i am thinking about running an airdog system amnd i live in a cold climate.
do i need to run a fuel heater of some sort if so what and how should i run it.
is there a supplier in canada or do i have to get it across the border. thanks.

 

I've wondered the same thing. Especially where its down on the frame rail in the cold air, snow, slush and whatever thrown at it. I asked Airdog themselves and they said as long as you run an additive when it gets cold or #1 then you shouldn't have a problem with them gelling up, but if they do just put some 911 in the tank and run the pump for a little bit then its not gelled anymore. They also said to get the smaller micron filter for colder climates though.

 

I live in upstate NY, temp -0 sometimes, never
had any problems. I use power service in winter.

 

ok is there anybody who deals these units in canada. thanks

 

I don't run an Airdog but I deal with gelling issues on a regular basis.

The airdog will probably force fuel through the filters without gelling longer than a stock LP will. I know that the cold weather up here hasn't gelled my filter this year since I put on a piston LP.

The smaller micron filter would be better for the fuel system components but it will plug and gell easier than a larger micron element.

 

I run a FASS (similar to the Air Dog) in Alaska and it works just fine. I'm not in an area that gets as cold as Ofcmarc, but it has got down to about -30 F. here last winter.

You definitely don't need a fuel heater, and mounting the unit on the frame rail where it's a little more exposed to the elements presents no issues in my experience.

For Canadian vendors you might check with BD or PDR. Both are in southwestern BC.

Just curious though--why are you wanting to get an Air Dog? The stock lift pumps on the 1st gens are good ones. Are you at the point with your fuel mods that you've reached the limit of the stock lift pump?

 

Give me a low pressure piston LP any day over a stock 1st gen diaphragm pump.

 

Interesting--I'd never heard anything bad about them before. I didn't run my 1st gen long enough to get into any lift pump problems.

 

Nothing horribly bad about them but I like the extra pressure that a piston pump makes to help push cold fuel through a filter........and a bad piston pump won't fill the crankcase full of fuel either......