You are correct that the fuel you bought is already treated, but adding some anti gel is pretty cheap insurance to avoid losing an afternoon and all the messing around.
@@samsdoinstuff nothing likes to move in -18! I was gonna say if a fuel wasn’t gelled give it a little bit of starting fluid I know there is a controversy about using summer in a can, but that stuff will work miracles on equipment that will not start in the cold! and put some treatment into the fuel tank
It’s nice you have a garage to put it in but my tractors live out side with tarps over them and many years ago my dad would just put a light bulb under the hood of the car to keep the engine warm when it was in the teens and up till it was warm out
@richardschaffling9882 I have head that from others too. Some put a torpedo heater aimed at the tractor with a tarp or some kind of tent. Just gotta get her warmed up any way you can 🤠👍
Even if the fuel is treated well enough, you could've got hung up by water freezing in the fuel lines, filters, or water separator. You sure are strong for pushing the bx! 💪💪 I couldn't have pulled that off.
Thank you! She's going to get a full service overhaul soon. It wasn't easy, and i was really being careful to make sure i didn't slip and fall on the ice 🤠👍
Back on the farm as a young teenager, I was the "HB". Heater boy. At the end of the day, I was the guy that threw tarps over the tractor while it was still warm at night. They fired right up in the morning.
Thermal mass of the fuel in your tank keeps it liquid much longer. Small volumes of fuel in the lines and filter allow those areas to gel much quicker. I often use a heat gun to warm up the injectors, to the pump, to the filter when it's extremely cold, and that keeps things flowing until the engine warms up and takes over. I add a can of cheap Rural King store brand motor treatment (their version of seafoam) to every can of diesel I fill. At -10^F my fuel stayed good, but now I've got a major malfunction in my starter. Waiting on the warmer weather this week to diagnose that one. Good video. I subscribed.
I start treating my fuel with Power Service Winterizer in the fall. I work at a truck dealership and we sell it by the pallet to some fleets. It’s the gold standard. Cheap insurance. Thanks for the video!
When you buy fuel treatment don't buy anything that has flammable on the warning because that definitely has alcohol in which is very bad for the fuel systems of today's standards. Always buy treatment that is marked combustible it's an easy way to save your pump and injectors
I’ve noticed my JD2025R starting rough when it’s very cold. It usually clears up after a minute or two. Cycle the glow plug a few times. Mine is stored in a unheated shed. May need to invest in a block heater if you keep it outside. Good stuff.
@@mercurymangarage6186 Thank you! A block heater is a good start. Im thinking about picking up a wood burner for the small barn and installing it this summer 🤠👍
Might have to find enough room somehow to park it in that garage so you can heat it up a little during the winter especially if the frigid weather sticks around ! I don't work well either when I'm cold .
@@robertrhodes9123 My wheels have been turning about this. I really want a wood burner down in the firewood barn. I may be installing one of those this summer 🤠👍
@@samsdoinstuff That will only help if you have it going all the time, doesn't help once the tractor's fuel is gelled up overnight once the fire is out....better to park your tractor in the garage, looks like you had the truck parked in the garage too so looks like you have room, I'd take the less convenient lack of space in the winter to have my vehicle and tractor parked in a nice warm garage LOL. I have a carport and a barn so when its cold, so is the equipment.
I bought my tractor new about 3 years ago. It was a rough cold start and it didn't even have to be 40 degrees! I bought a block heater and never had the need for it until this year. We didn't get a significant amount of snow. I plugged it in back a few weeks ago when we had a blizzard. I let it warm the coolant for about an hour and it was zero outside, The tractor fired right up and started smooth. They are pretty cheap and took me less than 30 minutes to install.
I add about 1/2 gallon kerosene to every 5 gallon fuel can plus a ounce or so of anti gel additive before filling the can. Good thing you haven't up-graded to a bigger tractor as there's about a zero chance you would have gotten it inside by human recovery power alone. So glad she was just a little chilly and warmed up.
