Re: one cold diesel

Posted by Randy as in Randy-IA on February 10, 2007 at 22:23:02 from (207.177.83.223):

In Reply to: one cold diesel posted by cb in wisc. on February 09, 2007 at 09:21:22:

Hi , Wednesday morning at 7:45 , temp was at -13* , I had a job to do with a FMC HTC50 hydraulic crane with a 6-71 driptroit . We had it plugged in all night and had at least 50% #1 diesel and the rest was winterized ( 50-50 mix ) . It fired up instantly and ran good while airing up and warming up for at least 45 minutes . I made it about 3/4 of a mile from the shop when the fuel lines gelled up . Heating with a torch , a gallon of 9-1-1 and three cans of ether later the starter motor jammed against the ring gear . No one wanted to change the fuel filters in subzero weather with the wind blowing about 10 to 15 mph . We should have done that first but couldn't believe the fuel had actually gelled since we couldn't see any crystals in the tank . But when the starter jammed we had to hire the biggest wrecker in the area to pull it back to the shop . As he started pulling me backwards I let the clutch out in reverse and got the starter unstuck . Out on the side of the highway for 8 hours trying to get that thing to run . We plugged it back in and tryed it on Friday but no go even after changing the filters in the yard . We couldn't get it to run again till Friday afternoon then put it inside the shop . My very long point being that below -10 it's still a cr@pshoot as to whether the fuel will gell . We always add a quart of powerservice to it when the tanks topped off and it has a 60 gallon tank . I guess is there might have been some free water in the line . I don't know . Just my two cents ...Randy

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