Fuel winterizer

[JOHNTHOMAS]

After you have walked home due to a gelled fuel issue you will always use power service. As the saying goes: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Or stuck on the road 200 miles from home - that's why I use Howes Diesel Treat.

The temp that UNTREATED diesel gels is 10 to 15 degrees. The OP is in Decatur, Alabama - rhymes with warm winter.

The average number of days BELOW 29 degrees are 0, zero, zip, nada
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It rarely freezes down here.

Having been raised in Northern Vermont and experienced many winter days starting at 40 below I'm still surprised at being able to work outside in a T-shirt (and pants) after Thanksgiving.

I cannot personally recommend Howes treatment as a winter fuel conditioner and haven't used it since about 10 years ago when my tractor quit running because the filler gelled up with paraffin & the fuel tank on my backhoe turned to slush & only 5 below F. It does on occasion get to 25 below here so I do use a conditioner & have not had another problem even though I never fill by bulk tank with winter fuel.

Al is for Alabama, not Alaska!!!! Doubt he will ever have to worry about gelling because of temperatures in Alabama which is why I mentioned Power Service in the silver bottle and not the white bottle.:cool2:

 

[holeycow]

I cannot personally recommend Howes treatment as a winter fuel conditioner and haven't used it since about 10 years ago when my tractor quit running because the filler gelled up with paraffin & the fuel tank on my backhoe turned to slush & only 5 below F. It does on occasion get to 25 below here so I do use a conditioner & have not had another problem even though I never fill by bulk tank with winter fuel.

My experience with Howes also. With about the same time frame. I haven't used it in years.

 

[herringchoker]

My experience with Howes also. With about the same time frame. I haven't used it in years.

I've been using it for 20 years or so in all my diesels, since it rescued me after being gelled up on the side of the road, and have never had a problem.