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Motown_Johnny

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10. No

Reply to IDemo (Original post)

Sun Jan 24, 2016, 05:59 PM

Jan 2016

I live in Detroit and work for a landscape company. We have a diesel powered loader that gets used to load salt into trucks all winter long, among other things.

It often goes for days without being started. It is garage kept but no block heater. We do use an anti-gelling additive to the fuel though.

I can't believe that truck needs to idle that long every day.

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Cold weather diesel owners [View all] IDemo Jan 2016 OP

If the fuel is going to gel it will gel whether the truck is running or not. Eom Teamster Jeff Jan 2016 #1

Understood IDemo Jan 2016 #2

Im interested in this topic bc I have a related problem Kashkakat v.2.0 Jan 2016 #3

The main reason to idle a big truck now days is for the comfort of the driver. Tobin S. Jan 2016 #8

This is just a pickup though, not a big rig IDemo Jan 2016 #11

Winterized Diesel fuel should be good to temps way below freezing JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2016 #4

It's been in the mid-30's to low 40's for a couple of weeks n/t IDemo Jan 2016 #5

Then the fuel should be just fine. JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2016 #6

My new car is a diesel...and I'm north of you jmowreader Jan 2016 #7

40 below zero sounds reasonable jakeXT Jan 2016 #9

No Motown_Johnny Jan 2016 #10