When the temperature drops into the negatives, your vehicle faces several challenges. Cold weather thickens engine oil, saps ...

Diesel engines power more than you may realize. While diesel was once considered a useless byproduct of the crude oil refinery process, it's now responsible for powering everything from freight trains ...

Gelling of diesel fuel occurs when wax, a normal, necessary component of #2 diesel fuel, crystallizes at low temperatures. The “cloud point” of a particular formulation of diesel fuel is the ...

Diesel engines are known to be reliable and long-lasting, but they can also present unique maintenance issues that you must understand to avoid, and high up on that list is the gelling of diesel fuel.

When Arctic air settles in, drivers of diesel pickups and highway fleets learn quickly that not all fuels behave the same. Diesel can thicken into a waxy sludge that starves engines of fuel, while ...

Fleet managers overseeing snowplows and diesel trucks in several states reported fuel gelling as a result of frigid temperatures in the Midwest and eastern U.S. Vehicles that run on diesel fuel are ...

There’s no worse sound on a cold winter morning than the sputter of a diesel engine that won’t start. No matter how much freight you need to deliver, it’s not going anywhere if cold weather gets the ...

In the coming months we will possibly see temperatures as low as we experienced last year. Fridged temperatures will send many fleets into a frenzy, and fuel gelling will be used to support many ...

Diesel engines are famous for reliability, longevity, and torque — until winter shows up and reminds them that chemistry still applies. Diesel fuel, which is pricey nowadays, behaves differently in ...

While diesel may not be the most popular fuel source for passenger vehicles, it's still extremely common. These engines are responsible for powering more than you may realize, and diesel motors can be ...