[AT] Best way to prevent diesel gel

[charliehill]

Dick I can't directly answer your question but back in the 70's I used to 
drive diesel trucks.  I can tell you of a handful of times when drivers 
(myself once) got caught somewhere out of fuel and there was nothing 
available but kerosene.  Supposedly you can put a quart of motor oil in, I 
forget the formula maybe, 10 gal or 5 gal of kero and run it in a diesel 
just fine.  The time it happened to me a seasoned driver was there and told 
me what to do.  It worked in a 6-71 detroit well enough to get me to where 
there was some fuel available.  Also,  many of the military diesels will run 
on anything flamable you pour in them from jet fuel to gasoline.

It just depends on how much kero your buddy intends to blend in the fuel I 
think.  Also he needs to make sure there is no water in the system.  Adding 
a little bit of alcohol will help with the water.  (plain rubbing alcohol 
will work, so will vodka if you have some that's gone bad, grins)

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick Day" <ddss at telebeep.com>
To: "ATIS" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 10:47 AM
Subject: [AT] Best way to prevent diesel gel


> Once again, a buddy "thought" he had done everything by the book to 
> prevent
> the diesel in his Agco tractor from gelling, only to find the filter 
> looked
> like a Christmas candle.
>
> He is wondering if using a blend of kerosene with winter diesel would 
> help?
> A concern would be the lack of lubricants in the kerosene.
>
> I was told that it's ok to use as much additive as you want in the winter,
> that it cannot hurt the engine. He also was told the same thing.  Just
> recently he was told that is NOT the case.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Dick Day
>
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