Ford Diesel Additive
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Ford Diesel Additive
Hi All,
Since the new ULSD fuel has come to my area and all the local stations are using it, I have been using the Ford additives in both my 6.0 and 6.4 diesels. In the warmer weather (summer) I use the Cetane Booster & Performance Improver (red cap) and in the winter I use the Anti Gel & Performance Improver (blue cap).
My question has to do with the Anti Gel stuff. This past week it has gotten down to -35 degrees F here in Fairbanks and I found my Anti Gel was thick as peanut butter! It didn't flow out of the bottle when turned upside down until I brought it indoors and warmed it up!
Was this a bad bottle or is this what I can expect to happen. If this happens in the bottle, what's it doing in my tank? And lastly, what is everyone else using that deals with cold weather? I don't want to get stranded 'cause my fuel has frozen!
Since the new ULSD fuel has come to my area and all the local stations are using it, I have been using the Ford additives in both my 6.0 and 6.4 diesels. In the warmer weather (summer) I use the Cetane Booster & Performance Improver (red cap) and in the winter I use the Anti Gel & Performance Improver (blue cap).
My question has to do with the Anti Gel stuff. This past week it has gotten down to -35 degrees F here in Fairbanks and I found my Anti Gel was thick as peanut butter! It didn't flow out of the bottle when turned upside down until I brought it indoors and warmed it up!
Was this a bad bottle or is this what I can expect to happen. If this happens in the bottle, what's it doing in my tank? And lastly, what is everyone else using that deals with cold weather? I don't want to get stranded 'cause my fuel has frozen!
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I think it behaves different when it is mixed with diesel. Antifreeze will also freeze at extreme lo temprature unless it is mixed with water. Here in Florida the only ice we see is in the freezer.
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Originally Posted by 05F350CC
Hi All,
Since the new ULSD fuel has come to my area and all the local stations are using it, I have been using the Ford additives in both my 6.0 and 6.4 diesels. In the warmer weather (summer) I use the Cetane Booster & Performance Improver (red cap) and in the winter I use the Anti Gel & Performance Improver (blue cap).
My question has to do with the Anti Gel stuff. This past week it has gotten down to -35 degrees F here in Fairbanks and I found my Anti Gel was thick as peanut butter! It didn't flow out of the bottle when turned upside down until I brought it indoors and warmed it up!
Was this a bad bottle or is this what I can expect to happen. If this happens in the bottle, what's it doing in my tank? And lastly, what is everyone else using that deals with cold weather? I don't want to get stranded 'cause my fuel has frozen!
Since the new ULSD fuel has come to my area and all the local stations are using it, I have been using the Ford additives in both my 6.0 and 6.4 diesels. In the warmer weather (summer) I use the Cetane Booster & Performance Improver (red cap) and in the winter I use the Anti Gel & Performance Improver (blue cap).
My question has to do with the Anti Gel stuff. This past week it has gotten down to -35 degrees F here in Fairbanks and I found my Anti Gel was thick as peanut butter! It didn't flow out of the bottle when turned upside down until I brought it indoors and warmed it up!
Was this a bad bottle or is this what I can expect to happen. If this happens in the bottle, what's it doing in my tank? And lastly, what is everyone else using that deals with cold weather? I don't want to get stranded 'cause my fuel has frozen!
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at -35 i wold be wrapping the feed and return lines with plumbers insulation to help keeping the fuel bit warmer to avoid jelling. i bet there is a way to fit an electric fuel heater to the feed and return line too. i did this on my big trucks when i ran a lot into canada. it kept me running at 55 below.
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Originally Posted by 05F350CC
Hi All,
Since the new ULSD fuel has come to my area and all the local stations are using it, I have been using the Ford additives in both my 6.0 and 6.4 diesels. In the warmer weather (summer) I use the Cetane Booster & Performance Improver (red cap) and in the winter I use the Anti Gel & Performance Improver (blue cap).
My question has to do with the Anti Gel stuff. This past week it has gotten down to -35 degrees F here in Fairbanks and I found my Anti Gel was thick as peanut butter! It didn't flow out of the bottle when turned upside down until I brought it indoors and warmed it up!
Was this a bad bottle or is this what I can expect to happen. If this happens in the bottle, what's it doing in my tank? And lastly, what is everyone else using that deals with cold weather? I don't want to get stranded 'cause my fuel has frozen!
Since the new ULSD fuel has come to my area and all the local stations are using it, I have been using the Ford additives in both my 6.0 and 6.4 diesels. In the warmer weather (summer) I use the Cetane Booster & Performance Improver (red cap) and in the winter I use the Anti Gel & Performance Improver (blue cap).
My question has to do with the Anti Gel stuff. This past week it has gotten down to -35 degrees F here in Fairbanks and I found my Anti Gel was thick as peanut butter! It didn't flow out of the bottle when turned upside down until I brought it indoors and warmed it up!
Was this a bad bottle or is this what I can expect to happen. If this happens in the bottle, what's it doing in my tank? And lastly, what is everyone else using that deals with cold weather? I don't want to get stranded 'cause my fuel has frozen!
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Originally Posted by kawtiper
UM.......-35% can you say garage..........people dont actually live in places like that do they ? WHY?
Still, I've lived in the Frozen North long enough to know the one sure thing about the weather here is that we'll have some. Don't know what it will be like, but you can bet there will be weather!
I haven't given my arctic gear away just yet...you never know when Mother Nature will remind us of the good ol' days!
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Boy I remember visiting Alaska when I was a kid- we went all the way to Pt. Barrow and were there on June 21- sun never went down and we took a picture of my mom reading the paper outside at midnight- but the winters,with little or no sunlight, would drive me nuts...how do you stand it??
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What kind of worm close do you have to get just to step foot out in -35. Your hands would freeze so fast. Well you guys way up north manage some how. You must carry some kind of safety gear. If your truck brakes down in that temperature you could die quick if not pre-paired.
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Originally Posted by skl
Boy I remember visiting Alaska when I was a kid- we went all the way to Pt. Barrow and were there on June 21- sun never went down and we took a picture of my mom reading the paper outside at midnight- but the winters,with little or no sunlight, would drive me nuts...how do you stand it??
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Originally Posted by hd4ever
What kind of worm close do you have to get just to step foot out in -35. Your hands would freeze so fast. Well you guys way up north manage some how. You must carry some kind of safety gear. If your truck brakes down in that temperature you could die quick if not pre-paired.
Now if the weather really turns nasty, I am prepared for that as well with a full set of arctic gear including a down parka and pants, a down face mask, big heavy mittens and white "bunny boots". This gear I have tested myself by hitchiking 78 miles to Fairbanks one winter at a measured -72F below zero! So I know it works! I walked the mile and a half to the highway and stood out there for over an hour waiting for the one car that was on the road that day. They picked me up, and we went to town. And I never felt the cold one bit.
