Kenneth
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#1-D or kerosine blended with #2-D to make winter diesel fuel has lower BTU content (lower fuel mileage), less lubricity, and higher cost than #2-D mixed with anti-gel additive.
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I had a service station in 1979 accross from a red lion motel and one person staying the night there with a diesel car could start his car in the am with the glow plugs but the fuel was so gelled the the best he could get was an idle. We mixed a little unleaded gas in per local gm dealer suggestion and eventually got him going.
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RedRam
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I'm sure all states that get cold have the winter diesel.I dont change fuel filter before or after it sits,all i do is catch a little fuel as i drain some from the fuel filter to see if there is any water in it but i also have a light that glows if i do get water either from sitting in winter or a place i buy diesel and unless it's really cold then i dont worry about plugging it in and the only thing i use in my truck is a product called Lucas,maybe once or twice a year and my Dodge sits a lot year round,it's a 5er puller and i'm not retired yet.
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SuperDutyFiver
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After a couple of hundred thousand miles in the last ten years, I'm convinced that I carry a jug of Power Service Conditioner and also their Rescue 911, just as a safety valve.
Have had very good luck with fuel using busy stations all over the country.
Have also been told numerous times that large oil companies only sell winter blend across North America in the winter due to the fact that the trucking industry needs consistantly treated fuel.
Just some thoughts from the North end of the State.
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cougarjohn
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I have used kerosene as well as GM transmission fluid to stop the gelling when I didn't have the winterized fuel in my tanks. Don't use the Ford fluid as it would ruin your injection pump and injectors.
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Kusani
Tennessee
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I strongly suggest one just reads their owner's manual regarding the use of additives to fuel and follow what is printed within. Technologies have changed and continue to change and this is one area where, imo, the manufacturer knows best. 
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Mobile Kennel
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You can add kerosene or a couple of gals of unleaded gas. Both will lower the cloud and gel points. Adding these will lower your fuel aconomy, but the rig will run just fine. Summer diesel is good to below 0 f. anyway.
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