Fuel gelling?

[briggs_man]

I had to start treating all my diesel . with Anti Gel . God this New USLD is junk . never had so much gell up problems with diesel fuel before in my life . and back in 1994 it got down to -25 here and all our diesel stuff never gelled up . This year i been fighting my pickup. My volvo. and My torpedo heater even gelled up . Brought my 5 gallon can in from outside to go put fuel in my heater. As i watched it goe into the funnlel i thought man that crap looks really cloudy . Fired up the heater and less than 10 mins . I heard it start sputtering and Just flame out . From their on out i been buying antigel like mad. Thanks EPA and TreeHugger Nitwits for The so Ecoftreindly Fuel . Hogwash This Crap aint worth
what we pay for it

 

[mfeining]

I have a gelled tractor sitting outside right now. I am from western North Dakota. I guess I got careless because I have never had anything gel before. My dad told me to put Howe's in it and change the filters but I don't see how the additive gets into the filters if your pour it into the tank? I also don't see how it gets through the transfer tube and into both sides of the tank? Right now, I have 10 gallons of #1 mixed into 60 gallons of #2 (lean I know, but the tank was almost full in the fall so I just topped it off with #1.) To make matters worse, right now it is blizzarding outside and we had to miss Christmas in town with our family due to this. Needless to say, my wife isn't too thrilled with me right now. Thanks in advance for any help. By the way, the gel victim is an '08 Case MXM 140 and it is currently 5 degrees outside and blowing about 30-40mph.

 

[Dale1995]

have you tried the ps 911? its supposed to get you out of this jam.

 

[Diamondpilot]

I would get a tarp around it and a salamander heater on it. Even if that means toting the stuff out to it and a generator is involved.

Chris

 

[RalphVa]

Warm it up and get some kero into the tank. May be difficult to get any additive mixed up in there.

Ralph

 

[bp fick]

But to answer your other question....

You put the additive into your fuel can before filling it. Or you put a splash into your tractor tank and then fill the tank. Either way, this blends it before sending fuel down to the fuel filter.

There have been those on other threads who have questioned the need for such preventative actions, and hopefully, this will cause others to benefit from reading of your situation.

 

[Boondox]

I got careless once and forgot the additive one winter. My neighbor planted his truck in a ditch. On the way downhill to pull him out with my L4630 the tractor just died. Since it was ten below I figured my fuel had gelled. Opened the hood and saw right away that the fuel filter looked like someone had filled it with vaseline.

I pulled the filter and started to clean it. It was a Sunday, of course, and everything was closed. No spare in the garage. After trying a few solvents and having no luck, I used a popsicle stick to scrape the worst of it out, then half a gallon of diesel with a healthy dollop of Stanadyne in it. The mix liquified that jelly in a jiffy!

Put about three times the usual dose of Stanadyne in my remaining three gallons of diesel, reinstalled the cleaned filter, topped off the tank with the diesel, crossed my fingers and...it fired right up!

After thinking about it a spell I figured the fuel starts to gel at the filter because it's the most restrictive flow. The lines and rest of the system were okay.

Pete

 

[Duffster]

There have been those on other threads who have questioned the need for such preventative actions, and hopefully, this will cause others to benefit from reading of your situation.

Kinda shows how little D1 will do too.

I have a gelled tractor sitting outside right now. I am from western North Dakota. I guess I got careless because I have never had anything gel before. My dad told me to put Howe's in it and change the filters but I don't see how the additive gets into the filters if your pour it into the tank? I also don't see how it gets through the transfer tube and into both sides of the tank? Right now, I have 10 gallons of #1 mixed into 60 gallons of #2 (lean I know, but the tank was almost full in the fall so I just topped it off with #1.) To make matters worse, right now it is blizzarding outside and we had to miss Christmas in town with our family due to this. Needless to say, my wife isn't too thrilled with me right now. Thanks in advance for any help. By the way, the gel victim is an '08 Case MXM 140 and it is currently 5 degrees outside and blowing about 30-40mph.

Are you sure it is gelled and not just plain plugged filters?

 

[bp fick]

My wondering involves when that diesel was purchased. 5 degrees is cold, but not THAT cold. Was this diesel left over from late summer?
I gotta believe even reputable winter blend wouldn't have gelled at 5 degrees, but who knows. I also have theories, (quite unsupported by testing) that older, dirty fuel filter wax easier.

 

[Duffster]

I also have theories, (quite unsupported by testing) that older, dirty fuel filter wax easier.

Absolutly, why wouldn't a dirty filter plug with wax sooner than a clean filter?