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tmuddly17
Posted 10/11/2018 09:36 (#7040143)
Subject: What diesel fuel additive to use?



NEMO		Last winter we spent a lot of time trying to get gel out of our fuel tanks when we were supposed to be hauling corn. This fall we have decided to go ahead and start treating our fuel in the tank, so that it's in the system when we need it. What anti-gel additive should we use (Power Service, Diesel Plus, Howes, etc...) and how much? We buy our clear diesel in town at BP one tank at a time. TIA
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Dmpaul89
Posted 10/11/2018 09:45 (#7040166 - in reply to #7040143)
Subject: RE: What diesel fuel additive to use?


Sw. Ill		Just treated my equipment yesterday with power service. I use a little more than the bottle says.
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Abomb
Posted 10/11/2018 09:51 (#7040179 - in reply to #7040143)
Subject: RE: What diesel fuel additive to use?


Whatever you do have the additive warm when you add it to the fuel when it’s warm, from what I’ve been told cold and cold don’t mix.
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Jerry/MT
Posted 10/11/2018 10:14 (#7040222 - in reply to #7040143)
Subject: RE: What diesel fuel additive to use?


The Palouse North Idaho		Make sure your suppliers is selling you "winter grade" fuel for winter time use. It's blended with #1 diesel and winter additives to reducee the temperature at which wax crystals will start to precipitate out of the fuel (gelling).
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exdairyguy
Posted 10/11/2018 10:17 (#7040230 - in reply to #7040222)
Subject: RE: What diesel fuel additive to use?


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littlejo
Posted 10/11/2018 11:50 (#7040440 - in reply to #7040222)
Subject: RE: What diesel fuel additive to use?


Big Sky Country
Jerry/MT - 10/11/2018 10:14

Make sure your suppliers is selling you "winter grade" fuel for winter time use. It's blended with #1 diesel and winter additives to reducee the temperature at which wax crystals will start to precipitate out of the fuel (gelling).


I don't like that stuff. Smelly, not as much power, costs more--it'd cost me a gear, pulling a pass.

For the same $$ added per gallon, I'd just added powerservice--before it got cold. Only once---really cold NE wind blowing almost directly on fuel filter---did I have to change it out on the road.. Been running Howe's in my pickups lately, thought I'd try it on advice of mechanic.

Like bloat guard---it's gotta be in before you need it.

Edited by littlejo 10/11/2018 11:55
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scott 730
Posted 10/11/2018 12:16 (#7040485 - in reply to #7040143)
Subject: RE: What diesel fuel additive to use?


ec mn
tmuddly17 - 10/11/2018 09:36
spent a lot of time trying to get gel out of our fuel tanks when we were supposed to be hauling corn. We buy our clear diesel in town at BP one tank at a time. TIA


Maybe the BP station fuel is the problem.
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IADAVE
Posted 10/11/2018 12:54 (#7040562 - in reply to #7040485)
Subject: RE: What diesel fuel additive to use?


We run Howes and have pretty good luck. As others have said you want to stArt running it before it gets cold. We string a little along through the summer and then start adding it at the high rate about now. The times we have trouble we find unused bottles some where that were supposed to be used up. Trucks go inside at night if it is less than -10 F.
The reason for stringing a little in along the way and adding when it is warm is that many times it is not a gelling problem but a frozen moisture porblem.

Edited by IADAVE 10/11/2018 12:56
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Claymore
Posted 10/11/2018 14:44 (#7040723 - in reply to #7040143)
Subject: RE: What diesel fuel additive to use?


We have been running Stanadyne winter formula with good results.  Treatment plus #2 diesel in the equipment kept in a a 55F shop and 50/50 #1 and #2 plus treatment for stuff kept outside.  Overnight lows were mostly between 0F and -20F last winter with one night down to -36.

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PatCMO
Posted 10/11/2018 20:05 (#7041296 - in reply to #7040143)
Subject: RE: What diesel fuel additive to use?


Pilot Grove, Missouri		Been running Schaeffer's winter blend fuel treatment, with no problems. Patrick
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Deere Meat
Posted 10/11/2018 21:40 (#7041622 - in reply to #7040143)
Subject: RE: What diesel fuel additive to use?


I really like Stanadyne products. For general lubricity, use the purple labeled bottle of Lubricity Formula. For winter anti-gel, use their green labeled bottle of Winter 1000. Of course, when treating your fuel, you should find out first what additives were already added. There are conditioners that demulsify water (expels/separates water and fuel) and the other type emulsifies water (en-capsules the water molecules with a lubricant and carries it with the fuel thru the injection system). Personally, i would rather drain the water off the bottom of the tank than to send it thru the injection system and risk some molecule of water to turn to steam in the injector tip and blow the tip off. Don't mix the two types of conditioners. I have been told if you mix the two types of conditioners in your fuel, they neutralize each other and neither one will do its job.
Lots of free advice out there, so decide what works best for you, and what you want to use and just go do it. Don't worry about how everyone else does it. Or what I use, for that matter !

P.S. As an added thought....... It seems to me that Stanadyne is nearly the only company that builds fuel pumps, injectors AND fuel conditioners ! They should know what is needed !
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hd6gtom
Posted 10/11/2018 22:11 (#7041712 - in reply to #7040143)
Subject: RE: What diesel fuel additive to use?


Your running truck stop fuel in your equipment?? You need to be running premium #2 fuel in any machinery made after 1970. Far better additives than anything you get at a truck stop. There is only 1 sure way to prevent fuel jelling. It consists of 1/2 #1 fuel and 1/2 #2 fuel in your tank. If its gonna get down below zero and stay there you might want to make that 3/4 #1 and 1/4 #2. If the 15 years I owned a farm fuel business, I cannot remember how many times I was out along the road filling tractors/trucks with #1 fuel and helping change filters. I heard many times "I put the antigell in the tank before I left". My response-- Didn't work did it!
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