I am a first time Dodge owner and just purchased a 2007 6.7 L 2500 Diesel.
A friend told me I need to add a additive to my gas in the winter or my fuel will gel up in real cold weather. My owners manual says very little about this, I use ultra low sulfer fuel.
Is anyone aware of this situation?

 

I persoanaly wouldnt bother with fuel additive in a 6.7L.
I dont even run any in my 03 and we have -40* celcius winters and i dont have a fuel geling issue.

Nick

 

i would run this:

http://www.powerservice.com/dfs/

 

it depends if your runnin cold or warm weather diesel. if your in an area where it gets real cold outside, chances are the fuel at the pump will already be meant for cold weather. its #1 diesel i believe. just my 2 pennies

 

In Minnesota the stations start selling blended fuel in mid October. I have not had a diesel gel up in the 7 years I have been driving them.

 

The biggest question is where you are located and how cold it gets there. Here in the Pacific North West I don't believe you can even find #1 at any time of the year and nobody has problems with their fuel gelling.

 

Don't know where you ar at but if it gets really cold where you are an anti-gell additive is a must. I prefer the stanadyne performance formula. Also Bio-diesel will gell a lot sooner (warmer temp) than Dino-diesel. Be carful if you use the bio in the winter.

 

If you don't live where it's really cold, you can just keep a bottle of diesel 911 in your truck in case you go somewhere cold; otherwise, another vote for Stanadyne performance formula.

 

Last winter caught a lot of people off guard with ULSD gelling at higher temperatures. Up in the northeast it was a big problem.
I say keep a bottle of Power Service Winter formula and some 911 on hand for just in case.

MikeyB

 

you can keep a bottle of 911 in your truck,but NOT a bottle of stanadyne performance,it will turn to jello.as for the fuel.up here in iowa pretty much all the stations add no.1 to drop the gel point.check the pumps it will be marked if it is winterized.usually they have a rate something like 40/60 or 50/50.

 

Yeah, anywhere it really gets cold they'll blend the fuel to drop the gel point. It doesn't get that cold here.

I have to be careful in the summer opening the Stanadyne bottles. Since it gets so hot here, the bottles are pressurized and when I poke out the sealed cover, it can spray additive for a couple feet if I'm not careful.

 

Jello- HA! Up here in the real cold we can make stanadyne ice cubes and popsicles.

We also run straight #1 from about October to May. blends won't quite cut it.