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Matt

02-15-2004 17:38:54




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Did any of you ever forget to blend the fuel and have your diesel gell up so bad it quit, during a cold snap. How did you get it running again"?




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scotc

02-16-2004 21:23:54




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 Re: cold weather diesel in reply to Matt, 02-15-2004 17:38:54  
Any decent truckstop should have Howe's lubricator, its a drygas/antigel/upper cylinder lube all in one, started using it last winter and haven't gelled up yet, hope i didnt just jinx myself. Also expensive but good. How old was the fuel, if you got it in the summer it won't have any anti-gel added already. Don't know about mixing gas with the fuel though, never heard that one, Everyone should be aware truckers can be good bull artists too. HAd a couple guys that drive out of the warehouse that I do tell me that the feds nabbed a guy after they sold a nuclear missile to him last fall.

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AAron

02-24-2004 17:31:16




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 Re: Re: cold weather diesel in reply to scotc, 02-16-2004 21:23:54  
Its not so much the cold weather but the amount of water in your fuel and fuel water seperator.I hve been a diesel technition for 5 years for a fleet company and 2 years for a freightliner dealership.And the best thing you can do is add water evaporator and or heat to your tank or fuel barrel.usually in extreme measures simply changing your fuel filter will get your engine blowing smoke again.the commen miss conseption of gehling fuel is the engine just wont start.gehled diesel fuel will actually turn into a jello form. best thing to do is keep the water out and the engine plugged in.

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BIG JOHN

02-16-2004 18:56:00




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 Re: cold weather diesel in reply to Matt, 02-15-2004 17:38:54  
I don't know where some of these guys are coming from with those -30 degree temps before diesel will jell. Here in Kansas if you don't use winter conditioned diesel you will jell up at around 20 degrees.

If you are jelled up you will need to get your complete tractor/truck or what ever it is into a heated space and get it warmed up to about 40 degrees. Pull and replace your filters. Put a heat lamp on the engine compartment to warm up the injectors. Add some type of conditioner to the fuel in the unit and reprime the whole system.

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Michael Soldan

02-15-2004 20:02:55




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 Re: cold weather diesel in reply to Matt, 02-15-2004 17:38:54  
Matt, I am curious about how cold it was. It would take a very sub zero temperature to gel diesel fuel. I have had -27* C and the tractor starts and runs..I am more inclined to think you have water in the fuel and it froze and gelled. Add some fuel line deicer. Also where extreme temperatures exist many truckers add gasolene to the diesel fuel to prevent gelling, there was a discussion here some time ago, even Volkswagon diesels (owners manuals) suggest adding up to 30% gasolene to prevent gelling. I believe you would need temperatures in the minus 40*C to gel diesel..Northern Ontario, northern Minnesota, Alaska..I've used some old blankets and a space heater to warm up an engine that won't start in the cold, what Riverrat suggested will work fine, check for water and you can add gas to the diesel to keep it from gelling if temperature is indeed the problem.....Mike in Exeter Ontario

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riverrat

02-15-2004 18:49:14




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 Re: cold weather diesel in reply to Matt, 02-15-2004 17:38:54  
Time to get out the salemander heater and the tarp! Wrap your tractor in the tarp, point the tube inside, careful not to set the tarp on fire or melt it and wait about an hour. Then drain the tank, put in your blend and start it. The fuel lines should be warm enough to pump through and get the blended fuel into the pump, then you're home free. Done it. Works. Good luck!



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