Fuel gelling

last winter, when it really got cold, it seemed like everything north of i-70 was coming out of the pumps as slush.

good read, yeah a lot of people don't realize that over treating with an additive, can do a lot more harm than good.

when most truck stops se winterized, what it usually means is liquid and warm enough to get out of their hoses, and once it's in your tanks then its your problem.

it did bite some of them in the ###. Some trucks were gelli ng up right at the pump after adding bad fuel.

The Kwik Trips in MN, WI, and IA sell some pretty good winterized fuel, and they take a lot of the waxy stuff out. I have used their fuel plus additive, when it has gotten down below -20, and never had a problem gelling.

also, try to avoid buying any type of biodiesel when it really gets cold, biodiesel is even worse than ULSD in cold weather.

a lot of times that "winterized" tag that they stick on the hose, is no better than the faded cardboard that it is printed on

 

Try Schaeffer's Arctic Shield. You'll never mess around with Power Service again!!! It is great stuff......I use a lot of their product, but the fuel treatments really are top shelf.

http://www.schaefferoil.com/arctic-shield.html

 

Most guys that experience "gel-up" will only do it once, LOL.....Pulled a load of produce one time from FL to Montreal, fueled up in GA, .80 gallon back then....Not thinking at all, kept going North, hit the 15 in Quebec after sitting for about an hour at the border.....Started seeing the Tach running wild, no power, uh-oh, -15 out, big problems.... As I rolled up on the scale, I knew if I stopped she was gonna die....So I kept going, all the while the little Frenchman inside was jumping up and down, yelling in French I'm sure.....I pulled around back, just as he came boiling out of the scalehouse hollering at me in French....I did my best to explain the problem to him...He was a pretty descent old guy after all, let me come in and warm up when I needed to....Anyway, I asked him where I could some anti-gel, and he pointed to a place off in the distance....I hoofed it over and bought what I could carry back....You don't wanna know what they charged me for it....Anyway, long story short, I took the spare filters I always carried, filled them up with the A.G. and put them on....It took a while but it worked its way into the injector pump, and I was on my way....#### near froze that night, and talk about stink!....Yes sir, that was no fun at all, and I never let that happen again....Things are different now, but we used to add Kerosene to the tanks if we fueled down South, never gasoline.....Up North, most, if not all, always had a "winter blend" fuel in the cold months.....

 

I just use howes.

 

If you know you are going somewhere cold or if it going to sit for awhile, it doesn't cost that much more to put 20-30% of #1 in. You won't be kicking yourself later either.