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<blockquote data-quote="chevytaHOE5674" data-source="post: 1779170" data-attributes="member: 19817"><p>I guess living and wrenching on diesels in the frozen north I assume our base crude is such that it won't gel at 40 degrees. If that was the case our fuel would be at risk of gelling 12 months of the year (I've seen frost in each of the 12 months here). Gelling or getting cloudy at 40 degrees must be a down south thing.</p><p></p><p>Case and point I went on a call yesterday for "gelled fuel". Tractor was running but barely and low/no power. Knocked the filter off and black gunk came out along with clean red liquid fuel. That black sludge was a mix of water/dirt/rust/bacteria/etc, when that gunk got down to -20 degrees the clean fuel had no chance of making it thru the filter. New filter and ZERO additives and it fired right up and went to work. Told the customer to change the filter more often than 4 years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chevytaHOE5674, post: 1779170, member: 19817"] I guess living and wrenching on diesels in the frozen north I assume our base crude is such that it won't gel at 40 degrees. If that was the case our fuel would be at risk of gelling 12 months of the year (I've seen frost in each of the 12 months here). Gelling or getting cloudy at 40 degrees must be a down south thing. Case and point I went on a call yesterday for "gelled fuel". Tractor was running but barely and low/no power. Knocked the filter off and black gunk came out along with clean red liquid fuel. That black sludge was a mix of water/dirt/rust/bacteria/etc, when that gunk got down to -20 degrees the clean fuel had no chance of making it thru the filter. New filter and ZERO additives and it fired right up and went to work. Told the customer to change the filter more often than 4 years. [/QUOTE]
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