On the block heater, I'll let the owner decide what he can and cannot fit in. I recommend the in-line water heating type. Used them on VW diesels for years. The size hose is not an issue. On the sulfur and lubricity and all that , ray66v, your discussion is mostly irrelevant to a riding lawn mower. First, the only time you ever have to do this is in extremely cold weather, not all the time. "Studies show..." amounts to your opinion. There are no studies that show that any diesel engine owner EVER had a failure because of the lack of lubricity in his fuel used short term for a few tanks. By the way, how much are you doing with a GC2410 in subzero weather ?? Heavy equipment operators in all the northern tier states are running machines in the $100,000 and above realm and they run 50/50 mix with kerosene if it is going below 10 degrees. I have first hand knowledge of that in northern Vermont. They are not "risking" a lawnmower. I'll side with them. No diesel engine manufacturer recommends additives by the way (Name one.) There is also no credible reason why the GC2410 would stand using kerosene mix any less well than large heavy equipment. What's the basis for that ? And while I am disagreeing with you, No, it is not true that "many" will recommend using gasoline to solve the gel problem at low temperatures. VW recommended 10% gasoline in their 1979 manuals. They quickly retracted that when General Motors research found that 10% gasoline mixtures were dangerously explosive -- mores so than gas alone. GM cautioned diesel auto owners NOT to mix gasoline with the fuel. You cannot find ANY manufacturer today who suggests mixing gasoline with diesel fuel to prevent gel.
Since I own one of these "lawnmowers", I will tell you again, there is no good place to put an inline heater.
Hose size does matter, if you can't get one that fits. Adapters will make it longer, and even more impossible to find a place to put it.
I will also tell you, I have never had an issue with my fuel gelling. I buy a quality product, with quality ADDITIVES in it. If you want to ignore the science proving the need, and the ability of some additives to increase lubricity, that's up to you. It was my point though.
These "lawnmowers" are not $100,000 pieces of equipment. To require a study to prove they are not built as well, is ludicrous.
"Many" truck drivers I know, used, (some are now retied), or still use gasoline, for winter ops. Because you don't know them, doesn't mean it didn't happen.
Why not run kerosene all the time, since it can't hurt anything?
Speaking of manufacturer recommendations, I don't see anywhere in my manual where they recommend using Kero for winter ops. You would think if it can do no harm to my "lawnmower", and is the perfect solution, they would have recommended it...:confused3:
