A Combustion Company

The following photos are of a 3408 Caterpillar engine out of a front end loader operated by Florida Crushed Stone in Central Florida.


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One of the combustion surfaces as it appeared when the engine was taken apart. The engine had 13,788 hours on it and was operated on Fuel-Tek C-5 treated fuel for over 1,000 hours. If you look closely at the top right valve you can read the part numbers.

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The same combustion surface after it has been wiped down with a dry rag.


One of the pistons from the same engine.


Final shot is a close up of the exhaust valves showing how clean the stems are.


“If this product did not save us money on fuel consumption, I would still use it because of the positive results to the internal components of our diesel engines.”

Jeff Cherry
VP of Production
FLORIDA CRUSHED STONE CO., INC.



For more information:

FUEL-TEK
P.O. Box 25
Lake Panasoffkee, FL 33538-0025
(352) 569-0988 or Toll Free: 800-715-8417
Fax: (352) 793-6775