Posted by JD Seller on February 10, 2014 at 19:14:57 from (208.126.196.144):
In Reply to: Diesel posted by sdc eastern ia. on February 10, 2014 at 06:52:26:
I would pump all of the fuel out I could. Then refill with 50% K-1 and your choice of anti-gel treatment. Change the filters before starting the engine too.
Any type of Bio-Diesel in the sub-zero weather will gel.
We ran bio-diesel when it first came around here. We found out the first cold spell that it will start to gel at 20-25 degrees. The normal anti-gel treatments do not work very well on bio-diesel either. We ended up draining several fuel tanks that fall.
We now make darn sure that by the first of Sept. That the main fuel tank is empty of bio-diesel. That way we know that by the time harvest is over that the bio-fuel is out of the running equipment.
We also keep a separate diesel tank for the tractors that are not ran much. That tank never has Bio-diesel in it and I treat it year round with anti-gel.
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