Discussion in a group I am in on facebook is about the truck fire in South Beloit lastnight where a driver left his truck idle and went home for the weekend. Well one of the commenters states that hes always put a half a gallon of gas in his truck tanks and it prevents his fuel from gelling,
Is this even safe for the engine?
I mean seriously I wouldnt consider doing this, but that cant be good for the engine
Putting gasoline in truck tanks to keep from gelling?
Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by Gunner75, Jan 31, 2015.
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I've heard of drivers cutting diesel with kerosene. no way I would use gas, the ignition point is way lower than diesel and I can just see the motor blowing up
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I was always surprised at drivers who anti-gelled with gasoline. We always used kerosene.
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I'm still trying to wrap my head around this.
This guy supposedly uses gasoline as an anti-gel. He parks in a truck stop to go home but leaves the truck idling? Why? It couldn't have been colder than 15 or so.
Some amateur pics
http://rockfordscanner.com/2015/01/31/semi-on-fire-at-local-truck-stop/ -
engines were simpler then
2 gal of gas in 200 gal of fuel wouldnt change anything except from one gas station to the next
in Portland ME in 70's we wouldn't shut the boat off in Jan at all
built fires under many a D9 to get them started
the world didn't start when you kids startedjbatmick, Shaggy, rank and 1 other person Thank this. -
But seriously, wouldn't the return fuel stop the gelling? -
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well that amount of gas might mess with a sensor but not something to lose sleep over
of course all these new company trucks might void warranty too
my boss says putting water in the radiator would void warranty too
of course plastic radiators make no sense to me
but a half gal of gas would do no good compared to a bottle of howes
I couldn't sit in the motel last week without going across the street to check on my truck
going home leaving it running is even too old school for me
beyond that it was 27 when i came thru Dubugue IA at 5 am no chance of gelling -
I have started many a fire under an engine (charcoal briquettes) trucks start much easier than they did 30 years ago. They also return much more hot fuel to the tanks. I can't imagine even an old timer cutting gasoline into a fuel tank in this day and age.
Even us old timers that like to live in the past learn to adapt. I do like this computer04 LowMax Thanks this.
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