[AT] Best way to prevent diesel gel

[Henry Miller]

As others have said, what was just fine in old engines will ruin a modern 
engine in no time at all.   Power Service white bottle (the grey bottle is not 
an anti-gel, but if you need a boost in summer it is better) is what most 
people use because you can get it everywhere.   There are other good brands 
though.    If you don't trust your fuel source to be well winterized, then 
just put this in by default.   In fact sometimes it is cheaper to buy summer 
diesel and put an anti-gel in yourself, than buying winterized diesel.   When 
counting those costs, don't forget that summer diesel has more energy than 
winter diesel.

I mostly replied to say: DO NOT USE DIESEL KLEEN 911 unless you absolutely 
must.   It will remove the gel, but it is hard on the injectors (it cuts the 
lubrication value of the fuel).   If you are having gel problems it means you 
weren't putting enough anti-gel in your fuel to begin with.  The 
recommendation to avoid using diesel kleen 911 comes right from the 
manufacture.   They sell it for emergencies, but you should prevent the 
problem before hand with an anti-gel.   

On Sunday 13 December 2009 10:05:21 Paul Waugh wrote:
> They make additives for this. Diesel Kleen is one. Yeah it cost $15 to
>  treat 250 gallons.  I have pulled camper in temperatures of -25. I have
>  had some problems at these temps, but Diesel Kleen 911 will even that out
>  a frozen system to some degree at that temp.  For the money, I find it
>  very cheap insurance ... that I don't have to get out in the cold :))
> 
> Paul - N. IN
> ----- 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.
> 
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