Gelled up

Depends on how much anti gel you sued. During these cold times, I have use more than what the bottle may say.
Like this morning, when I fueled. The bottle says it treats 100 gallons. I used 2 bottles, but only got 75 gallons.
Sitting here idling and want to keep the ol girl running and me warm

 

Don't sue antigel, I think they make a good product!!!

Ive been driving 15 years and still don't know the ins and outs of gelling/idling/ when to etc……So I've been home since mid december and added antigen to my truck a few days ago….it was suppose to be *8 last night here so I went and started truck and let it run all night….!!

 

When in doubt over treat

 

Keep in mind, that gelling is just one issue, and usually not the problem. It is ice particles from water collecting in the filter that usually is the problem. And ULSD, it has been especially so. Make sure whatever additive you are using also claims to have a de-icer in it. Some don't. Of course, spare filters, some spare fuel in a bottle to fill them, an appropriate tools is required on board stuff when running cold weather. And some additives also say to double the dose at certain temps. Read the directions closely. And dose the fuel with additive when you pump the fuel! Not after you have already filled the tanks, else it will not mix properly in the fuel.

And then there is bio added to fuel..... Can't use the same mindset we did in the past. Even us old coots have had to change our way of thinking on these issues. Guess that is why I have very few issues every winter. And I stay in the Upper midwest all year round. Filled last night in Walcott. Dosed the fuel before filling. Ran on over to IL/WI line. -9F this morning and truck started and ran just fine.

 

Well if you added antigen & it worked, let us all know, cause there are a lot of drivers on here that would like to do away with their trucks regen system, but the mod's forbid such post's.

 

LOL!!!!! I swore I fixed that lol!!! I just re read it and hoped no one caught it before I could fix!!

 

I've got a theory based on my experiences with our trucks. With my little fleet, I've found that it doesn't take nearly as much cold to get our Acert C15 to gel up vs my 3406E's, they actually have not gelled up yet in my 5 years. My theory is that the tolerances for fuel are finer, to make it burn cleaner, and doesn't take as much to completely block the small fuel supply line to the head, which is a hard metal line verses a cloth braided rubber hose, with the hard metal line likely transferring the cold to the fuel quicker and more directly.

 

Water in the fuel most likely. Depends where you got the fuel too, you want to be fuelling up at high turnover places as well, that way you know the fuel is not sitting in the tanks for long time.

 

I think most of the times people think there truck is gelled up it is actually water in the fuel icing everything up. Take your fuel cap off and I guarantee you will see frost and ice crystals around the neck.

My old truck had an N14 and it would stall out on me at least three times a year, and it didn't matter how the fuel was mixed or what additives I used. I hated to even shut that truck off when it got below 10deg.

My new truck has a C15 ACERT and in the three winters I've had the truck it hasn't let me down once. I mix the fuel the same as I've always have and even on the mornings that it has been -12 it has started.