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[bob257]

Being a new diesel owner, what's a good additive for the fuel to keep water out and stop gelling?

 

[AWeiman]

i personally use stanadyne fuel additives to prevent gelling. this is a very good additive. others i am sure will chill in with some that are probably equally as good as stanadyne. we order ours directly from schield diesel.

 

[Jim W]

For winter operation only I use Howe's diesel treatment.



Another choice is to use the Cummins recommend fuel additive. Here is their link.

Cummins Every Time - Cummins Technology - Tier 4 Off-Highway - Tier 4 Fuel Duel



Jim

 

[AABEN]

We have used Howes Diesel Treat Plus Anti-Gel in all are farm tractors and truck for years and have never had one to gel up. I am in southern IN. If you live in a place that gets below -20 use Howes Winter Treat Plus. Howes Lubricator

 

[RobertHiltz]

Use quality winter blend fuel and you won't need any additional additives. Many suppliers have anti-gel additives already in their fuel during the winter months.

 

[RByrum]

Mild NW winters have not been a problem. I do no additives, opinions?

 

[Tractorat]

I live in the seattle area, and Ive never added anything for gelling. Even up in the mountains during the winter. Even when we've had exceptionally cold winters. Never a problem.

 

[akramdually]

I live in Alaska and up here the only thing they use on the north slope is power service, we see temps at -30 to -65 F regularly in the winter. power service also has C tane boost for lubrication. there are lots of additives out there, I would look for the c tane boost and highly recommend power service as I cant argue with results!

 

[Grizzly]

I personally use nothing. No need to!

 

[jelag]

Here is a thought... . if you live, or travel in Canada and buy fuel there, your fuel has been treated... its a national standard (Canadian Govt) to blend down the fuel so your protected... here is left to the local distribution system... as it gets colder they (local dist) blend down the fuel... the problem is that the newly blended down fuel is dumped into tanks in stations so that it takes a while for the fuel to get mixed and caught up with the temperature...

I'm in Spokane and we had a school bus fleet here get caught and 10 min from the bus barn 10 or 12 of the buses stalled from gelled fuel... I use a product all year that adds to the lubricity of the fuel as well as blends it down to prevent gelling...

Of course, the fuel distributor doesn't want to add chemicals to the fuel unless it has to... it just add's to the cost of the fuel...

Hope this helps... .

HEY George, how's that addition to the house coming along... .

 

[AlanWilson]

My diesel shop recommends RPB. Costs around $35 to treat 500 gallons...about 1 oz per tank. He recommended this after I dropped 2K to replace my CP3 pump that went out last winter at -15 degrees F here in AK. It claims to treat for everythng as well as providing the lube for the expensive pieces. I'll let you know if I drop another 2K on a replacement pump. Thoughts?

 

[kaleem]

I'm in Spokane and we had a school bus fleet here get caught and 10 min from the bus barn 10 or 12 of the buses stalled from gelled fuel... I use a product all year that adds to the lubricity of the fuel as well as blends it down to prevent gelling...


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[RVTRKN]

Make sure whatever you use is DPF friendly.