What kind of mileage do you get?

[95six.five]

Not really, unless you can talk to a fuel supplier in your area....not the pump jockey, not the station owner, not the guy driving the tanker trucks. You need to talk to the wholesaler who sells it to the garage to even have half a chance of knowing what's actually in the fuel you're getting.

I use a cetane booster in winter and the anit-gelling additives in winter diesel still drop my MPG a couple or so.

Thing is, we're really far north and it still rarely gets down low enough to gell diesel here....

How cold does it have to get to actually gel it? I guess i'll just have to wait till i get a drop in MPG to know. the lowest it's gotten here yet this year is 48f

 

[glfirefighter144]

How cold does it have to get to actually gel it? I guess i'll just have to wait till i get a drop in MPG to know. the lowest it's gotten here yet this year is 48f

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gel_point_(petroleum)
According to that, untreated is around 17.5° F

And you're lucky, I've done hit 21° F here

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[96-1500]

My mileage has dropped a little lately with the cold temps. Mostly due to idling it to get it to warm up I'd say. Was -6 this morning (21.2 for my American friends). 13.8 last tank.

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[great white]

How cold does it have to get to actually gel it? I guess i'll just have to wait till i get a drop in MPG to know. the lowest it's gotten here yet this year is 48f

"gel" is a bit of a generalization for what happens to diesel in the cold. What actually happens is it gets could enough to congeal the paraffins in the fuel, they drop out and crystallize and then "glob up" the fuel system.

These are referred to as the cloud point, pour point and cold filter plug points. It ruins fuel filter and clogs lines. Winter diesel has additives that drops the cloud point of the fuel for enhanced cold weather tolerance.

http://www.ufa.com/petroleum/resources/fuel/diesel_fuel_resources.html

 

[95six.five]

Oh okay. This is my first time having a diesel so im still learning a bit, thanks great white! You give alot of wisdom to the site, especially with the 6.5's.

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[great white]

Oh okay. This is my first time having a diesel so im still learning a bit, thanks great white! You give alot of wisdom to the site, especially with the 6.5's.

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Unfortunately, I got that "wisdom" by mostly "hard learned" lessons......

 

[95six.five]

Haha thats one of the best ways it seems, unfortunately..

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[benz88]

Here we dont get Winter Diesel till Nov 1st, October's not cold enough to warrant them to switch it here. Sucks cause my shops heated with diesel and we've been running the past couple weeks on electric construction heater instead lol

 

[Ruger_556]

Lately I've been getting 10 combined. I wonder what's wrong with my truck this time

Loose nut behind the wheel?...

 

[5spd Z71]

Lately Ive only been getting mid mid/high 16's.