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    Summer fuel in equipment. Recommend CFPP additive?

    Fuel return to the tank is only a trickle. Injector return is teed to the fuel filter housing and to the tank, and I suspect much is taken back via the filter route. Not much heat comes in contact with the fuel system except in the injectors themselves - everything including transfer pump...
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    necessary to turn off diesel while filling?

    Diesel, of course not. Not in Canada. Honestly, I even leave my gasser idling while filling it when it's really cold. We are talking Canada cold, of course. If I turn it off and it decides to go "GM Passlock Security" on me, we'll be stuck at the pump for 10 minutes. By then we will be cold and...
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    Manuals smoking in reverse

    Automatics run differently in reverse, I know this for a fact from my [censored] work truck. Traction control/stabilitrak etc. is disabled so that you can spin the tires and try to back out of the mud that it got you stuck in. So the timing gets un-retarded, and the gearing is low, too, so you...
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    VW Dieselgate: returning "most" of the car

    Quote: The good cars will be exported to markets where the emissions are not as much of a concern and resold. Of course, so they should not be willing to take stripped down junkers. We have no emissions rules here so if they wanted to bring them to Saskatchewan and sell them cheap, we would...
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    Summer fuel in equipment. Recommend CFPP additive?

    Well, I siphoned out the heavy diesel, filled the tank with winter diesel from the pumps and treated with Howe's diesel treat at winter rate. Fixed the winter front so it closed 100%, added side covers. I always plug in the tractor in the morning and have an actively pumped 1500W circulating...
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    Summer fuel in equipment. Recommend CFPP additive?

    Currently I'm using Kleen-flo Diesel Conditioner (ULSD formula), which has "anti-gel properties". I really put it in there just to add lubricity for the old mechanical pumps after the switch to ULSD. This is the first time its anti-gel properties have actually been tested on summer fuel. It's...
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    Summer fuel in equipment. Recommend CFPP additive?

    Usually here in Canada I don't have any issues with diesel at all as winter diesel replaces the summer stuff at about the same rate as the temperature falls and as I burn the fuel. Unfortunately, this year we had a very warm fall followed by a rapid drop in several days from +5 to -25C, and...
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    Proper weight for gas inverter generator

    Thanks guys, I will change to 15W-40 come summer time. I like the full synth idea but didn't want to until it is broken in. Not sure how many hours for a unit like this.
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    Tool box brands - Does it really matter?

    For years I rocked Craftsman boxes and now am using the ones from Costco of all places. Big box, lots of drawers, tough and cheap. Nobody has ever spoken ill of any box I owned, but I am an electric motor mechanic and it's a fact that we have less attitude than the combustion boys. Nice thing...
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    Proper weight for gas inverter generator

    A bit puzzled as to what to do with my new inverter generator. I'm a farmer, and go through the expected "plenty" of oil. I have standardized on two oils at the farm: - Walmart Tune-it (Super tech) 5W-30 for gas - Rotella 15W-40 for diesel I also run 0W-40 synth in my winter feeding/snowplow...
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