Say Sam I’ve had many pieces of diesel equipment that were hard to start, but it was that cold. I have used a Harbor Freight tarp or a cheap tarp of some kind lay it over the nose of it or you can keep it all around the edges of the tractor. Use bricks to hold it down put a heat light underneath it just 100 W bulb you’d be surprisedleave it on all night every time you get off of it just slide it under there build your little area around the engine compartment and it’ll probably fire right up.
As always a good video, but, cold weather on a diesel has consequences. You have to replace the bad fuel with #1 fuel in the tank, next pull the fuel filters and replace both of them. You don't need to throw out the #2 diesel, just put it someplace till the weather warms. Same thing with the filters. Putting your tractor in a warm environment but still keeping the #2 fuel then using your tractor in the cold weather will produce the same results when the fuel cools. Good luck and have fun!
I watched project farm and now use Hot Shots winter diesel treatment . Sounds like your fuel reached cloud point, causing the fuel pump to have to work harder Cloud point comes before gelling in diesel fuel and can still cause problems with the fuel system
13 below on treated #2? Im in eastern ND, and looking in my semi fuel tank with a flashlight a few days ago it was only 5 below with treated road #2, it was couldy and gelling up in the shed. My opinion is: anything under 10 degrees F start feeding #1 fuel!
This is why I run an anti-gel fuel treatment in my diesel fuel all the time regardless of the season....the small cost to pour in a little bit each time I fill the fuel jug makes certain the fuel isn't going to gel up come winter if my tractor has to sit for some reason for a long period of time, and it also makes sure I don't forget to add the fuel treatment since its just a habit to pour some in every time I take the fuel jug to the gas station. I just bought a couple of 15 gallon fuel dispenser tanks that I'm going to setup one for gas and the other for diesel, that way it allows me to fill up my equipment a few times without needing to make a trip to the gas station every time LOL....smaller dispenser tanks, but keeps the fuel fresher too.
@ I never trust a gas station when they claim to pre-treat their fuel....it usually means they didn't, even if they did they do not put in enough in the first place. I use the Hot Shot brand I think its a 5 in 1 treatment or something of that nature that also prevents gelling while also boosting the Cetane levels, and a couple other additives. Seems to work pretty well as I haven't had any gelling issues, and my tractor sits out in my unheated/uninsulated barn all the time, and hasn't given me any starting issues even down into sub-zero temps. I just get the small bottles when I find them in the store, pretty hit and miss it seems finding them during the cold months, so I always grab it during the summer when most people never use it LOL.
I just had a similar problem, mine no longer clicked at all I end up buying and aftermarket inline fuel pump at NAPA auto parts and that fixed the problem. I did order the one from my tractor dealer to have it, but I am going to continue using the one from the auto parts store and keep the other for a spare. The auto parts store said the one they sell is probable better anyway.
If you don't watch "project farm" , he just did diesel additives. I immediately bought what he found worked best even tho I already use one of the other he tested.
Classic gelled fuel. Did that to mine once at 10 below zero. I now make sure that I get blended fuel with #1 and I use anti gel additives. I do not have that problem any more. Be aware that anti gel additives need to be added to the fuel when the fuel is warm and not gelled up. Once the wax starts forming it cant do its chemical magic until it gets above the gel point temp. #2 starts gelling at 15 degrees and colder.
Thank you! I did put some anti gel additive after I got her warmed back up and I added it to my fuel can. I've never had this happen before, but I don't know if she's ever been that cold either 🤠👍
If that happens again, get some 911 in the red bottle and put a few ounces in the fuel tank and let it sit there and idle. It will spit in sputter for a little bit, but it will clean out after 5 or 10 minutes. I had it happen once to me and that’s what I did, it worked. Perfect I treat every tank of fuel I put in my tractor with power service, winter or summer.
if it was a landrover thats a classic lifter pump diaphragm leaking noise and pulling small bubbles into the injectors...new lifter pump bleed the injectors and its good to go. I must admit getting into negative farenheit temps with a diesel engine its bound to get rough, even with fuel treatments. I use biodiesel which can go solid if it gets cold enough (and it does get that cold in teh UK) but so far the only place I can make mine solidify is in the freezer. Once I had to pour boiling water on the fuel pump just to get it moving but thats all. Glad its just cold and having a warm up gets the joints and muscles flowing again. Thanks for sharing
I'll only trust fuel additives from the pump down to 10 degrees. After that I always add my own anti gel. Think about how much it costs for you to buy additive and you can see why large companies might want to stretch their additive to make the most money.
