In a message of 16 Sep 97 Ray Harkness (3:771/160) wrote to Elvis Hargrove: 
 RH> Thanks Elvis,  I have heard that some `summer' grade diesel gets
 RH> `thick' in the winter !  Is this related to the paraffin content ?  I
 RH> do not know much about paraffin but do know that there is a paraffin
 RH> wax. -=RH=-
Hi Ray,
PMFBI, but I think that's correct.
I used to do lotsa driving in Scandinavia, also in the winter, which could be 
freezing outside 40 degs (centrigrade that is...) or more. Regular diesel 
will start to "grow solid" at minus 15 ore more and it just blocks your 
filters and everything. Only way to get the thing going again is getting rid 
of all the juice, changing filters, clean the fuel lines and try again with 
new fuel.
In the Nordic countries they have additives in their winter diesel to prevent 
it from "growing solid", but the additives just eat up your nozzles, filters, 
fuel pump etc.  :-)
One way is never switching off your engine: the fuel is heated while 
circulating and thus its temperature stays high enough to prevent the 
paraffine from growing solid. 
CU NeXT msg
Louis
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