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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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sky_free
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Dec 10, 2013
Yikes, this could actually be a problem for us. We live in the SF Bay Area and usually get fuel here, but our TDI can go 700 miles on a tank of fuel. It is conceivable that we would make it to some temps that are well below zero within 200 miles. This past weekend we were up in Tahoe with it and it got down to -10F. The Touareg was parked in the garage at night, but was out driving in below zero temps. I guess we dodged a bullet there.

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