Il faut mettre du gazole GNR ""hiver supérieur"" , ça existe,il doit y en avoir de disponible sur le marché du mois de novembre jusqu'en Mars prochain ,ce gazole peux être utilisé jusqu a (- 24 °degrés )normalement Et il faut faire attention aussi a l'huile moteur, l'hiver quand il fait très froid,il faut vidanger et mettre de l'huile plus fine ( 5w40 ou 5w50 ) Car le problème de l'huile normale ( si vous Avez mis de la 10 w40 ou 15 w40,c'est qu elle sera trop visqueuse pour lubrifier le moteur et il peux casser comme ça,une huile trop visqueuse va figer et casser le moteur en tournant a sec ,il faut se méfier de ça ☝️🙂
first off just because its supposedly treated fuel(ha ha) when its that cold you still need to cut it up to 50%kerosene. no more!!! usually 25 -30% is good. secondly on that model there is a fuel filter before the pump and one at the engine. they are paper media filters so ANY moisture will plug the pores of the filter. thats why you couldnt hear the pump. the filter was plugged. above 32 degrees it thawed out. keep your tank full- no air space so moisture cant get in. keep your fuel cans outside- any water will freeze so you can use a funnel with a screen. also on that thing if its full it will back feed and run off the return until the tank drops a little. get a couple filters and change the one before the pump and keep the other for a spare.
You still have something wrong with that tractor. It was running and then stops. It could be jelling, or a fuel filter, but whatever you still have a problem waiting to happen.
@@samsdoinstuff 20 years of working on orange tractors i never had one of those pumps fail. ripping the wires out or crushing it on a rock(?) were the only reasons
@@1958johndeere620 Good to know. Thank you! I did put some anti gel in it after it got warm. I hope that helps. We're also not supposed to be below freezing any time soon. 🤠👍
Sam I see you didn’t read the safety section of the BX manual. Mine says on page 3 paragraph 4,, fool what are you doing outside in sub 30° temperatures. 😂 Glad to see it was just cold temps.
It is not the cold alone the fuel is bad has moisture or fuel gelled up. Slight bit of moisture can cause fuel pump to slow down as well as fuel gel. Definitely a fuel issue. Been around farm equipment for 60 years cold alone will not cause diesel engine to run bad.
I just played this same game with my tractor. Only difference is I could not push it into the garage. So I built an "shanty" over it and put a space heater under it and plugged in the block heater. Treated fuel etc. Just too cold for the diesel to want to flow. My old tractor is not electronic fuel injected so I figured I had a gel goober in the line somewhere. All better now!
@@samsdoinstuff yes! I have started to figure out where I am going to put the building with power, sides and a heat source into it that I can drive through with my truck and be able to warm up equipment!
SAM- be careful! I believe ANY internal combustion engine produces carbon monoxide! Don't run it in an enclosed space without adequate ventilation! I always heard it doesn't take long until, well I'm sure you knpw! I know it's cold out and I understand what you're doing, but please! SAFETY FIRST!
@@samsdoinstuff I drive semi for a living in Wisconsin!!! Always treat fuel with extra conditioner when below 15degrees!! What -25F last week!!! Had no issues!!!
You are correct that the fuel you bought is already treated, but adding some anti gel is pretty cheap insurance to avoid losing an afternoon and all the messing around.
Thank you! Lesson learned 🤠 👍
@@samsdoinstuff nothing likes to move in -18! I was gonna say if a fuel wasn’t gelled give it a little bit of starting fluid I know there is a controversy about using summer in a can, but that stuff will work miracles on equipment that will not start in the cold! and put some treatment into the fuel tank
It’s nice you have a garage to put it in but my tractors live out side with tarps over them and many years ago my dad would just put a light bulb under the hood of the car to keep the engine warm when it was in the teens and up till it was warm out
@richardschaffling9882 I have head that from others too. Some put a torpedo heater aimed at the tractor with a tarp or some kind of tent. Just gotta get her warmed up any way you can 🤠👍
Even if the fuel is treated well enough, you could've got hung up by water freezing in the fuel lines, filters, or water separator.
