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Re: Any winter starting tips
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Posted by Hugh MacKay on December 13, 2004 at 14:00:31 from (209.226.247.148):
In Reply to: Any winter starting tips posted by Dave MN on December 13, 2004 at 11:28:19:
Dave: Forget all those silly little formulas. By #1 diesel fuel from one of the mainline suppliers in your area. That fuel will be formulated for your climate and will need no other additive other than methyl hydrate. Methyl hydrate is only needed to stop your fuel from gelling. Your fuel company can not add methyl hydrate as it would only evaporate in storage. Every time you fill tractor with fuel add about 1/2 cup of methyl hydrate. If tractor sits couple of weeks it will evaporate and will need to add more. By the way you can usually buy methyl hydrate at your local drug store for about half what you will pay elsewhere. All those other products you see on the shelves of automotive stores are purely designed to do little more than relieve you of money. On motor oil and given the engine you have 15W-40 diesel service only. Make sure your block heater is working well. A good working block heater makes every start a summer start. You should never need ether. In my lifetime I have probably logged 60,000 hours on 6 diesels. Only ever remember buying 3 injection pumps, couple of rebuilds, 1 new set of injectors and had 5 sets rebuilt. Since my farming days I have driven log trucks in winter temps similar to yours. Three different companies, two Cats and one Cummins. All three owners used the same formula as I did over the years, #1 fuel, methyl hydrate only additive, block heater and 15W-40 diesel service motor oil only.
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