Fuel gelling

[Scott 730]

If the amount of fuel you use in a year is that small why not just run #1 all year and dispense with the draining, storing, screening, and refilling foolishness???

 

[wore out]

''all the lands between the rings were broken, everything jammed down on the oil ring. When the head mechanic saw that he said they must have put gasoline in the diesel fuel''


That's totally ''horse pucky''!

The issue with gasoline is lack of lubricity which MAY kill the fuel system, but isn't going to break ring lands.

Lots of ''multifuel'' engines have been made, they have a tough fuel injection system and can burn a wide variety of fuel without ''breaking ring lands''!

 

[showcrop]

(quoted from post at 22:10:34 10/24/23)

''all the lands between the rings were broken, everything jammed down on the oil ring. When the head mechanic saw that he said they must have put gasoline in the diesel fuel''


That's totally ''horse pucky''!

The issue with gasoline is lack of lubricity which MAY kill the fuel system, but isn't going to break ring lands.

Lots of ''multifuel'' engines have been made, they have a tough fuel injection system and can burn a wide variety of fuel without ''breaking ring lands''!

Wore out you are correct! gasoline is so much lower in BTUs that it could not come close to anything like an explosion problem in an engine. I knew of a situation years ago, where gasoline was put in a diesel and the main problem was lack of power. Lubricity, as others have posted, is the issue.

 

[caterpillar guy]

Half your problem will be from your own use with only a few gallon in the tank you are allowing a lot of condensation to build up water in the tank. You would be better off with keeping it full. It runs just the same on the top half as the bottom half and no walking home for fuel. Also keeps the tank from condensing moisture in the tank. I would just fill the tank with winter fuel and change filters after it is run for an hour or so and go on with life. All this nonsnse about gelling and fooling around with snake oil and patent medicines, is just that. Fuel is blended for the are it is used in. I never had a problem in 20 years of over the road trucking with gelling. And didn't treat fuel nor carry any with me. Even would shut the truck off at night. Did that in Montpelier ID one night woke up to -28 started right up with no problems. Idid let it idle for about an hour before leaving. I think that was the coldest I know of that I was in out west in the winter. I also didn't fuel up in a southern state then drive north without adding fuel as I went north in winter either. Fuel in FL then Fill again in TN then fill up in OH or close to home. Would come in with full tanks 300 Gallon on.

 

[BarnyardEngineering]

(quoted from post at 07:52:04 10/24/23) Put a couple of gallons of gasoline in the fuel. VolksWagon recommends that for all their diesel cars , up to 30% gasoline is fine. Like other posters have said water in the fuel is your biggest enemy. A bottle of gas line de-icer will take care of that.

Maybe Volkswagen recommended that in 1982, but I sincerely doubt that any Volkswagen manual written in the last 20 years or so has that recommendation in it.

Those old diesel Rabbits will run on just about anything.

 

[Texasmark]

Power Services in the white container has antigel additives. It will even unjel jelled fuel. Here in N. Tx. last year we hit -4 F and my fuel gelled and wouldn't pump through the final filter on my fill hose. Added PS as directed and cleared it right up while things were still cold.....not -4 cold but below freezing.

 

[Scott 730]

(quoted from post at 09:43:50 10/25/23)
Power Services in the white container has antigel additives. It will even unjel jelled fuel.

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[paul]

One year I fueled up all my tractors in late September ready for harvest... and broke a rib. Didnt run any tractors in fall. Winter came and boy did I have trouble blowing snow in December. And of course that was the winter we got minus 20 early on....

Learned some lessons that year.

Paul

 

[Gene Davis (Ga)]

Ether/starting fluid has blown the compression ring lands off a piston on my John Deere 650 twice since I have had it, this comes from lending my tractor to people who won't listen or heed cold weather starting instructions. I have finally learned not to lend it out anymore.