You sure are strong for pushing the bx! 💪💪 I couldn't have pulled that off.
Thank you! She's going to get a full service overhaul soon. It wasn't easy, and i was really being careful to make sure i didn't slip and fall on the ice 🤠👍
Back on the farm as a young teenager, I was the "HB". Heater boy. At the end of the day, I was the guy that threw tarps over the tractor while it was still warm at night. They fired right up in the morning.
That's a great and inexpensive idea. Thanks! 🤠👍
Thermal mass of the fuel in your tank keeps it liquid much longer. Small volumes of fuel in the lines and filter allow those areas to gel much quicker. I often use a heat gun to warm up the injectors, to the pump, to the filter when it's extremely cold, and that keeps things flowing until the engine warms up and takes over.
I add a can of cheap Rural King store brand motor treatment (their version of seafoam) to every can of diesel I fill. At -10^F my fuel stayed good, but now I've got a major malfunction in my starter. Waiting on the warmer weather this week to diagnose that one.
Good video. I subscribed.
Thank you and welcome to the channel! I have a heat gun. That is a great idea. I'll keep that in mind next time 🤠👍
I start treating my fuel with Power Service Winterizer in the fall. I work at a truck dealership and we sell it by the pallet to some fleets. It’s the gold standard. Cheap insurance. Thanks for the video!
Thank you for the advice! I'll look into having that on hand 🤠👍
When you buy fuel treatment don't buy anything that has flammable on the warning because that definitely has alcohol in which is very bad for the fuel systems of today's standards. Always buy treatment that is marked combustible it's an easy way to save your pump and injectors
I’ve noticed my JD2025R starting rough when it’s very cold. It usually clears up after a minute or two. Cycle the glow plug a few times. Mine is stored in a unheated shed. May need to invest in a block heater if you keep it outside. Good stuff.
@@mercurymangarage6186 Thank you! A block heater is a good start. Im thinking about picking up a wood burner for the small barn and installing it this summer 🤠👍
Same thing with my truck yesterday. Need to change the fuel filters.
Thank you! A full service including all filters is in the near future 🤠👍
Might have to find enough room somehow to park it in that garage so you can heat it up a little during the winter especially if the frigid weather sticks around ! I don't work well either when I'm cold .
@@robertrhodes9123 My wheels have been turning about this. I really want a wood burner down in the firewood barn. I may be installing one of those this summer 🤠👍
@@samsdoinstuff That will only help if you have it going all the time, doesn't help once the tractor's fuel is gelled up overnight once the fire is out....better to park your tractor in the garage, looks like you had the truck parked in the garage too so looks like you have room, I'd take the less convenient lack of space in the winter to have my vehicle and tractor parked in a nice warm garage LOL. I have a carport and a barn so when its cold, so is the equipment.
@wildbill23c I'm definitely going to make a warm space for that tractor in the future. I think we're out of the deep freeze for now. 🤠👍
I bought my tractor new about 3 years ago. It was a rough cold start and it didn't even have to be 40 degrees! I bought a block heater and never had the need for it until this year. We didn't get a significant amount of snow. I plugged it in back a few weeks ago when we had a blizzard. I let it warm the coolant for about an hour and it was zero outside, The tractor fired right up and started smooth. They are pretty cheap and took me less than 30 minutes to install.
@@johnpyle8027 That sounds like a very affordable and simple solution. Thank you! 🤠👍
I add about 1/2 gallon kerosene to every 5 gallon fuel can plus a ounce or so of anti gel additive before filling the can. Good thing you haven't up-graded to a bigger tractor as there's about a zero chance you would have gotten it inside by human recovery power alone. So glad she was just a little chilly and warmed up.
