Reading the other recent post re diesel I thought I would pose a question.
I recently had my diesel heater refusing to start in the morning, it was about 1 degree. It appears the diesel had gelled in the lines, after an hour or so when the sun was on the van the unit ran no problem.
Does anyone experience issues with diesel waxing in very cold weather? If so who uses what to overcome it?
I have used Alpine diesel from servos but would like to have an additive in a bottle to use when I need it. I have heard some use kero at 2 or 3%.
Cheers Vince
first timer said
08:52 PM Jul 17, 2019
Hi Vince
i would be careful using Kero as it is a flammable and therefore could be a danger.
Having worked in the fuel game as a tanker driver fo 20 years, I would only add heating oil as that is what is added to alpine diesel at the refinery, 20% for areas like Bowral, and 40% for the snow fields.
cheers
Ashley
oldbloke said
08:56 PM Jul 17, 2019
I would just buy the right fuel when i arrive.
blaze said
09:06 PM Jul 17, 2019
first timer wrote:
Hi Vince
i would be careful using Kero as it is a flammable and therefore could be a danger.
Having worked in the fuel game as a tanker driver fo 20 years, I would only add heating oil as that is what is added to alpine diesel at the refinery, 20% for areas like Bowral, and 40% for the snow fields.
cheers
Ashley
I thought heating oil was diesel and kero mixed, at least it was when I had an oil heater and made my own fuel for it
cheers
blaze
Peter_n_Margaret said
09:12 PM Jul 17, 2019
Adding kero at levels up to 10% is quite acceptable and will definitely fix the problem.
Diesel, kero and Jet 1A are all closely related. If you can get friendly with the right people at your local airfield, you might get some cheap Jet 1A (drained from an aircraft and "rejected") and that will operate well at very low temperatures. Cheers, Peter
-- Edited by Peter_n_Margaret on Wednesday 17th of July 2019 09:15:47 PM
T1 Terry said
03:19 PM Jul 20, 2019
I recommend running 10% or so kero with the diesel at all times and when putting the heater into summer mode, drain the diels tank and put that in the vehicle fuel tank and add 1 ltr of kero to the tank. Run the heater till the kero is through the lines and in the burner, then shut it down. Add the 9 ltrs of diesel to the tank next time you need to use it and the diesel should mix with the kero as you pour it in heater tank, it will self mix after a few potholes anyway. Run the heater and it will use the kero to flush out any residue, burn it off alone with any loosened carbon and away it goes for another season.
These heaters were designed for use in Europe and they run everything on winter fuel that has a lot more kero than 10% by volume.
T1 Terry
woofta and precious said
07:37 PM Jul 23, 2019
I'm using about 25% kero in my diesel heater, and it has worked well for 2 years.
T1 Terry said
11:47 AM Jul 24, 2019
woofta and precious wrote:
I'm using about 25% kero in my diesel heater, and it has worked well for 2 years.
So, 2 ltrs of kero and 8 ltrs of diesel in the 10 ltr tank? The price of kero was my determining factor on the 1 ltr and 9 ltrs of diesel, but the more kero the better really. If kero wasn't so over the top expensive I'd run my heater on all kero and eliminate any problems and save needing to do the summer storage flush.
Hi All,
Reading the other recent post re diesel I thought I would pose a question.
I recently had my diesel heater refusing to start in the morning, it was about 1 degree. It appears the diesel had gelled in the lines, after an hour or so when the sun was on the van the unit ran no problem.
Does anyone experience issues with diesel waxing in very cold weather? If so who uses what to overcome it?
I have used Alpine diesel from servos but would like to have an additive in a bottle to use when I need it. I have heard some use kero at 2 or 3%.
Cheers Vince
Hi Vince
i would be careful using Kero as it is a flammable and therefore could be a danger.
Having worked in the fuel game as a tanker driver fo 20 years, I would only add heating oil as that is what is added to alpine diesel at the refinery, 20% for areas like Bowral, and 40% for the snow fields.
cheers
Ashley
I thought heating oil was diesel and kero mixed, at least it was when I had an oil heater and made my own fuel for it
cheers
blaze
Adding kero at levels up to 10% is quite acceptable and will definitely fix the problem.
Diesel, kero and Jet 1A are all closely related. If you can get friendly with the right people at your local airfield, you might get some cheap Jet 1A (drained from an aircraft and "rejected") and that will operate well at very low temperatures.
Cheers,
Peter
-- Edited by Peter_n_Margaret on Wednesday 17th of July 2019 09:15:47 PM
These heaters were designed for use in Europe and they run everything on winter fuel that has a lot more kero than 10% by volume.
T1 Terry
So, 2 ltrs of kero and 8 ltrs of diesel in the 10 ltr tank? The price of kero was my determining factor on the 1 ltr and 9 ltrs of diesel, but the more kero the better really. If kero wasn't so over the top expensive I'd run my heater on all kero and eliminate any problems and save needing to do the summer storage flush.
T1 Terry