Diesel anti-gel additive
Live in N Texas and haven't had a problem, until this past winter. With our "freezeageddon" this year, and no personal knowledge of the best additive, looking for suggestions from the northern clim...
Forum Discussion
patperry2766 wrote:Grit dog wrote:
Power service is what most people /industry use.
What temp did your diesel gel?
I wondered about that in Dallas when it was below zero.
Tried starting it when it was about 5 deg. Nope,Nada. Just let it sit for a couple of days till it got above 25 deg and it fired up.
ALL the shelves were bare EVERYWHERE.
I bet! We were down there during the snowmageddon/arctic freeze. It was absolutely crippling to the entire dfw area for sure. We ended up just hijacking the rental car and driving through the next blizzard headed towards TX, to Albuquerque so we could get a flight out.
Straight #2 starts gelling up in the mid teens. It’s possible the fuel in your area is treated a little or not at all. Simple enough to ask around. Ask a couple of the local oil and fuel suppliers what they do.
I’ve only seen mass fuel gelling once, and it was in Denver of all places. Got to about -30F for a couple nights and according to the news channels the local suppliers had been dosing to about -10F.