Thank you! Yes, when i have a bigger tractor, it will have a warm home in one of the barns. I'm planning on installing a wood burner down there 🤠👍
you should change the fuel filters probably some moisture in them like your videos good content
Thank you! It's about due for a complete service anyway 🤠👍
offroad diesel where i live is also treated. (winter blend)
That's good to know.. 🤠👍
Say Sam I’ve had many pieces of diesel equipment that were hard to start, but it was that cold. I have used a Harbor Freight tarp or a cheap tarp of some kind lay it over the nose of it or you can keep it all around the edges of the tractor. Use bricks to hold it down put a heat light underneath it just 100 W bulb you’d be surprisedleave it on all night every time you get off of it just slide it under there build your little area around the engine compartment and it’ll probably fire right up.
Thank you! That's great advice. Im definitely going to get a heat source down there before next winter 🤠👍
God job Sam very lucky
@@michaelkoon8371 Thank you! Lessons learned 🤠👍
As always a good video, but, cold weather on a diesel has consequences. You have to replace the bad fuel with #1 fuel in the tank, next pull the fuel filters and replace both of them. You don't need to throw out the #2 diesel, just put it someplace till the weather warms. Same thing with the filters. Putting your tractor in a warm environment but still keeping the #2 fuel then using your tractor in the cold weather will produce the same results when the fuel cools. Good luck and have fun!
@@MEYOU-pr7iy Thank you for the advice 🙏 She's almost due for a full service anyhow. 🤠👍
Definitely fuel gelling👍👍
@@outdoorsinthe608 Thank you! Gotta get a heat source in the firewood barn. Im thinking I'll install a wood burner this summer 🤠👌
I watched project farm and now use Hot Shots winter diesel treatment . Sounds like your fuel reached cloud point, causing the fuel pump to have to work harder
Cloud point comes before gelling in diesel fuel and can still cause problems with the fuel system
@Timberland-Farms That's the name of the stuff! Thank you! I knew there was a Project Farm about that but I couldn't remember what it was called 🤠👍
@ I recently went through the same issue last week, my video is uploading tomorrow 9am
13 below on treated #2? Im in eastern ND, and looking in my semi fuel tank with a flashlight a few days ago it was only 5 below with treated road #2, it was couldy and gelling up in the shed. My opinion is: anything under 10 degrees F start feeding #1 fuel!
Thank you! I definitely have a tendency to agree with you 🤠👍
This is why I run an anti-gel fuel treatment in my diesel fuel all the time regardless of the season....the small cost to pour in a little bit each time I fill the fuel jug makes certain the fuel isn't going to gel up come winter if my tractor has to sit for some reason for a long period of time, and it also makes sure I don't forget to add the fuel treatment since its just a habit to pour some in every time I take the fuel jug to the gas station.
I just bought a couple of 15 gallon fuel dispenser tanks that I'm going to setup one for gas and the other for diesel, that way it allows me to fill up my equipment a few times without needing to make a trip to the gas station every time LOL....smaller dispenser tanks, but keeps the fuel fresher too.
Lesson learned. It's never happened before, but I already put additive in my tank and my fill can. 🤠👍
@ I never trust a gas station when they claim to pre-treat their fuel....it usually means they didn't, even if they did they do not put in enough in the first place.
I use the Hot Shot brand I think its a 5 in 1 treatment or something of that nature that also prevents gelling while also boosting the Cetane levels, and a couple other additives. Seems to work pretty well as I haven't had any gelling issues, and my tractor sits out in my unheated/uninsulated barn all the time, and hasn't given me any starting issues even down into sub-zero temps. I just get the small bottles when I find them in the store, pretty hit and miss it seems finding them during the cold months, so I always grab it during the summer when most people never use it LOL.
I just had a similar problem, mine no longer clicked at all I end up buying and aftermarket inline fuel pump at NAPA auto parts and that fixed the problem. I did order the one from my tractor dealer to have it, but I am going to continue using the one from the auto parts store and keep the other for a spare. The auto parts store said the one they sell is probable better anyway.
I noticed the aftermarket pumps were about half the cost. I'm really glad i didn't have to replace it. 🤠👍
If you don't watch "project farm" , he just did diesel additives. I immediately bought what he found worked best even tho I already use one of the other he tested.
