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alkillion
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Dec 10, 2013

How cold does it have to be before diesel gels?

I have about half a tank of diesel that was pumped in October, so I figure it is not a winter blend. Now it's been pretty cold in the Dallas area, so I'm wondering if my generator will start if we hav...
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wny_pat1
Explorer
Dec 10, 2013
Trackrig wrote:
Dallas is showing 30F at the moment, you don't have to worry about it.

Assuming your engine has glow plugs, turn the key on until they go off, turn the engine over for a second until they come back on, stop turning the engine over, wait until they go off a second time and then proceed to start the engine.

Bill

I doubt either your Cat C7 or the OP's 340 Cummins has glow plugs. They might have a intake grid heater. And if they did have glow plugs, that would not help with gelled fuel.

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