Fuel treatment for extremely low temps.

Canadian fuel is the easiest way to avoid gelling. They come premixed with antigel products.

You can also blend #1 and #2 (1:3 ratio, 50 to 150 gals).

Or, you can use antigel additives for #2. Like Power Service in the white bottle or Howe's Diesel Treat.

My company uses the Power Service products. One small bottle of white for every 100 gals of #2 (essentially one bottle every full from half tanks) and if the temps go below -35°C (which they do in Canada regularly), use the white as normal, and throw in a quarter bottle of 911. When coming back into Canada, we try to fill as quickly as possible with Canadian fuel.

911 is essentially hyper-concentrate of the antigel, generally only used to reverse gelling, and will make your fuel burn much faster, but when its -45°C before the windchill, you can't afford to have fuel gel on you. You'll die.

 

No the engine will. I'll burn the truck before I freeze to death. Lol

 

Why do I see a lot of Volvo trucks gel up northern ontario and western Canada. Is it that they are not returning enough fuel from the engine to the tank.

 

Likely cheap low quality fuel and to cheap to buy conditioner . Now are you sure they are froze up and didn't just pull over to take a dump on the side of the road?

 

I dont know about them taking dump or not but in -50c I would not dare to that. Haha

 

Well at -50 would you walk to the truck stop from the parking lot or just hang off the passenger side step with the door open and the heat on full blast? lol

 

Sounds like the voice of experience???? Lol!

 

Garbage can, plastic bag, air freshener, and repeat after me.
"This is rock bottom."
Lol

 

Well it's been seen before lol. My favorite is on the 402 in Ontario. You'll see it at the exit for the Flying J at Wyoming. There is always someone on the shoulder at the end of the acceleration lane.

 

Also fuel in Alaska! You can't even buy #2 truck fuel up here.