Cold fuel plugging fuel filter...
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It was -14* here this morning and both trucks started plugging fuel filters, my truck had the yellow-ish wax that I'm used to seeing (paraffin wax I'm assuming), now my dads truck (the 1-ton) had a really dark caramel colored slime on the filter that I've never seen before. I warmed his filter up and collected the gooey stuff and it started setting up in a container in our shop and its around 50* in here... What is this shit? We did buy fuel at different places, we both use the Power Service additive ( I dont really know if that helps or hurts gelling, we use it to lube the fuel). Just curious if anyone has seen this caremel colored slimey goo before? |
Never seen that. Which Power Service are you using? The white bottle?
Add a triple dose to the tank and wrap the fuel filter with an electric heating pad and plug it in for a couple of hours. Trying to keep these things running in the cold sucks I know all about it. |
Yea, the white bottle, (supplement-cetane boost).
We called an oil-fuel sales guy, and he says it could be the fuel supplier's additive fighting with the Power Service, I guess stations around here dont buy actual (blended) fuel, they just add an additive. I could really use some #1 right now! |
I've never heard of a northern fuel supplier not buying or supplying blended fuel, thats crazy that they dont and I'd be finding a new station thats does...
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run kerosene in your fuel it work great for me.
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Some guys even run a little gasoline. Never tried it myself.
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gas is good only bout half a gallon a tank and only in a emergency. it will eat you orings in you pumps,but i does work beter than most thing from the store.
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If you can find some winterezed schaffers additive which is awesome or run way more of the Power Service than they recommend. I usally run about 16oz to a tank and had great luck when I lived in Iowa
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I have never had a problem with filters in my truck plugging up in the winter and I've had if for 3 winters now. It's about -18 here right now and my truck is running fine. I would say that it's gotta be the fuel because the powerservice products usually all help to keep your truck from gelling but i don't remember if the slick diesel does. I think it does.
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im wondering if this is some kind of biodiesel. like soy oil waxing up. i know a fuel guy around here that supplies several countys school buses said he had trouble with this. several buses had to be towed a couple years ago. the soy oil separated from the diesel. some countys must of got more soy than they was suppose too. he had a 10 percent mix in his tanks of soy oil. he said it only happened in cold weather. i never saw untreated diesel that power service would not treat but i only saw about -20 weather too.
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