LBrown59
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- Oct 27, 2004
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- Tractor
- 2003 Kubota BX1500/2004 Kubota Bx23/2005 Kubota BX1500
I use the white bottle the year around.bpattie said:Power Service is one and easily available at Walmart and other auto parts stores.
1*Use White bottle of PS.1*Add power service
2* 1/2 gallon of kerosene on hand .
3* (I never had to use it since I been using power service).
Here is the mix or mixes I use.
55 gallon of diesel add 1 quart of PS.
30 gallon of diesel add 16 oz of PS.
5 gallon of diesel add 3 oz of ps.
2*Treat the fuel with PS and forget the Kero.
3*Putting Kero in winter blend is not a good idea because winter blend already has had the kero added to it.
Putting your own kero in the diesel results in to much kero in the diesel .
It's kinda like buying pemixed anti freeze and mixing it half and half with water so you wind up with a dulited product that's harmful to your motor.
1*Also much better .1*I found it was much easier to simply treat the fuel when I buy it, no matter the time of year.
I start mine up on the 25th of each month and let them run 15 to 20 minutes?Should I remove the battery like I would in a gasoline car engine?
Would be kinda hard to do with a removed battery dontcha think?
Yes cause you don't use additives like PS just to combat coldHere in drought stricken Central Texas.. I have done everything as folks up north..except a fuel additvie -
1* Should I? Texas winters are light by any standard...Thanks
1*The only difference between winter and summer blend is the amount of kerosene in the fuel.1*I've never treated my diesel fuel but make sure you don't use summer bought diesel in the cold, cold winter.
All 3 of my of my BXs ran just fine last winter on summer blend.
Summer blend is what I had on hand when winter hit the front door.
I had treated the summer stuff with 1 quart of PS per 55 gallon of diesel and it worked fine all winter long.
1*Water in the fuel causes that stuff to grow.1*I always assumed topping off was best but then after reading some unrelated posts that diesel fuel can start to have stuff grow in it etc.
Keeping the tank topped off helps reduce water accumliation.
Again there there are additives for combating that stuff also .