Don87
Elite Member
If you think your fuel is gelled shine a light into the tank the first sign is little snowflake like rascals floating around. If it has progressed to a more serious stage you will have globs of snotty stuff floating around. the best approach at this time is to steal your wife's broom and appropraite some kerosene or #1 diesel (same thing) . Take the wifey's broom and stir the disgusting mess around until it starts to break up. You will hear people tell you to use gasoline, powersteering fluid, and all other sorts of stuff. The problem with these is they do not have the lubricational properties it takes to keep the pump, and Injector plungers from galling. It does not take a lot of # 1 to do the job. I have used 15 gallons of # 1 in the gallon tanks of a semi to het it running after I had replaced the fuel filter. That is vital before you do anything replace that filter. All gelling is is the parifin seperating out of the fuel and those wax crystals will NOT go through the filter and you are dead in the water.
I added extra Power Service(just grabbed the bottle and dumped some in), then grabbed the ROPS, and shook the tractor so hard I lifted the rear tire off the ground( I was a little peeved). Then I applied heat............tractor ran for over 2 hours, so I guess I'm ok.
EDIT: Tractor idled at 1500rpm's for 30 minutes, then I worked it at 2,000 rpm's for 1 1/2 hours.