Re: Diesel additive

Posted by The tractor vet on December 14, 2020 at 09:45:06 from (104.179.81.68):

In Reply to: Re: Diesel additive posted by rustred on December 14, 2020 at 08:32:22:

WELLLLLLLl not totally true on how warm the fuel is returning to the tank. Years ago this was the case on SOME . The old Detroits and Cummins returned warm fuel the best as the fuel went thru the heads from the pump to the unit injector then back into the head and on to the return line then the tank. Macks had a shell we say and external pump and lines to each injector and external return and would be the first to drop kick ya in cold weather, Same as the old Cat and I H powered construction equipment and farm equipment . Old semis with the two main engines of the day use to have a bottom crossover line to equalize fuel levels in the two tanks and only drawed and returned fuel to one side it wa NOT uncommon that one tank was nice and warm and the other tank gelled , that was easy to spot as it was covered in snow and ice while the return side was not . While as a kid in the OLD days working for a construction company if we had any major winter work the first of Oct we would get in a tanker load of #1 and he would dump half the load in one tank and the other in the other tank as there was two 10000 gallon tanks in the ground at the shop . during the normal season the company ran the best fuel money could by at the time and that was Sohio Diesel supreme , everybody knew about this diesel it was the top dog for power and you would pull the best fuel economy out of it and at a glance you knew back then what was in your tank it was RED way before the idiots made red fuel off road . back in those days a tanker load was usually between 6 and 7000 gallons . Now today in my part of the world they start peddling WINTER FUELS by the first of OCT in both gas and diesel . Now if you have left over SUMMER blend setting in the tanks depending on the weather you would be wise to add and anti gel and MIX it not just DUMP it in like my buddy did and except it to work as it will go to the bottom and DO NOTHING . Only once did i ever had a gel problem and that was 78 when i had to pull my semi out of the nice warm shop to get some other stuff in that we did want to start during the blizzard and it did have winter blend in it and it still gelled.

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