Engine/Transmission (1998.5 - 2002) Fuel system Freeze up

[Straight6Jeff]

Welp, it finally happened... fuel iced up at -15 F. Got about 2 miles from home and watched the fp guage bounce aroudn then go to zero. About a minute later, coasted into a Sunoco/Dunkin Donuts. Six hours waiting for a hook. While waiting I tried a new filter, Diesel 911, and a propane torch... Couldnt get the fuel even to flow to the filter. It was not a bad six hour wait as the female sights going into and out of the place were superb. Back home a salamander heater got to work on the undersides, whiel I removed the water seperator (FASS system). Finally got fuel to actually flow at 9pm. Seemed OK today.

 

[rholcom2]

Wow, must have been quite a freeze up, course you have -15. A few weeks ago a friend's 97 gelled up, we dumped some Power Service in it, and it "thawed" out in about 5 minutes. Needless to say he will use a conditioner in his fuel from now on. He got his diesel from the local Marathon in town. They sell an emmense ammount of fuel. I am surprised that he got a bad tank. But, never-the-less, he did.