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Adding gas to Diesel???
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[QUOTE="Patman, post: 713379, member: 16962"] The kerosene helps lower the waxing point of diesel but also reduces power. Most colder locations have diesel #1 for cold and diesel #2 for the warmer seasons. When you pump your fuel it's typically already setup for whatever season you are in at your location if they do any volume of diesel sales. The winter blend (#1) already has a percentage of kerosene blended in to lower the waxing point. I suppose a bit of gasoline might not hurt but there sure are better options! Stanadyne makes several good products, Power Service has a couple and is usually availabe at Wally World and Tractor Supply Company, Amsoil makes one as well and they all typically increase Cetane (diesel version of Octane) plus lower the waxing point so your fuel doesn't turn into a candle. Once the fuel gets that bad it's a bit of work to get it liquified again, there are some products that you can add if this happens and wait like 30 minutes but I don't know what it's called as it's usually not an issue here. The powerstroke has a valve off the turbo that closes to help warm the engine in cold conditions. This typically causes it to run rough until the valve opens and the exhaust is free to flow normally. If it's really cold and the E-brake is set the truck will go to a high idle state to help reduce the wait for temps to get warm enough to open the valve. Plugging in the block heater for a couple hours prior to starting helps this quite a bit. Putting it on a plug in time with an extension cord keeps ya' nice and toasty in bed too. The CPS is a known 7.3 issue and your's went out at about the known failer point if I'm not mistaken even though Ford isn't real open about it being a problem. Some people get a spare to have on hand as it's a one bolt operation to change on the side of the road. Typically you can get one for less $$$ at the International dealer since it doesn't have the Ford logo on the box. Now if we could get GasGasMan in here we'd all get a Ford diesel endmakation :thumb: [/QUOTE]
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