Re: Any winter starting tips

Posted by El Toro on December 14, 2004 at 09:23:29 from (216.148.244.90):

In Reply to: Re: Any winter starting tips posted by Hugh MacKay on December 14, 2004 at 08:18:57:

Hi Hugh, DF2 is probably ok as long as they keep the engine running. The fuel return will keep the fuel warm in the fuel tanks as long as they
switch from tank to tank. Most of those truckers
know which fuel to use and when to blend DF2 with
DF1.

One of my former co-worker's called last winter when it was very cold about his son's
Dodge truck with the Cummins diesel had quit running. The knew the fuel was jelling and wanted to know how to get it started. I told them
to do as the German's do add about a gallon of gasoline to the diesel fuel.

The truck is garaged over night and he didn't have this problem until the truck sat
outside all day while he was working. I think
a farm tractor would do ok on DF1, they're not running down the interstate 60 to 70mph like these semi's are. The government had a diesel fuel called DFA for arctic temps. It looked like
clear urine even at -65 degrees. In 1994 when it was -20 we had about 20 generators on test and they all shutdown. We switched to JP4. We switched back after the temp warmed up. Hal

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