anti-gel additive
#11
01-20-2010, 10:27 PM
Somehow, this doesn't make a lot of sense...
If the fuel is already gelled, and you add it, it is not going to liquify the fuel, than allow it to gel back up. If it will liquify fuel that is already gelled, it certainly can prevent fuel from becoming gelled in the first place. I always added it when I fueled up the last time before parking at he yard. Once, when it sat for a week, it started up without a problem, and ran fine. Other trucks were being put in the shop to thaw them out. Yes, it does maintain fuel in a liquid state, and does a good job of it too. I also carried a couple of bottles of MELT-DOWN just in case the 9-1-1 wasn't enough. 
#12
01-20-2010, 10:34 PM
o.k. here it is. I got off another board.
FYI, you guys do know you can ungel a truck with power service diesel 9-1-1 right? the RED bottle. just follow directions on bottle. needs 3 bottles at $20 a bottle if you have 200 gallons of fuel (fill fuel filters half and half with 911 and diesel, and put one bottle per 100 gallons in the tanks...)...what i dont get is when i see people use this stuff as an antigel. it says RIGHT ON THE BOTTLE that it does not PREVENT gel-ups, it only UNgels........hah. I doubt any of you guys are using it improperly, but i wonder if some of the stories about other people being posted here have anything to do with that one...? Power Service also makes "Diesel Kleen" which is a SUMMER additive, and is made to clean injectors and increase fuel milage (supposedly), and does not claim to be an antigel. Yet i see it flying off the shelves at truck stops even though you need antigel...lol. FYI insider info: Werner tested a bunch of antigel additives by mixing diesel in milk jugs and putting them in a reefer at -20F basically.....and then pouring them into a jar through filter media and timing how long it took to fill the jar or clog the filter... Some of the additives did nothing at that temperature over untreated fuel. They chose Power Service Diesel Fuel Supplement (the white bottle) based on the results. Now, I'm guessing it wasnt *the* best, and that the price of it had something to do with it...costs about $10 a bottle without buying in bulk. One bottle treats 100 gallons. They wont tell us which ones failed the test though. Gears, just get a frozen load. Then you wont need it to run.....hahahaha
#13
01-21-2010, 11:47 PM
I never add anything to my tanks and have not been adding anything ever since i bought this truck 4 years ago.
I recently fueled in SC for a load that went to KS and slept idle free in -17 degree weather and started my truck and ran it fine. Fuel in the states is very good and i have never had any problems with it, be it gelling or water or dirt. Fuel is blended already and i dont think you need to add anything to it. I never did and i run North alot including Alberta,Canada.. |
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