It hasn't been a particularly cold winter this year down, here, a couple of -4(C) mornings, and some serious (for us) blizzards/icy roads.
Had a workmate come to me the other day with problems starting his 40 year old tractor, another with a common rail VW 4WD, and a work related Hilux D4D.
Their starting difficulties were extreme, with boiling water offering a cure.
Took a sample from mine, and placed it in a glass jar. As night fell, I was checking it with a laser pointer, and seeing about when the laser started being diffracted.
Room temperature, clear as a bell. 4C, and the beam was seen clearly passing through the fuel, with a hazy red path surrounding it...and this is labelled as winter fuel.
Aforementioned workmate rang two majors, who told him that their winter diesel had been a failure this year, and recommended an additive (Amsoil don't do diesel additive down here).
Any ideas ?
As an aside, Shell have announce their refinery to close, which either has all of the fuel in my state out of the Caltex, or we are importing from Singapore, who don't have such problems...all basestocks (except the Wagga re-refinery) are now imported.
Had a workmate come to me the other day with problems starting his 40 year old tractor, another with a common rail VW 4WD, and a work related Hilux D4D.
Their starting difficulties were extreme, with boiling water offering a cure.
Took a sample from mine, and placed it in a glass jar. As night fell, I was checking it with a laser pointer, and seeing about when the laser started being diffracted.
Room temperature, clear as a bell. 4C, and the beam was seen clearly passing through the fuel, with a hazy red path surrounding it...and this is labelled as winter fuel.
Aforementioned workmate rang two majors, who told him that their winter diesel had been a failure this year, and recommended an additive (Amsoil don't do diesel additive down here).
Any ideas ?
As an aside, Shell have announce their refinery to close, which either has all of the fuel in my state out of the Caltex, or we are importing from Singapore, who don't have such problems...all basestocks (except the Wagga re-refinery) are now imported.
