KICK
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my question would be has any one ever seen the fuel gel because of long term storage?
It's not that simple. You have to pull the fuel filter and fill it with a 50/50 mix of the product and diesel fuel. No word on where you are supposed to get that diesel fuel from, if you are stuck by the side of the road. Presumably you can't use the gelled stuff already in the filter, but the instructions don't really say.Skyco said:Might want to look at this-Power Service 9-1-1
The spec sheet says- "Reliquefies gelled fuel in minutes"
Can't vouch for it, never have used it.
SnowRidge said:It's not that simple. You have to pull the fuel filter and fill it with a 50/50 mix of the product and diesel fuel. No word on where you are supposed to get that diesel fuel from, if you are stuck by the side of the road. Presumably you can't use the gelled stuff already in the filter, but the instructions don't really say.
No. The fuel will not gel due to length of time it is stored alone. The fuel gelling is strictly temperature related.KICK said:my question would be has any one ever seen the fuel gel because of long term storage?
Because of long term storage? No.KICK said:...has any one ever seen the fuel gel because of long term storage?
What i've seen is dumping the gelled fuel out of the filter, filling it half full of the product, putting the filter back on and then priming the filter the rest of the way fuel... after the product has begun to work in the tank already. Kind of a pain in the *****.SnowRidge said:It's not that simple. You have to pull the fuel filter and fill it with a 50/50 mix of the product and diesel fuel. No word on where you are supposed to get that diesel fuel from, if you are stuck by the side of the road. Presumably you can't use the gelled stuff already in the filter, but the instructions don't really say.
KICK said:you know the chances of a diesel engine that has been running stalling on the side of the road because the fuel gelled are minimal.
once old dr diesel is running the natural fuel flow of the engine starts to heat its own fuel and return it to the tank
gelling situation occurs far more frequently in a vehicle left sitting for a long time period in sub zero temps.
who in the 7734 is out on their tractor in those conditions anyway?