@trek458a I do watch that channel from time to time. I'll check that out, thank you! 🤠👍
Classic gelled fuel. Did that to mine once at 10 below zero. I now make sure that I get blended fuel with #1 and I use anti gel additives. I do not have that problem any more. Be aware that anti gel additives need to be added to the fuel when the fuel is warm and not gelled up. Once the wax starts forming it cant do its chemical magic until it gets above the gel point temp. #2 starts gelling at 15 degrees and colder.
Thank you! I did put some anti gel additive after I got her warmed back up and I added it to my fuel can. I've never had this happen before, but I don't know if she's ever been that cold either 🤠👍
Привет. Всё любят тепло, и техника не исключение. 😊🤝
Thank you! I'm ready for Spring and so is the tractor 🤠👍
If that happens again, get some 911 in the red bottle and put a few ounces in the fuel tank and let it sit there and idle. It will spit in sputter for a little bit, but it will clean out after 5 or 10 minutes. I had it happen once to me and that’s what I did, it worked. Perfect I treat every tank of fuel I put in my tractor with power service, winter or summer.
@@joehammel3007 Thank you very much for the advice 🙏 I've heard good things about that "911" stuff 🤠👍
I always add diesel anti gel it’s a piece of mind and cheap
@@chrisgramstorff996 I tend to agree now. I added it once I got it warmed up. 🤠👍
@ I add it right in the can after I get it from the fuel station
if it was a landrover thats a classic lifter pump diaphragm leaking noise and pulling small bubbles into the injectors...new lifter pump bleed the injectors and its good to go.
I must admit getting into negative farenheit temps with a diesel engine its bound to get rough, even with fuel treatments.
I use biodiesel which can go solid if it gets cold enough (and it does get that cold in teh UK) but so far the only place I can make mine solidify is in the freezer. Once I had to pour boiling water on the fuel pump just to get it moving but thats all.
Glad its just cold and having a warm up gets the joints and muscles flowing again.
Thanks for sharing
@@TalRohan Thank you! I sure am happy I don't have to throw parts at it 🤠👍
Does the tractor have a block heater. Keep using the battery tender.
Thank you! I am definitely getting a battery tender dedicated to that machine. It does not have a block heater. I may look into that 🤠👍
@@samsdoinstuffIn Ontario Canada, we use block heaters and coolant heaters on diesel’s. The coolant heaters are easier to install.
I think the coolant heater would work well for you and solve your sputtering engine in the cold.
The fuel filter under floor pan gets water in it and freezes. Run fuel treatment!
@carynelson4336 Yes sir! She's getting a complete service soon as well 🤠👍
I'll only trust fuel additives from the pump down to 10 degrees. After that I always add my own anti gel. Think about how much it costs for you to buy additive and you can see why large companies might want to stretch their additive to make the most money.
@@dmoore8705 I tend to agree with you. Thank you! Lesson learned 🤠👍
Il faut mettre du gazole GNR ""hiver supérieur"" , ça existe,il doit y en avoir de disponible sur le marché du mois de novembre jusqu'en Mars prochain ,ce gazole peux être utilisé jusqu a
(- 24 °degrés )normalement
Et il faut faire attention aussi a l'huile moteur, l'hiver quand il fait très froid,il faut vidanger et mettre de l'huile plus fine ( 5w40 ou 5w50 )
Car le problème de l'huile normale ( si vous Avez mis de la 10 w40 ou 15 w40,c'est qu elle sera trop visqueuse pour lubrifier le moteur et il peux casser comme ça,une huile trop visqueuse va figer et casser le moteur en tournant a sec ,il faut se méfier de ça ☝️🙂
Thank you very much for the advice! 🤠👍
first off just because its supposedly treated fuel(ha ha) when its that cold you still need to cut it up to 50%kerosene. no more!!! usually 25 -30% is good. secondly on that model there is a fuel filter before the pump and one at the engine. they are paper media filters so ANY moisture will plug the pores of the filter. thats why you couldnt hear the pump. the filter was plugged. above 32 degrees it thawed out. keep your tank full- no air space so moisture cant get in. keep your fuel cans outside- any water will freeze so you can use a funnel with a screen. also on that thing if its full it will back feed and run off the return until the tank drops a little. get a couple filters and change the one before the pump and keep the other for a spare.
