Winter Diesel additive recommendations?

Starting it every few days why?
That is just wear and tear on it, and not working it hard for a long time, to burn of condensation.
Put the batteries on a tender, cans over the exhaust stacks if you have stacks, a couple of mouse traps on the floor inside just incase they get it, and leave it alone. That is way better for it than starting it which is bad!

 

You’re treating the fuel, so when you add new fuel you have to add new anti-gel to treat it.

 

Do not over treat fuel if you have a modern common rail fuel system engine, or pretty much anything made in the last 5 years or so. The additive will turn to gunk inside the injector body, clogging it and causing failure. "Mores Law" does not apply here!

 

No.

You need a 12" piece of 1/2" copper tubing and about 8" of 1" and two 1/2" x 1" bushings and two short pieces of 5/8" (or whatever you heater hose is) tubing. Drill a 5/8 hole in each end of the 1" tubing and solder the two short pieces in. Then solder the two 1/2" x 1" bushings on the ends of the 1" tubing. Now slide the 1/2" tubing in the 1" tubing through the bushings and solder it in place.

Now find the fuel line coming from the tanks and splice your 1/2" copper tubing in the line wherever it fits best. Now splice the heater hoses into the 5/8" ports on the outside of it and you are good to go.

 

I use power service myself if its going to get below 10-15°. The one thing I noticed is it makes my 97 12.7 smoke a lot more then usual. I normally idle at 1000 and see noticeable white smoke. I think there's an extra additive in PS that's not in howes that's creating the smoke. Otherwise on strait #2 diesel it doesn't snake that much.

 

Depends on where you're buying fuel. There's a place I buy from in ND that treats their #2 for -40 right now. But I went to pilot in Cheyenne that blended their fuel with bio, which is a great way to clog things up if you get in a cold situation

 

I only buy from TA /petro or kwik trip in the winter. I run mostly Midwest. If it going to get really cold I'll buy straight deisel.

 

Treat the fuel. Burn it when you burn it. The treatment doesn't fade over time.

When I'm running everyday I don't treat the fuel because the fuel stays warm.
I idle truck below 20 degrees.

If I'm going to sit over night below 20 degrees (truck shut off) I treat the fuel . Even if the fuel was treated at the pump.

I've had problems in the past.
"Ounce of prevention"

I look in my tank. If I can see the bottom, the fuel is ok.
If it's cloudy, I put in a jug of 911 each tank. Wait about an hour.
Start truck.

Or wait for ambient temperature to rise.

Good luck.

 

Lets see, 2 nights below 0 and 2 I think, maybe 3 nights single digit for me. It sits in the drive way plugged in and I go out anywhere from 1 am to 4 am and start it, let it warm up for an hour then get in it and go down the road. Only thing I put in the fuel tank is ------ Diesel fuel. That's it, diesel fuel and no snake oil. I will admit I don't go out if it goes to -10 or colder though.

Do you guys figure in the additive in to your fuel mileage? It has to be a big hit on your cost per mile at about $25 a gallon. LOL