old-iron-habit
Senior Member
- Joined
- Nov 22, 2012
- Messages
- 4,233
- Location
- Moose Lake, MN
- Occupation
- Retired Cons't. Supt./Hospitals
I was at the local cooperative today to fill my F-350. I had three choices for road fuel, 1. premium diesel. 2. 60% #1 40% #2. Choice 3 was 100% #1. As long as I can remember in other winters there was a sign on the pump that stated that 60/40 would gell at -28 F. I never had a problem with it. There was no sign on the pump so I went and asked. When sent to the manager he informed me that they just changed it to 70/30. He said that 70/30 would jell at -10 degrees and that straight number 1 was good to -20 degrees. Anything colder and you need to add a $12.00 additive to treat 80 gallons of 3 1. Then he informed me that that had no way of knowing if the fuel would come to the distribution center via the northern or southern pipeline. Said they are two completely differently treated fuels. What in hell is our fuel turning into to? My truck has been running fine in this -20 temperatures but now he has me nervous.