Re: Any winter starting tips

Posted by Hugh MacKay on December 14, 2004 at 08:18:57 from (209.226.247.189):

In Reply to: Re: Any winter starting tips posted by El Toro on December 13, 2004 at 17:03:27:

Hal: Just a word about #1 and #2 diesel. even in your NE MD 1994 deep freeze you were probably better off with #2. I've never done any north-south trucking but guys tell me you best have you #1 diesel used up by the time you hit the Mason-Dixon line and plan to refuel with #2. Diesels will warm up quite quickly on #1 diesel in warm weather.

I had this happen with 560 and 656. Neither had been used much all winter, but both had #1 diesel in tanks. One nice warm April day I started one of them, not only do they run much hotter, they don't sound right either. I drained the fuel off and filled both with #2. You have to be a bit sharper in the fall. They do have to start to blend tank contents with pump and filter contents.

Fuel companies up here climatize their formulas almost weekly in spring and fall. Only time we get caught is with a tractor were not using much at the time, or if we haven't filled that storage tank in awhile. Delivery guys and users are usually quite sharp on that one.

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