Thanks for all the great info! I'm going to do a full serviceon it soon. 🤠👍
Guess you gotta treat your tractor like your pets, when its cold, keep them in the warm. Those are the kind of fixes you like. LOL. Stay warm buddy.
Thank you! Maybe give it a bed of straw too?!? Haha! 🤠👍
fuel gel dont assume cause its treated
I think you're right! 🤠👍
Good thing about smaller tractor. Mine would sit in yard until spring. Lol.
@@nebraskawoodstr I use that thing 24/7/365 🤠👍
If you're struggling to push a vehicle, then push on the top of the tyre - the force applied to the vehicle is doubled. You're welcome. :)
Fantastic advice! I'll remember that 🤠👍
I add the diesel 911 White bottle every time no matter where I get fuel.
That's good insurance 🤠👍
You still have something wrong with that tractor. It was running and then stops. It could be jelling, or a fuel filter, but whatever you still have a problem waiting to happen.
Thank you! It is very close to due for a full service. It will get all new filters and fluids. I'm just happy it's not the fuel pump 🤠👍
@@samsdoinstuff 20 years of working on orange tractors i never had one of those pumps fail. ripping the wires out or crushing it on a rock(?) were the only reasons
I have had diesel gel in a fully warmed engine running down the road. Just cause she started don't mean she will continue.
@@1958johndeere620 Good to know. Thank you! I did put some anti gel in it after it got warm. I hope that helps. We're also not supposed to be below freezing any time soon. 🤠👍
Sam I see you didn’t read the safety section of the BX manual. Mine says on page 3 paragraph 4,, fool what are you doing outside in sub 30° temperatures. 😂
Glad to see it was just cold temps.
@@stuartkorte1642 I thought the exact same thing. "Why am I doing this? The snow can just lay where it is!!!" 🤠👍
It is not the cold alone the fuel is bad has moisture or fuel gelled up. Slight bit of moisture can cause fuel pump to slow down as well as fuel gel. Definitely a fuel issue. Been around farm equipment for 60 years cold alone will not cause diesel engine to run bad.
@RagsdaleCreek Thank you! She's close to due for a full service. New filters and fluids all around. Should help 🤠👍
Note to self, next fall, mount blade to pickup 🤔
@@tcmits3699 Believe me. I have considered it. I could plow my parent's drive with ease. 🤠👍
Cold sucks!!!
Ha! Yes!! I'm feeling that way more and more as every year passes 🤠👍
I just played this same game with my tractor. Only difference is I could not push it into the garage. So I built an "shanty" over it and put a space heater under it and plugged in the block heater. Treated fuel etc. Just too cold for the diesel to want to flow. My old tractor is not electronic fuel injected so I figured I had a gel goober in the line somewhere. All better now!
Oh boy! That's getting it done 👍 I'm thinking I might want to create some kind of warm storage in one of the barns now 🤠👍
@@samsdoinstuff yes! I have started to figure out where I am going to put the building with power, sides and a heat source into it that I can drive through with my truck and be able to warm up equipment!
I see a torpedo heater in that garage y not just bring that outside aim it and not deal w all that ? Not talking shit just curious
Now you tell me, lol. That's a great idea. I'll remember that if it happens again 🤠👍
SAM- be careful! I believe ANY internal combustion engine produces carbon monoxide! Don't run it in an enclosed space without adequate ventilation! I always heard it doesn't take long until, well I'm sure you knpw! I know it's cold out and I understand what you're doing, but please! SAFETY FIRST!
Thank you for the concern. I didn't run it long and opened the garage door. Safety first! 🤠👍
The fuel is partially frozen!!! Treated fuel from a fuel dealer isn’t treated strong enough!!! Get some 911 fuel treatment!!!
@@chevytrucker Thank you! Lesson learned 🤠👍
@@samsdoinstuff I drive semi for a living in Wisconsin!!! Always treat fuel with extra conditioner when below 15degrees!! What -25F last week!!! Had no issues!!!
@chevytrucker I really appreciate the advice 🙏 I added the treatment and now temps are going back into the 40's... go figure, lol