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Diesel Additive Gelling?

01-11-2004, 05:23 PM

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TBrennan

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Diesel Additive Gelling?

I went to put in my Standadyne PF into my tank yesterday and I had a hard time getting it out as it had started to gell! Is this normal? It has been below zero (-5 F to -15 F) around here for some time but I wouldn't expect this stuff to gell up at all since it's supposed to prevent it.

Am I right (I hope) in the assumption that like coolant antifreeze it's not fully effective until properly mixed with it's target product (diesel fuel in this case)?

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