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Anti-Gel shelf life?

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by JonJon78, Feb 7, 2020.

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  1. Feb 7, 2020 #1
    JonJon78

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    Just curious to see as the bottle of Howes in particular doesn't indicate how long will a unopened bottle be good for?

    I dumped a bottle I've had for over a year into both tanks ( 260 gallons ) and the following day both fuel/water filter on truck and fuel filter on APU both became clogged...

    Was it bad fuel or could the "old" fuel anti gel be a possible culprit?

    Truck fuel filter had only 9k miles on it and APU about 350 hours...
     
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  3. Feb 7, 2020 #2
    Mid-May Trucker

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    Maybe you need shake it up first.
     
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  4. Feb 7, 2020 #3
    JonJon78

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    I did that.
     
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  5. Feb 7, 2020 #4
    Mid-May Trucker

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    Yeah I used year old it did nothing.
    Didn't shake it either
     
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  7. Feb 7, 2020 #5
    JonJon78

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    Ya, maybe just bad fuel.
     
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    Deere hunter

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    I changed oil Wednesday And had some power service anti-gel in the bluebottle that’s been in my shop for two years . I know it was a-year-old before that so let’s say it was three years old .
    Now mind you I changed all filters fuel filters everything took off the next morning got about 150 miles and started losing power .
    Looked down at my fuel pressure gauge and was registering 50 on it usually registers 85. Pulled over changed out my primary water separator filter , was so plugged I could hardly pour the fuel out of it . Cranked it back up fuel pressure gauge went back to 90 and truck is running fine so far so to answer your question that’s all I can explain is that fuel antigel was bad!
     
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    BUMBACLADWAR

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    The anti gell will "gell" and deteriorate over time.Shelf life is not over 2 years Max.JMO
     
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    Deere hunter

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    Great got about 10 case of this gelled up anti gel!!
     
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  11. Feb 8, 2020 #9
    whoopNride

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    I have a couple of bottles of Power Service from last year. Got me wondering now if they are ok to use.

    This is directly from Power Service website.

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  12. Feb 8, 2020 #10
    Cummins_444

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    If its below zero you have to double the dose. You have to be careful with these bio blends with a high % of bio. Anti gel doesnt seem to work as well. You almost have to double the dose on them also.
     
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