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Old 01-02-2013, 10:32 PM
Brian Carlton Brian Carlton is offline
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Originally Posted by Zacharias View Post
Whereupon I find my car with frozen fuel, when I go to leave work (-20 C, about the temps the OP had today). I pour in the remainder of a quart of Diesel 911, no luck.

One $64 tow home later, the car is plugged in and I am kicking myself for having let our last two mild winters make me forget about what a bit of moisture in my fuel will do, at those temps.
Is it a situation of moisture or simply diesel fuel that gels due to the cold? I would have also figured they have #1 diesel as standard now.........far less likely to gel...........but, -20C. is probably below the capability of that fuel as well.
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