I've got a 68 Kaiser and have never used it in the winter. With winter knocking on our door step, should you do anything to the diesel fuel to keep it from gelling? I am told that the suppliers switch out to a winter blend. If your tank is already full of a non-winter blend, then do you use any type of additive? If your tank is partially full of a summer blend, then you fill it up with a winter blend, do you use an additive and if so is there anything special that needs to be taken into consideration so you do not create some witches brew or make things too rich? If using an additive then which one is best?
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Fuel Additives for Winter
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Corvette1974
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Power Service has a diesel addtitive for winter conditions. PS is just good stuff in general. But unless it is REALLY cold where you are you should be fine even with non winter diesel.
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Up here in canada we have to pump out the gel every morning bring it inside and heat it up so that it's a liquid again. Some of the really fancy trucks have in tank heaters to keep the fuel from gelling
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Diesel Kleen
I use an additive year round. White bottle in winter has the anti-gel, gray or silver bottle in summer, about $6.00 at Wally World for the size that treats 40 gallons.
DIESEL KLEEN® +Cetane Boost®: Max HP Formula – use during non-winter months for the ultimate in performance.
I use an additive year round. White bottle in winter has the anti-gel, gray or silver bottle in summer, about $6.00 at Wally World for the size that treats 40 gallons.
DIESEL KLEEN® +Cetane Boost®: Max HP Formula – use during non-winter months for the ultimate in performance.
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mcmullag, has it going on.
The Diesel Kleen is amazing stuff and especially good for higher elevations....!
The Diesel Kleen is amazing stuff and especially good for higher elevations....!
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Since the deuce is multi-fuel you can put a few gallons of gasoline (make sure you get pure gas...no ethenol mix) in there and it won't gel up unless you are waaaaaay below zero.
I would take the truck to a gas station and put some in the tank.....drive around for a while to get it mixed up...(fuel coming back through the return line will do this) and then top it off again.
I would take the truck to a gas station and put some in the tank.....drive around for a while to get it mixed up...(fuel coming back through the return line will do this) and then top it off again.
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I'm with McMullag on this one. We both use a fuel additive, year round. Diesel doesn't have the lubricity it used to have since they removed most of the sulpher from it. In order to keep your IP from going to the rebuilder, I strongly recommend an additive. Just for fun, McMullag's Deuce and mine are "brothers", our serial numbers are the same except for the last digit.
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