Re: diesel geled.what can I do???

Thanks folks!!! Got it going,the problem was water (in my head..........)

When I went to get some hay last week (was just at or above freezing), it started cutting out and starving for fuel. The guy that I got the hay from has an old Fendt tractor and said it always did the same thing so he just took the filter out. Sooooooooooo, when mine stopped again yesterday evening, first thing I did was pull the filter (PITA setup that goes in the tank). When it wouldn't start after heating, cussing, and kicking, I posted here. Got up this morning, read the replies and got started. After nothing worked, I had a stroke of genious and took the fuel line off at the injector pump and had no fuel. Tried to blow air into the tank to get it loose, tried to blow through the line, nothing. Must really be froze. Took a bunch of stuff apart to get to and remove the tank, emptied and cleaned it and still couldn't blow through the line.
Took it off and found a valve (jet may be a better word) that closes when you remove the filter. Remember, the first thing I did was remove the filter.

Bright side of the story is, I now have a new filter, fresh winter diesel, clean lines, tank, and surrounding area, got rid of a bunch of extra nerves I had building up, and my tractor runs like a top.

Think I'll quit early today and have a beer or 6.

Thanks again,


Dave

Dave: Pour a cup of pure methyl hydrate in the fuel tank. Don't fool around with additives, they are just methyl hydrate nixed with oils. You already have oil.

After pouring in the MH walk away and leave it for an hour. It will work it's way through lines to filters and injection pump. Remember MH in the tank will evaporate within a week. Remember also MH is the active ingrediant in all those snake oils. It evaporates from those as well.

When the fuel jells it gets stopped in the filters as they are the smallest place it has to go through. If you heat the filters it will get them going again.

you never for any reason remove the fuel filters and then run the engine. 1 drop of water in the pump will cost you 1500.00 your just lucky it had a fuel shut off in the filter housing