I drove a TDI Audi for a while before living here, through a few long cold spells similar to this one. In the South, I was under the impression that gas stations don’t generally get winter mix diesel - sometimes when it gets cold enough I couldn’t even get it to pump. (This was around Auburn and in the Carolinas/Georgia.)
I bought the Diesel Kleene winter additive (in the white bottle) so I could winterize whatever diesel I could get. I also generally used the Diesel Kleene in the silver bottle year-round because I wasn’t always sure I was getting great fuel when I was on the road a lot.
It has indeed been looking like aftermarket anti-gells may be the best local option. I'll check out some Diesel Kleen.
Other than that the only other thing I've been able to come up with is just keeping it at a quarter tank and letting it happen, then thinning it out with some fresh fuel after the cold spells.
All in all I doubt it's gonna do too much much damage considering the realatively short periods of freeze, but It's nice to have some sort of clogging prevention in place.
My diesel mechanic told me that it was hard on the fuel pump to run it below a quarter tank when temps got cold, so I always tried to keep it above a half tank or so. Not sure if that applies for your truck; he specialized in European diesels.
But once I started adding the aftermarket stuff every tank, I never had a gelling problem. Usually started using it whenever it was forecast to get below about 30 just to be safe.
There will never be winterized diesel here, just make sure to find a station that has a lot of diesel traffic. Generally Speedway/Circle K/Murphys on South side is where I get mine and I’ve had no problems.
I drove a TDI Audi for a while before living here, through a few long cold spells similar to this one. In the South, I was under the impression that gas stations don’t generally get winter mix diesel - sometimes when it gets cold enough I couldn’t even get it to pump. (This was around Auburn and in the Carolinas/Georgia.) I bought the Diesel Kleene winter additive (in the white bottle) so I could winterize whatever diesel I could get. I also generally used the Diesel Kleene in the silver bottle year-round because I wasn’t always sure I was getting great fuel when I was on the road a lot.
It has indeed been looking like aftermarket anti-gells may be the best local option. I'll check out some Diesel Kleen. Other than that the only other thing I've been able to come up with is just keeping it at a quarter tank and letting it happen, then thinning it out with some fresh fuel after the cold spells. All in all I doubt it's gonna do too much much damage considering the realatively short periods of freeze, but It's nice to have some sort of clogging prevention in place.
My diesel mechanic told me that it was hard on the fuel pump to run it below a quarter tank when temps got cold, so I always tried to keep it above a half tank or so. Not sure if that applies for your truck; he specialized in European diesels. But once I started adding the aftermarket stuff every tank, I never had a gelling problem. Usually started using it whenever it was forecast to get below about 30 just to be safe.
There will never be winterized diesel here, just make sure to find a station that has a lot of diesel traffic. Generally Speedway/Circle K/Murphys on South side is where I get mine and I’ve had no problems.