Posted by hd6gtom on December 05, 2013 at 13:53:37 from (63.153.198.32):
In Reply to: Diesel gelling posted by Tom vertiz on December 04, 2013 at 20:29:32:
Tom, I sent 14 1/2 years of my life in the fuel and oil business. I will not get technical. Went through hundreds of hours and millions of miles of testing on all types fuels and oils. These people that are telling you #2 fuel oil and #2 diesel are the same product are WRONG. The base fuel MIGHT be the same but from there on everything is different. #1 fuel is not the same as Kerosene, true kerosene is lighter and has a few less btu's than #1 diesel. It will work to keep your #2 fuel from gelling. #1 fuel is a higher refined fuel than #2. #1 should not gel till you get in the -30 range. #2 fuel oil will gel in the +25 range and #2 premium diesel will start to gel around +15. The ONLY way to keep diesel from gelling is to run #1 or a mix of #1 and #2. This time of year most fuels north of the Mason Dixon line should be mixed 1/2 X 1/2. Most truck stop fuels used to be mixed 1/4#1 X 3/4 #2. This is not enough #1, they depend on the truckers to pour in the overpriced additives to keep their trucks running. If they were running the proper fuel, fuel mix or farther north, straight #1 they would not need the expensive additive. A lot of guys run additives for piece of mind. I never ran additives in my fleet of trucks and never had 1 truck gel up. I have delivered many gallons of straight #1 to tractors and trucks that were gelled up in fields, along roads, in lots etc, most of the time at -25 or -30F, because the darn people were TOO CHEAP to spend a few extra cents per gallon to keep it from happening.
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