Fuel Additive for winter

i have gelled before with #2 at -30. I will normally run number 2 if temps are suppose to be staying above 0. if temps are going to be below 0 i top off with #1 if i have full tanks of #2 and a sudden drop in temps ill add some power service or howes. i learned the hard way about #2 in sub 0 temps when i went from 40's durring the day when i fueled to well below 0 at night. by the time i got pulled into a truck stop the truck would barely keep idling. added 911 after the truck died out and had to be towed to a heated shop where we let the truck sit over night and it fired right up in the morning.

 

If it's 10 degrees above I'll run additive but any colder than that and I blend in some #1. You can ad all the anti-gelling additive you want but at the end of the day the best additive to keep from gelling is #1 fuel, yes it's more expensive than #2 but it's cheaper than a wrecker bill, the cost of your down time and potentially freezing to death. All you have to do is gell up once and you'll become a firm believer in #1 fuel.

 

When I worked in Edmonton we had winter grade fuel as soon as it started getting cold, and trucks that ran north got arctic grade, it looks like white gas. Trucks use to carry a jug of methyl hydrate for the air systems and they would add it to the fuel tank. You can not use it in the newer engines the water is emulsified and will get past the fuel filtration system and can damage the injectors.

 

I have been running the Amsoil for years and never had a problem and we have seen -40F and never had a problem....

 

wind chill has no effect none zero nada
it is a made up formula by weather people
for how cold your skin feels
fuel has no feelings

i have posted scientific articles on this 3 times this winter will do it again if you need it

 

windchill is too a factor.

It helps determine how FAST something will cool off.


It won't have a cooler temp, but it will cool faster.

You will never cool lower than ambient. But it will sure cool to that temp as if it were colder.

 

i love you to death but ambient temp is ambient temp
it doesnt go from 50 to -10 in a half hour

http://www.csscientific.com/files/myths.pdf
here is a good link

 

yop, we can both find articles to support our claim.

Windchill is how fast a wind will cool a thing off.

If you look into a 10 mph wind, you will get a frost bite faster than if you protect your bare skin.

http://www.learner.org/interactives/weather/act_windchill/

never said it would get colder than ambient. It's not possible without refrigeration.

It will just REACH ambient temps faster if it is exposed to wind.


Same as blowing on a spoon full of hot coffee or tea.