You're right, most companies will decide. That's where I learned alot of that stuff. We had a class with the fuel manager.
I talked with fuel haulers before and they are knowledgable of the mix. Last one I asked he said they double dosed it.
About adding to ULSD engines, the additives have two different bottles. Look for the one with "ULSD" on the label. Some stores, that's all they sell now. Power Service is marked on the bottom right of the bottle.
That one gel experience I had, luckily I was a 1/4 mile from the yard, I just left and everything was fine. Then she shut down out on the main drag. I could start the truck but it wouldn't go above 700 rpm. I could crawl 100' in 1st gear and the truck would shut down. I would wait a minute and the filter would settle a little. Then I would start it and crawl another 100'. I kept doing that until I made it in the shop. It was -15 that day and about 2' of snow on the ground.
Diesel Fuel Gelling Prevention
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Old timers use to add kerosene to their fuel. Kerosene will keep you from gelling too.
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When I was a O/O I'd go to the local oil distributorship and buy Howes by the case.
About 1/2 price of buying it from the truck stop.Lepton1 Thanks this. -
The military has different grades of jet, JP7, JP8, they have less oil and weigh less per gallon.. -
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I'm liking the idea of the 600 watt heated fuel lines. But I'm wondering if it can get heated enough to un gel the filters?
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The Racore cost something like $220.00 installed.
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