Help With Cold Weather Additives
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From: Douglassville, PA
These days most oil companies add additives to the fuel to stop it from gelling based on anticipated temperatures for the market region. So...if you buy your fuel where you're burning it and you use it up you shouldn't have any problems (I am not, in any way, saying don't use an additive, I use them). The problems arise when you buy the fuel in Georgia and are still running it when you get to PA and it's really cold. Or...if you don't use the truck much and you buy your fuel in October and still have a tank full in January.
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From: Arizona
These days most oil companies add additives to the fuel to stop it from gelling based on anticipated temperatures for the market region. So...if you buy your fuel where you're burning it and you use it up you shouldn't have any problems (I am not, in any way, saying don't use an additive, I use them). The problems arise when you buy the fuel in Georgia and are still running it when you get to PA and it's really cold. Or...if you don't use the truck much and you buy your fuel in October and still have a tank full in January.
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From: Douglassville, PA
Good point and that can be a problem when you have a 600-700 mile range. In Arizona that can get you from desert to tundra. I will refrain from buying too much at the lower elevations and wait till I'm at some altitude before filling up, like Flagstaff or Santa Fe. Course I'll pay more
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From: Melbourne, Ky
Anti-gel is always a good idea especially when going from a warm climate to a cold one. I wonder how much lubrication is really needed today. My understanding is that most if not all diesel today has a little biofuel in it.
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