Cold no start. Frozen fuel?

[mjonesnh]

We need to make it clear that Diesel 911 is for fuel which is already gelled. Do not use as a regular additive. There are plenty of additives for diesel fuel to keep it from gelling(Howes is one of many) and you can use them at a much lower concentration every time you add fuel, starting before it gets cold in the fall. Don't use any additive rated for gasoline.
It is a good idea to start additives early before it gets cold, as gelled diesel is a pain to get out of the system.

Run Optilube XPD year round, lighter dose in warm weather and then a double dose starting in Sept-Oct. Never any gelling issues. Mainly use it in warm weather for extra lubricity. Brand rated very highly in an additive study several years ago.

 

[13720]

Ok I was able resolve with heat gun and everything is back to normal.

It looks like the tractor will spend the next two weeks in my garage til we head south. Now I have to break the news to my pickup.

Thanks to all.

Switch to #1 diesel in freezing weather or add diesel fuel additive.

 

[hube2]

We need to make it clear that Diesel 911 is for fuel which is already gelled. Do not use as a regular additive. There are plenty of additives for diesel fuel to keep it from gelling(Howes is one of many) and you can use them at a much lower concentration every time you add fuel, starting before it gets cold in the fall. Don't use any additive rated for gasoline.
It is a good idea to start additives early before it gets cold, as gelled diesel is a pain to get out of the system.

I add fuel additives all year long because I never know when I'll use the fuel I've purchased or when it was purchased. I have several 5 gallon jugs and I just rotate them FIFO. It's worth the expense to me to ensure I never see this issue. I have a bottle of 911 sitting on a self, just in case. It's been sitting there almost 5 years and I never want to need it.

 

[Dmacleo]

2 bottles of 911 here.

 

[NUTTERDW]

there are additives you can add to the fuel to the tank tokeep that from happening. There also is a difference between fuel bought in warm weather verses fuel bought in winter. Several years ago I bought a Volkswagen Jetta diesel and the owners manual said if I was not able to get winter fuel to add 20% gasoline to the fuel.

 

[dodge man]

I really encourage people to watch Project Farm on YouTube where he tests additives. Even if you just skip ahead to where he is pulling his test samples out of the freezer that have additives in them. They ALL gelled, just less so with some of the additives. Of course if you don’t have temperatures that get down to zero it’s less of a concern.

 

[Little Red Tractor]

Ok I was able resolve with heat gun and everything is back to normal.

It looks like the tractor will spend the next two weeks in my garage til we head south. Now I have to break the news to my pickup.

Thanks to all.

My pickup lives outside so that the tractor can live inside.

Be sure you run out all the fuel you had in that tank, without running it out of fuel, of course. A few years back, there seemed to be a bad bunch of fuel in the area and EVERYONE was having fuel gelling or icing at temps that usually wouldn't cause a problem. Maybe this year your area got the trashy fuel.
I cut my fuel by about 30% kerosene beginning in November, and use a conditioner.

 

[Zetorboy]

I am from a could region(nothern part of Québec, Canada - northwestern shore of St-lawrence river). My Zetor will start at under -12 C or around 10 F to 15 F. It Starts without being plugin. Be sure, that you use winterized fuel, in cold rgions.

 

[RayIN]

Do not use an additive that claims to absorb water so it can burn in a HP common-rail diesel engine. Water molecules are larger than fuel molecules and will slowly ruin the injectors.

 

[Bavarian]

I don't use much fuel normally so I need good fuel before we get the deep freeze. I don't want to wait for the local station to get the fuel I will need in January. I treat my fuel and I also have learned to keep 5 gal of #1 on hand to blend before winter. I run the tank low on fuel, dump the #1 in, fill the rest with #2, then I'm ready for the cold temps.

Exactly that.

Get rid of the summer fuel. No amount of conditioner will turn summer fuel into winter fuel.

I personally run the tank low towards fall when the chores get fewer.
Usually mid November our fuel stations are filled with winter diesel. That's when I fill up again.
And a few degrees below freezing doesn't do anything to summer fuel. If it causes a problem to the fuel system, it's not the diesel itself.