Which diesel anti-gel

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  1. Gumper

    Gumper Road Train Member

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    Yes because fuel is in motion while the truck is parked overnight. The whole point is to keep it from gelling so the thing starts when it’s -20*. If they intend on the fuel continually circulating then they better develop some better products. It’s always fun when someone does a test that some people don’t like the results, so they find excuses why it’s invalid.
     
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  3. Tx Countryboy

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    If it's -20 you better leave it running overnight. Lmao
     
  4. Tx Countryboy

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    Or keep it plugged in.
     
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  5. Gumper

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    Plugging it in doesn’t keep the fuel warm. Even letting it run all night doesn’t guarantee it won’t gel. Trust me, I’ve been there. Power Service didn’t work, Howe’s was better, #1 fuel was the best.
     
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  6. truckdriver31

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    i have used ps and howe's with no problem. i treat each tank with a big bottle. the 250 gallon one. the key to not gelling is like making hot coco. always add milk and 2 packs of hot coco mix. the back said add a pack. thats not right. you add 2 packs to a coffee cup
     
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  7. Tx Countryboy

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    Run all night with fuel tank heaters on, been there too.
     
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  8. Snake Farmer

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    That's interesting. I did finally watch the video, and it does appear that it doesn't help with lubricity much. I'm glad I dont buy it for anything except an anti-gel agent though. That's really all any of that stuff if good for anyways
     
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  9. Gumper

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    I don’t have tank heaters. If I idled my truck all night at home the neighbors would complain, and the truck would probably get stolen since my whole town has gone ghetto. A lot of trucks these days will shut themselves off overnight. Winter can get tricky.
     
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  10. Gumper

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    I understand that. But if you could buy something that does more than just prevent gelling then why wouldn’t you?
     
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  11. Snake Farmer

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    Yeah depending if it actually did what it claims and priced accordingly, I might

    I think some guys way over think stuff like this. They wanna reinvent the wheel pretend they are actually smarter than the engineers that came up with the product. Keeping good clean fuel and filters in one is probably the most important thing. My last truck had an c15 acert that went well over a million miles with original injectors. I had put 1 fuel pump on. I never used anything in it except if I was somewhere really cold I'd dump some Howe's in it. Never once had fuel gel.
     
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