A question for you diesel guys....

[Fastbuck]

Originally Posted by soldmystang

gelled diesel? i...does the BMW diesel have a block heater?

No.

[genew]

Originally Posted by soldmystang

gelled diesel? i could be completely wrong on this, but i do believe a tank of 22 -25 gallons isn't going to gel. my F350 has seen 20 degree temps and colder without any issue. 38 gallon tank.

should it become an issue, there are plenty of additives available to avoid this. biggest issue i see would be a block heater. does the BMW diesel have a block heater?

If you are from NC I doubt if you know what gelled diesel is. If you are driving a diesel and don't have problems with below 0 temps just grin.

[soldmystang]

[DBC]

The old trick her in the UK if it gets that cold is to put either a drop of petrol ot parafin into a full tank of derv. The gell you talk about is parafin wax, normaly the oil companies put adatives in to counter this, does your oil for your oil heatingt freeze from the tank to the boiler? if it does not then adative will have been added.

[Craig]

Around here, they use a winter blend of diesel. I will find out January 2nd when I take delivery of my diesel...

Craig

[jwscfa]

The 2009 owners manual for the 3.5d that I have had for two weeks says nothing about an engine block heater. It does reference to a longer start time below 32 degrees for the glow plugs and does mention the use of winter diesel on page 245. Hope this helps.

[genew]

came across some interesting news..was talking with a long time guy that is in diesel additive sales. He said the diesel that comes up to the middle of the US has different refinery specs than northern US or Canada. Our diesel comes from the Southern US via pipelines ( most of it ) and has more pariffin because there is not a problem in the south with that spec. When the cold snap hit here additives did no good in helping the gelling. We actually had trucks that used additives and had a 50/50 blend of 1 and 2 and still gelled. I guess that answered my original question that most everything up here using diesel was screwed unless the fuel came direct from a refinery instead of thru a pipeline from the south.

[Craig]

We have #2 diesel here.



Craig

[DSE]

Originally Posted by Craig

I guess I'm going to find out in less than two weeks. My diesel is at the dealer now, but I'm not taking delivery until Jan. 2nd.[Craig

You have great self-restraint if your car is in and you haven't taken it. Have you at least seen it yet, or taken a test drive in a diesel yet? I look forward to a report from someone with a U.S. spec diesel.

[genew]

You buying your wheels from Baron or are you closer to St Louis? Baron sells a lot of units and as far as I can tell performs good service.