Posted by Geo-TH,In on January 29, 2022 at 18:18:14 from (50.102.19.169):
In Reply to: gelled diesel fuel posted by Charlie M on January 29, 2022 at 17:01:56:
I lived in a house trailer when I first got married back in the earily 70's. Temps were -25 and the diesel fuel, heating oil, would turn into shaved ice like used in a snow cone. The shaved ice, gelled diesel, formed at the inline fuel filter. I put a 100 watt bulb under the filter, covered it with aluminum foil then used the show to keep the wind from getting to the filter.
Best to locate the fuel filter inside the house. I would suggest you use an electric heat tape on the copper tubing form the tank to the furnace. Wrap the heat tape with insulation. Like you would do with a water line coming out of the ground to the trailer.
I don't know why, the gelled diesel formed in the fuel filter.
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