Anti-gell works wonders in diesel fuel during cold winter months.

"Ted Bell" wrote in message
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"Bruce in Alaska" wrote in message
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"Ted Bell" wrote:

When it's very cold I have a hard time cranking my diesel. I was
wondering if I put Tilley wicks saturated in meths around the injectors
and lit them if it would warm up the injectors enough to vaporize the
fuel better. Anybody ever try it?

I'm Ted Bell!


You don't need to heat the FUEL, you need to heat the AIR......

It seems like that's the majority opinion. But no matter how hot the air
it won't burn all by itself. You must have atomized fuel injected into the
hot air. All the suggestions about pre-heating the air only make sense
provided the fuel hasn't turned to wax from the extreme cold. It's quite
difficult to inject wax, I would think. Wax doesn't burn until it turns
into a liquid. This is evident when one lights a candle. Once the motor
runs for a bit it heats the fuel quite nicely because of the way it
re-circulates it through the system. But what's to keep fuel that might
not be winterized properly from clogging up the works before it gets
warmed up? Maybe the answer is a fuel tank heater and a stout lever on the
fuel pump to pump the warm fuel round.

I'm Ted Bell!

KLC Lewis wrote:
Anti-gell works wonders in diesel fuel during cold winter months.

"Ted Bell" wrote in message
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"Bruce in Alaska" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Ted Bell" wrote:

When it's very cold I have a hard time cranking my diesel. I was
wondering if I put Tilley wicks saturated in meths around the injectors
and lit them if it would warm up the injectors enough to vaporize the
fuel better. Anybody ever try it?

I'm Ted Bell!

You don't need to heat the FUEL, you need to heat the AIR......
It seems like that's the majority opinion. But no matter how hot the air
it won't burn all by itself. You must have atomized fuel injected into the
hot air. All the suggestions about pre-heating the air only make sense
provided the fuel hasn't turned to wax from the extreme cold. It's quite
difficult to inject wax, I would think. Wax doesn't burn until it turns
into a liquid. This is evident when one lights a candle. Once the motor
runs for a bit it heats the fuel quite nicely because of the way it
re-circulates it through the system. But what's to keep fuel that might
not be winterized properly from clogging up the works before it gets
warmed up? Maybe the answer is a fuel tank heater and a stout lever on the
fuel pump to pump the warm fuel round.

I'm Ted Bell!



And speaking of using starting fluid, My neighbor was trying to start
a turbo diesel backhoe with ether. Can you imagine a turbo full of
ether? I stopped him before the explosion.
G

"Ted Bell" wrote in message
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When it's very cold I have a hard time cranking my diesel. I was wondering
if I put Tilley wicks saturated in meths around the injectors and lit them
if it would warm up the injectors enough to vaporize the fuel better.
Anybody ever try it?

I'm Ted Bell!

I was living in korea for a while with an older jeep cj-7 with a diesel
conversion. The glow plugs were broken and i couldnt get replacements for
winter. The temp got down to about -20C. I carried a small propane torch
and the way i got it started (first crank every time) was to remove the air
filter hose from the intake on the manifold and heat the air as it went in.
There was no direct contact with the flame and any engine part, but the hot
air warmed up the diesel fuel enough to make good things happen. got bored
wiht it pretty quick, but a great trick to know.

Shaun

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"Ted Bell" wrote in message
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When it's very cold I have a hard time cranking my diesel. I was wondering
if I put Tilley wicks saturated in meths around the injectors and lit them
if it would warm up the injectors enough to vaporize the fuel better.
Anybody ever try it?

I'm Ted Bell!

I was living in korea for a while with an older jeep cj-7 with a diesel
conversion. The glow plugs were broken and i couldnt get replacements for
winter. The temp got down to about -20C. I carried a small propane torch
and the way i got it started (first crank every time) was to remove the air
filter hose from the intake on the manifold and heat the air as it went in.
There was no direct contact with the flame and any engine part, but the hot
air warmed up the diesel fuel enough to make good things happen. got bored
wiht it pretty quick, but a great trick to know.

Why risk ingesting something into the combustion chamber? I have done
similar with a burning bit of rag (soaked in diesel) and just held that
infront of the air filter. It works.

--
Duncan

In article , Duncan McC (NZ) wrote:
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"Ted Bell" wrote in message
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When it's very cold I have a hard time cranking my diesel. I was wondering
if I put Tilley wicks saturated in meths around the injectors and lit them
if it would warm up the injectors enough to vaporize the fuel better.
Anybody ever try it?

I'm Ted Bell!

I was living in korea for a while with an older jeep cj-7 with a diesel
conversion. The glow plugs were broken and i couldnt get replacements for
winter. The temp got down to about -20C. I carried a small propane torch
and the way i got it started (first crank every time) was to remove the air
filter hose from the intake on the manifold and heat the air as it went in.
There was no direct contact with the flame and any engine part, but the hot
air warmed up the diesel fuel enough to make good things happen. got bored
wiht it pretty quick, but a great trick to know.

Why risk ingesting something into the combustion chamber? I have done
similar with a burning bit of rag (soaked in diesel) and just held that
infront of the air filter. It works.


What you are doing is making the engine breathe warm air as it starts.

You could accomplish the same thing with an electric hair dryer and have no
fire risk.