon treatment cost. About that same time, premium diesel fuel sales were just taking off, so Power Service started developing products to give fuel-jobbers and truckstops the competitive edge they needed for premium fuel sales.

Today, Power Service Products of Weatherford, Texas, offers a complete line of diesel fuel additives. What started over 50 years ago in a small, one-car garage has grown into one of the industry’s biggest and most endearing success stories. Power Service Products is a recognized leader in diesel fuel additive technology — a company dedicated to giving more power to you.

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Research & Development

Power Service Products maintains a state-of-the-art diesel fuel specific testing and research laboratory, to provide our customers with technologically advanced diesel additives and fuel testing.

Power Service is committed to being at the forefront of technological issues related to the effective treatment of Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel (ULSD) fuel and renewable alternative fuels such as biodiesel.

All Power Service diesel additives are ULSD Compliant. Each additive blend batch is certified to contain less than 15 parts per million (ppm) sulfur prior to packaging. Additionally, Power Service utilizes High Frequency Reciprocating Rig (HFRR) test equipment for evaluation of diesel fuel lubricity. Thousands of diesel fuel samples are tested each year to ensure that our Slickdiesel® lubricator technology sets the standard in preventing pump and injector wear.

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Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel (ULSD) Fuel

2006 was the year refiners made the transition to nationwide delivery of Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel (ULSD) fuel. ULSD contains less than 15 ppm sulfur and allows emissions on 2007 and newer diesel engines to be the most environmentally friendly engines ever produced. While emissions are greatly reduced, ULSD ushers in newer operational challenges for the diesel engine operator. These challenges include accelerated wear rates on fuel injectors and pumps requiring the use of Slickdiesel® lubricator technology. The poor cold temperature operability of ULSD demands the more robust antigel chemistry of Diesel Fuel Supplement®+Cetane Boost®. Fuel injectors will foul more quickly — a problem easily solved by Diesel Kleen®+Cetane Boost® — and instability caused by long-term storage will necessitate the use of Clear-Diesel®Fuel & Tank Cleaner.

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Biodiesel And Biodiesel Blends

As pressure increases to lessen America’s dependence on fossil fuels, biodiesel will become more widely used as a blended component for diesel fuel. Some states have mandated that all diesel fuels contain varying percentages of biodiesel, and the U.S. government has authorized a B20 fuel (20% biodiesel and 80% diesel fuel) for use in nonstrategic applications. Poor cold weather performance, high water content and microbial infestation will require biodiesel fuels to be treated for reliable performance. All Power Service diesel additives are effective in treating biodiesel and have directions for their use printed on the back of the containers.

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