Posted by Mel in SW Iowa on December 11, 2009 at 06:40:19 from (75.105.32.52):
In Reply to: Gelling diesel pickups posted by Fixerupper on December 10, 2009 at 21:28:42:
In 1990 - 1995, I drove a refrigerated truck Omaha to Seattle/Portland most of the way on I 90. The company I drove for, RTC Ltd had fuel heaters in their tractors fuel tanks that circulated engine coolant through each fuel tank and didn"t recommend fuel additives. They parked all idle tractors in a heated shop in cold months, so once they started and backed out of the shop with warm fuel in the tanks, you were all set to run 1,686 miles west and then back without fear of winter fuel problems unless you shut it off for several hours. There were some trips in seriously below zero temps that it seemed like we were the only trucks moving although we didn"t have the winter kits you sometimes see on Canadian trucks.
In the 93 Dodge diesel that I work out of now, its only gelled up once on me. It started fine on a -10 morning in NW Iowa with gusting 40mph winds, but as soon as I got on the road, it started dropping power. I was fortunate to be able to nurse it slower and slower for about 20 miles until I could get it into a heated shop at an implement dealer and change fuel filters. The one I took off looked like jello inside.
As a result, whenever its cold enough to plug in my Oliver 1650 to do chores with, I also plug in a magnetic heater or quartz work light under the fuel tank. So far, it hasn"t gelled on me in about 10 years of ocassional zero weather.
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