Red Sleeper
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That's sweet! The mirrors even fold in.
Yours?Yay!!! Gelled up trucks.
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Yours?
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Pluck yes. I’ve had or had possession of a diesel full time since I was 17 years old, ever had one gel. I started mine this morning idled it up, and went back home. It ran for an hour and a half probably. Didn’t make it out of town and I looked over and the pressure was dropping and boom.
I’m still sitting here getting it to thaw out. Great day in the neighborhood. It had to of been the lines. Filters weren’t froze, tanks weren’t froze.
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Pluck yes. I’ve had or had possession of a diesel full time since I was 17 years old, ever had one gel. I started mine this morning idled it up, and went back home. It ran for an hour and a half probably. Didn’t make it out of town and I looked over and the pressure was dropping and boom.
I’m still sitting here getting it to thaw out. Great day in the neighborhood. It had to of been the lines. Filters weren’t froze, tanks weren’t froze.
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Well here we go.
I use gelling as a relaxed term... I assumed it was water/bad fuel being as the tank nor filter was solid.
They don’t offer #1 where I’m from.
I don’t, nor would I ever use 911 as an additive.
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Good assumption. I've seen guys do research on additives improving cold flow but not additive effects on water and ice.
I run additive year round. Tanks get some every fill up. And my drivers are supplied with it to put in the tanks as well. My trucks also get parked in warm shop which would make for condensation in tanks. Knock on wood no issues. Once truck is running for a bit even running -25 the fuel tanks can get warm from return fuel.
Seems like fuel over there is even crappier than in Russia. In the 90s it was a big problem but lately it has been quite good if bought from big name service stations.
I might swap over to AGM at a later date..As far as the batteries here's my take on it:
Unless you're going AGM, go with lower CCA starting/deep cycle batteries
I've had good luck with the Cat 825 CCA batteries because the plates aren't as thin as on other batteries. They're also predictable, they don't short out and give off that sulfur smell. They just slowly get weaker and weaker and you have more than enough warning as to when to replace. Up here they have a full 3 year replacement warranty.
I'm pretty damn hard on batteries. Fridge runs all the time. I run an espar bunk/engine heating combo and don't idle my truck until it hits -25C. It's also pretty damn cold up here in case you haven't heard.
I might swap over to AGM at a later date..
I know frieghtliner has gone from 1900cca to 2850cca for the ISL9..
I Currently at 2300cca with two 1150cca soon will be bumping to 3..
I take it you have at least 4 825? To start and run the Espar or you got a couple additional separate from. The cranking ones?
Modern high compression engines start easily if fuel is flowing through filters, no pre-heating needed.4 x 825 CCA yes, nothing separate. I run 5w30 oil and don't have issues with pressure in the morning.
My dad runs regular old 15w40 rotella and NO engine heater of any kind. He shuts his truck off most of the time. Those damn Volvo engines are UNREAL in the winter.