In Minnesota we have a biodiesel mandate, in summer up to 20% of the diesel is soybean or rendering plant blend. Works feat but doesn’t flow well in winter, after october they sell a winter version, which is I think only 2 or 5% bio blend. It is real important to get the immersions stuff run through and get a winter blend in your tank. This is all regular #2 diesel here. Do you have similar wherever you are?
At 20 degrees f the gel issue is just thinking about starting. If you have an old fuel filter it might want to think about gelling up......
Putting an amount of anti gel in the tank really helps, and makes you pretty safe down to 10 or zero. I actually can run at minus 15 f on #2 and the antigel, but that is around the yard I’d be concerned making a longer trip with that. You start learning how to make it work......
Blending in #1 diesel fuel also works well. To get down to zero you may want 40% #1 diesel blended in.
In a pinch a little kerosene works too as it is basically a really fine #1 diesel, but I’m used to older tolerant diesels, the new high pressure and def setups be careful with.
In any case, all of this blending or adding needs to be done early, or in a heated shop, and the fuel needs to mix around so it gets through the filter, pump, etc. if your diesel is sitting there with #1 and the temp drops to 5 degrees and you decide you need to use it now, good luck. The filter will clog up with wax particularly real quick and you will be clogged up. So prepare early if you think you need some help.
If you de gel up some hot water on the filter, magnetic heater on the filter, or some such and get heat into the whole engine compartment, get the fuel warmed and treated and circulated while warm and out of the wind.
My first year with a diesel tractor I didn’t pay attention and never had a problem with #2 normal diesel in a minnesota winter. That tractor had the engine tank heater right below the fuel filter, heating the engine heted the fuel filter with th warmth rising off it, and engine coolant going through the heater. The tractor fuel tank is above the engine so it too heated up enough to keep the tractor working fine.
Now I run three diesel tractors over winter. If I don’t preapare right, I can notice it works ok driving one direction, when I turn and the wind blows cold instead of warm are on the fuel filter it starts stalling in 5 minutes.... get it turned and parked o the wind blow nine heat to the filter again and it will thaw itself out. One time I drove a mile to get a round bale, tractor died when I started coming back home. Ended up backing all the way home with the bale so the engine heat kept the filter flowing.....
Me, I think I would do a half to a full treatment of the antigel additive while it is warm yet, and then you are ready if it dips down to 10 or 15 degrees and you can make a go of it. I always use Power Service, there are several other popular brands and there is a lot of debate over which is ‘best’, I won’t even get into that as there is never a winner.....
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