Gelled fuel?
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Gelled fuel?
I am guessing my fuel gelled today. My 05 6.0 started just fine for being cold (~20 degrees) and not plugged in. That is where things changed, after a couple of minutes of warmup I started down the drive and the truck died. This tank of fuel didn't get any diesel clean (white bottle) added to it. If it is gelled will it thaw by itself? It is supposed to be in the 40 the rest of the week. If not what do I need to do?
Tomorrow I will look at the filters but they were just changed within the last 5000 miles and the oil was changed 300 miles ago. If it is gelled will I be able to tell when I remove the filter housing?
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Bob
Tomorrow I will look at the filters but they were just changed within the last 5000 miles and the oil was changed 300 miles ago. If it is gelled will I be able to tell when I remove the filter housing?
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Bob
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It has been my experience (drove 18 wheelers for several years and worked on diesel engines in the Panhandle of Texas for several years) that if you want to go anytime soon, take the filters out of the vehicle, install new ones, only after you get the gel back into a liquid state. Diesel gels at 19 degrees F. It will look like Vaseline petroleum jelly, and pump just about as good. If you have a shop heater (one of those low profile jobbies that run on diesel or electric will work) and a couple of tarps you could use the tarps to hold the heat under your truck. But don't take the filter out and leave it out to do this because all the fuel just might start running out when it gets warm. Getting it warm enough to work may be a chore. But it beats pulling the tank and digging it out. The primary filter should be the only one that is full of gel but you may have some in the secondary filter too. If you have a place (someones barn or shop that is heated) that you could tow it to that would be even better. Good luck!
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Question: Here in this cold snap we've been having in the midwest I've been running DieselKleen in the white bottle. Does anybody have any idea what temp that stuff will lower the gel point of diesel to?
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Thanks for the inputs. I will try to get the truck back to the house this afternoon. With luck gelled fuel is the problem. It didn't throw any codes and it sure felt like it ran out of fuel...
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Originally Posted by Duncan10
Don't your gas stations change to winter fuel down there? As far as I know they change from summer to winter fuel here which doesn't gel quite so readily.
I just called the 1-800 number and am having it towed to the dealership. I don't have any idea what is wrong with it. It didn't throw any codes and the only indicator that stay on is the battery light? It turns over, it just doesn't fire...
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