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Auto Parts / Maintain good housekeeping freezing of fuel filters and lines? You
of fuel and storage tank can apply a small amount of heat prior
facilities. Inspect fuel to filtration to eliminate both.
storage tanks for proper Remember, fuels below their cloud
ventilation and test for water point and down to pour point will flow
content. If necessary, pump and can be pumped through fuel lines.
out water prior to cold You could change the routing and
weather. Is the fill spout area location of fuel lines and filters so that
higher than the drain? Are they are closer to the engine exhaust
the fill caps sealed properly? heat. Or, you could install a
2. If you have a fungus or commercially available fuel heating
bacteria problem, treat with a device prior to the fuel filtering system.
commercially available biocide. Artificially heating the fuel may have
some drawbacks. It may increase
3. Use proper filters and
filtration techniques as oxidation and decrease the stability of
shown in your owner’s the fuel. You can chemically treat the
manual. Use Baldwin filters fuel to control the water/icing problem.
These anti-icers will have to be chosen
for quality equal to, or better
than, comparable original carefully to find one that will do the job
without affecting performance or
equipment filters.
causing any damage to the engine. If
4. Drain the sediment from your you use an anti-icer, you will still need
machine’s fuel tank on a to control wax in cold weather.
regular basis after each use. Chemical compounds are available to
Try to do this after the reduce the size and shape of the wax
machine has set for 24 hours. crystals in their cold weather
5. Do not use gasoline or formations. These wax modifiers
alcohol as a diesel fuel cannot prevent the crystallization
additive. This blending process, but they limit the formations so
creates a serious safety they can pass through vehicle filters to
problem because of its low produce energy during combustion. To
flash point. This also be effective, wax modifiers must be
reduces the viscosity of the added before the wax crystals form,
fuel and can lead to fuel usually around 12 to 15 degrees
system damage because of Fahrenheit. After wax crystals have
insufficient lubrication. formed, the only way to make the fuel
usable again is to apply heat to the fuel.
6. After receiving fuel from
your supplier, let it set for 72 SUMMARY
hours prior to use. This will
allow contaminant to settle.
Through proper understanding of
7. Top off fuel tanks at the end your fuel and the problems you may
of every day to minimize encounter, you can be ready before
condensation. problems occur.
Low temperatures create problems 1. Purchase high quality, clean
that include starting the engine and fuel.
keeping it running with a constant 2. Keep it clean through good
flow of fuel, while eliminating housekeeping practices and a
blockage of fuel filters due to waxing good filtration system on your
and freezing fuel lines. storage tanks and vehicles.
How do you prevent the waxing and 3. Be ready for cold weather
changes in your fuel.
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