Back in the late 1980's, I had one of those "infamous" GM 5.7 liter diesel engines in a 1983 Buick LeSabre. The fuel filter sat in the back of the V-8 engine, somewhat in the valley of the cylinder banks where heat would rise from the engine to aid in preventing gelling. Secondly, GM also had an electric heater that wrapped around the fuel line just prior to where that line went into the pump. The term they used was a "hot dog" heater. Lastly, NAPA had made a fuel heater that was an add on. You cut the heater hose going into the heater core and slipped this device in there. It was wrapped in black foam insulation. The fuel was directed around a metal pipe where hot coolant went through it. I never had a problem with gelling with that car, but I also used blended fuels, too. I am not sure, but I think GM might have had some type of fuel line heaters that were factory installed starting in about 1984 with their 6.2 liter diesels in their pickup trucks. I knew of people who ran blended fuel or perhaps straight number 1 in one tank and number 2 in the other tank on their trucks. They made sure they switched back and forth as needed and ensured they had number 1 in the lines and filters before they ever shut their trucks off. They warmed them up before switching to number 2, likewise. Ford seemed to be more prone to gelling with the location of the fuel filter being out in front and high above the engine where no engine heat could radiate out and aid in prevention of fuel gelling.
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Today's Featured Article - Tuning-Up Your Tractor: Plugs & Compression Testing - by Curtis Von Fange. The engine seems to run rough. In the exhaust you can hear an occasion 'poofing' sound like somethings not firing on all cylinders. Under loaded conditions the tractor seems to lack power and it belches black smoke out of the exhaust. For some reason it just doesn't want to start up without cranking and cranking the starter. All these conditions can be signals that your unit is in need of a tune up. Ok, so what is involved in a tune up? You say, swap plugs and file the points....now tha
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