Fuelfilter frozen

Dude, put some anti-gel in yer tanks before you head into the cold area. Southern fuel gels up North because it aint got no additives. Northern Fuel is prepped for cold at the pump.

 

As someone who has delivered a lot of diesel to bulk plants, truck stops, and gas stations... Not as much as you think. It's an extra cost that a lot of station owners decided was not necessary this past winter. And it's not added at the pumps, it's added by the delivering driver directly into the tank at the time of the fuel drop. That's if the driver wants to even do the extra work.

The best thing to guarantee treated fuel is to add your own additive.

 

I would also drain the Davco Filter regularly it will help out big time. I drain mine into a old clear plastic jar. Looks pretty ugly at times and i have not,never gotten some kind of funk when i drained it. Some people add Rubbing Alcohol to the tank every PM, 1 bottle per tank,supposedly it breaks down any water in the tank and then the filter picks it up. Also some people say it is hard on the injectors. I've been doing it for some time with no injector trouble. Personal opinion,you may be wasteing your money on the FASS.

 

I also would not buy the system--BUT as someone from Fla--who has trucked in the North country for many years--what others have said here is very true--it is rare to find any type of treated fuel much below Atlanta--in the Winter months--I only buy what is necessary at home to get me up the line where I can get treated fuel--and use a little more fuel treatment than most--and then depending on where I am going and how long I am in the very cold--I cut the treated fuel with straight #1 fuel at the many northern stops that offer it--and I usually change my fuel filters much more frequently-going in and out of very warm to very cold climates in the winter is an age old problem--much better today--with heated tanks and warm return lines than years ago--BUT still something you have to be very aware of-
Just my $.02

 

Bingo! I have also tanked a fair amount of fuel in the past and this is true. Fuel outlets have to compete with each other, and adding on the cost of an additive to their bulk delivery is not as common as one would think in the Northern areas. Especially amoung the biggies like Pilot, J, T/A, Loves, etc. The smaller mom and pop type truck stops seem to be a little better about having fuel climatized.

Best to treat your own fuel when you buy it. Also, there is a heater pad you can buy from Wolverine heaters that wraps around a filter and is fastened by velcro. has to be wired into DC. It does a fantastic job of keeping a filter from freezing. The FASS setup is more about removing air from fuel than keeping it from freezing. You pay extra for any kind of heating capability with it. Good device, but doesn't target what you are asking about.

 

Be careful when cutting it with supposed #1 from a station. I have never been to a station that had #1 diesel, only K-1 (Kerosene). While a lot of stations do blend on their own depending on the cloud point of the diesel and the ambient temperature (around here Marathon/Speedway posts it at the loading rack for the drivers of their stations) you need to make sure to use #1 diesel and NOT use K-1 or Kerosene. The #1 diesel has the lubricity added and will be fine for your truck. K-1 lacks this lubricity as it is only to be uses for heating oil. If you see a station with a Kerosene pump it is not #1 diesel.

 

Just one quation? how cold was?
Gel issues are usual for lower -15-20 dgr c temoeratures. Looking at location FL, I do not belive

And I do not belive you can get gel in fuel tank all over USA now!

 

Thanks--it is a good point--and should be noted--I do know the difference however--and there are qquite a few places in the north country--you can get #1--Trucker's Inn both in Mn--come to mind--along with alot of the Cenex's in the Dakota's
and as for lubricity in my case with older motor and all this ULSD--I have been dumping motor oil in for a while now--either way--I am NOT happy with fuel out there in general--especially some of the states now mandating--cutting diesel with Bio!
Thanks

 

I'd rather have a bio blend than motor oil, the bio puts back the lubricity that was lost with USLD hard to imagine gelling if you had decent quality fuel with the use of fuel heaters, not to mention how hot the returned fuel is on most motors