Method of reducing piston deposits, smoke or wear in a diesel engine
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1. A method of reducing piston deposits, smoke or wear in a diesel engine, the method involving the step of running the engine on fuel comprising an oil soluble or oil dispersible iron carboxylate or iron complex that includes Fe3+;
- with the proviso that when the method is a method of reducing smoke in a diesel engine, the ratio of the number of equivalents of organic acid to the number of equivalents of Fe3+ in the oil soluble or oil dispersible iron carboxylate or iron complex is 3 or more.
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A method of reducing piston deposits, smoke or wear in a diesel engine. The method involves the step of running the engine on fuel comprising an oil soluble iron carboxylate or iron complex that includes Fe3+.
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1. A method of reducing piston deposits, smoke or wear in a diesel engine, the method involving the step of running the engine on fuel comprising an oil soluble or oil dispersible iron carboxylate or iron complex that includes Fe3+;
- with the proviso that when the method is a method of reducing smoke in a diesel engine, the ratio of the number of equivalents of organic acid to the number of equivalents of Fe3+ in the oil soluble or oil dispersible iron carboxylate or iron complex is 3 or more.
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