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I work for a construction company and this winter we have been having fuel problems with jelling. A lot of the equipment with the off road fuel seems to be the most problems. A couple of pieces have been using on-road fuel and do not seem to be affected. We have been using blended fuel 60-40 as well as additives for anti-jelling and still not a lot of luck. Just curious if anyone else has noticed similar problems. Getting to be a long winter even here in WI. On a bright note the sun is shinning!!!!
 
Yep...first time in my memory I have fuel injector trouble on cold engines. Once the tank gets some heat on it the problem goes away.
 
Never had problems with my 84-F350 6.9, nor 02-F250 7.3, but tractors just where it comes out of the tank. About 10-15 minutes after starting. Was always going to find a way to heat that area with a 6/12 V wire,Light or exhaust. I am still poor, so nothing yet. lol
 
(quoted from post at 11:23:24 01/28/14) I work for a construction company and this winter we have been having fuel problems with jelling. A lot of the equipment with the off road fuel seems to be the most problems. A couple of pieces have been using on-road fuel and do not seem to be affected. We have been using blended fuel 60-40 as well as additives for anti-jelling and still not a lot of luck. Just curious if anyone else has noticed similar problems. Getting to be a long winter even here in WI. On a bright note the sun is shinning!!!!
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Hi - I own a fuel testing lab and we just got a call from a local distributor who is having station pump filter plugging problems.
I have a guy going to get samples tommorrow am, so I will post on what we are seeing here in Pa.,later this week. I suspect wax formation because of the low temps. Pour point is a test that measures when it won't flow, but the wax appears at about 20 degrees before that temp is reached. If the pour is at -10degrees F, then the wax will appear(Cloud Point) and begin plugging filters at about 10 degrees F.
(fltechnologies.org)
 
My buddy had issues with bio diesel, I would check to see if this is standard issue. He has switched suppliers, and no more trouble.
 
UB 60/40 in Wisconsen will be problems this time of year. You should be running close to 100% #1 fuel. Additives will not lower the cloud point of#2 diesel.
 
Struggling with this issue.Not sure if I some water freezing in the line or what..Just filled tank with fresh fuel and put additive in and had problem not starting this morning.It was around 7 degrees.


Vito
 
Do you get your fuel from the same supplier all the time.Our shop has not had one once of fuel problems,never added power service or anything this year.We get the blended fuel also,our tanks are about 12 years old and always has been the same supplier. My friend has had nothing but problems with gelling in his grading company his tanks our a few years old and his maintiance isn't the best but his filters get changed before winter and hes had nothing but problems, We are in se wi.We had more equipment out today than we normally do made me a little nervous but nothing happened fuel related any ways ....
 
This junk fuel that is forced down our throats has been nothing but trouble around here. Trucks that have been inside all night quit three miles from home. It has been good for the filter company's and the wrecker service.
 
I had troubles with gelling during the last cold snap here in WI. Temps were at -25 and the frame-mounted filter on my 2008 F-250 gelled. Was running about 80/20. Have been running 100% number 1 since then, no issues today (-25 again) whatsoever.
 
Yes we use same supplier. Filters get changed regularly. We have about 50 pieces of equipment on the job working daily. Even the brand new equipment is having issues. The generators that run 24/7 will gel up, even wrapped blankets around them to keep heat in the unit.
 
I always had trouble the day after a real cold spell. I didn't keep the tanks full and the warm fuel would make moisture that settled in the bottom of the tanks. When I hauled corn in December during that cold , I poured 2 gallon of E10 in each tank plus conditioner. I tried to drain the filter when it warmed up enough to do so. It is a mechanical N14.
 
Last year a neighboring company sent out a fuel sample jug,its like a half gallon container. He sent it out to his oil sampling place and it came back with a good amount of contaiments in it. That may be something to try get your fuel sampled just so you know what could be the cause,the main tank or others. If you sample your oil I am sure they could get a fuel sample jug also.. You would,t get your fuel from conserve fs?..
 
No, we get our fuel from another supplier. We have 4 1000 gal wagons on site, plus they fuel all equipment out of truck when filling tanks.
 
(quoted from post at 11:23:24 01/28/14) I work for a construction company and this winter we have been having fuel problems with jelling. A lot of the equipment with the off road fuel seems to be the most problems. A couple of pieces have been using on-road fuel and do not seem to be affected. We have been using blended fuel 60-40 as well as additives for anti-jelling and still not a lot of luck. Just curious if anyone else has noticed similar problems. Getting to be a long winter even here in WI. On a bright note the sun is shinning!!!!
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We pulled diesel samples out of station near Philippsburgh, Pa yesterday. Cloud and Pour point testing revealed that the fuel showed signs of wax at 10 degrees F and the pour point was only at -5 degrees F. With the weather we have been having I can see why diesels are clogging filters. They desperately need some cold flow additives. (fltechnologies.org)
 
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