Tried one more time shutting the truck off all night. Not taking that chance again tonight. It's times like this when I wish I had crappy fuel economy for a day or so anyway so I could get all this fuel out of the tanks.
Temp got down to around 5 last night. It was basically 5-6 when I parked at the shipper and never changed all evening or overnight. Still 5 when I woke up this morning.
Figured I would wake up early, start the truck, and let the fuel start cycling and warming up while idling for a couple hours. At best, it might have helped prevent me from shutting down on the side of the road this morning.
When I started the truck, fuel restriction immediately rose to around 6 on the gauge. More proof to me that none of the additives do anything to help bio flow through a fuel filter. Looked at the fuel in the Davco, it looked fine. Filter was completely full once again, but the fuel looked good. Cranked up the heater, climbed back under the covers.
Hour later, I get a knock on the door. Asks for my pickup number, tells me to back into a door. At that point, truck had been idling an hour, and the restriction had climbed up to almost 9. by the time I was loaded, it was over 10.
Got out on the highway, and it was immediately up to 17, red light on. 120 miles into my day, we were riding on 20, which is as far as the gauge goes.
outside temp was climbing up to around 15 at that point, and the restriction gradually began to decrease. By the time I got around Chicago and into Indiana, it was down to around 2 on the gauge where it belongs.
Im at the Love's in Plymouth, IN, getting loaded at Pioneer across the street int he morning. Fuel level is still between 1/2 and 3/4. Considered filling up here and seeing how it worked out by shutting the truck off. Decided against it, going to run the truck tonight for the first time, and hopefully only time.
Gonna run this tank out a bit more, at least into Iowa tomorrow, then fill up before I get to a parking place for the day.
Temp got down to around 5 last night. It was basically 5-6 when I parked at the shipper and never changed all evening or overnight. Still 5 when I woke up this morning.
Figured I would wake up early, start the truck, and let the fuel start cycling and warming up while idling for a couple hours. At best, it might have helped prevent me from shutting down on the side of the road this morning.
When I started the truck, fuel restriction immediately rose to around 6 on the gauge. More proof to me that none of the additives do anything to help bio flow through a fuel filter. Looked at the fuel in the Davco, it looked fine. Filter was completely full once again, but the fuel looked good. Cranked up the heater, climbed back under the covers.
Hour later, I get a knock on the door. Asks for my pickup number, tells me to back into a door. At that point, truck had been idling an hour, and the restriction had climbed up to almost 9. by the time I was loaded, it was over 10.
Got out on the highway, and it was immediately up to 17, red light on. 120 miles into my day, we were riding on 20, which is as far as the gauge goes.
outside temp was climbing up to around 15 at that point, and the restriction gradually began to decrease. By the time I got around Chicago and into Indiana, it was down to around 2 on the gauge where it belongs.
Im at the Love's in Plymouth, IN, getting loaded at Pioneer across the street int he morning. Fuel level is still between 1/2 and 3/4. Considered filling up here and seeing how it worked out by shutting the truck off. Decided against it, going to run the truck tonight for the first time, and hopefully only time.
Gonna run this tank out a bit more, at least into Iowa tomorrow, then fill up before I get to a parking place for the day.
-
1
- Show all
