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Old Aug 3, 2014 | 10:56 PM
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Any issues with gelling

Having driven trucks OTR for a living for almost 20 years and having had to deal with fuel gelling in the winter I was wondering if this is an issue with the diesel pickups or not? I came up with a fairly good solution for my semi that worked extremely well to solve this issue. I would purchase water heater elements and install them in the bottom of the fuel tank and would plug them in if I had to sit anywhere for extended periods of time with the truck shut off and it would keep the fuel warm enough to not gel up.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2014 | 11:38 PM
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Don't know how well the plastic tanks will that they type
of heating. But you could look at some of the heating pads
and just keep them at a low modulation or on and off.

Most use anti-gel additives and really don't have a problem.
Well that is unless they get a surprise cold snap. Then there
is stuff like Diesel-911 to help get you to a point where you
can run and get the anti-gel additives in and time to work.

Sean
 
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