Alpine Diesel
Submitted: Sunday, Jul 17, 2011 at 11:36
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Member - Tony Z (NSW)
Hi all, someone will be able to help me out on this question from the knowledgeable people on here. We are going down to stay at
Jindabyne and travel into Perisher/Thredbo for day trips next week so the wife can see and touch snow (our bodies to worn out to ski) as she has not see it before. My question is: I believe that you need to use Alpine Diesel in the vehicle to stop it going to jelly is it available in
Cooma or can you get an additive to add to your tank.
Thanks in advance for your replies
Reply By: trainslux - Sunday, Jul 17, 2011 at 12:32
Sunday, Jul 17, 2011 at 12:32
Best to let your tank level go down, and fill up at the local servo when you arrive as they will already have their alpine diesel all ready to go.
http://www.bp.com/iframe.do?categoryId=9012436&contentId=7017653
can help with whats available, if thats not your brand of fuel, use another suppliers site.
Bp also has info on the ratio for adding kerosine to non alpine diesel to enable it to be used in cold conditions,
check their fuel .pdf's
hope this helps
cheers, safe trip and enjoy the snow.
Trains
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Reply By: Member - Mark (Tamworth NSW) - Sunday, Jul 17, 2011 at 14:30
Sunday, Jul 17, 2011 at 14:30
Ditto
Tamworth has "winter mix Diesel", I am certain that
Goulburn and
all places south will (assuming you are coming ex
Sydney). There are plenty of
places colder than Jindbyne which aren't near the snow which don't have problems. Glen Innes was -11 last week.
Rather than stuff around with kero, do as suggested above, run your fuel down in your tank and fill up nearer to
Cooma.
If your Pajero is still under warranty, I wouldn't give the buggers the chance to use your kero as a reason to void your warranty.
I don't know if many of those who recommended running kero in the very interesting earlier post have modern CRD engines still under warranty.
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Reply By: Jeffrey B2 - Sunday, Jul 17, 2011 at 18:10
Sunday, Jul 17, 2011 at 18:10
I have had my diesel fuel in a tractor turn to Jelly/Flakes north of
Dalby.
The problem was that "summer fuel" was delivered in bulk at Xmas time and because of limited planting due to drought very little was used.
During a very cold couple of days in July the fuel went to flakes in the tank and fuel systems on the tractor and wouldn't run.
As the morning warmed up everything went back to normal.
Another load of "winter fuel" fixed the problem.
All the other
vehicleswere operational as they may have been fuelled in
Dalby or better protected from tne cold.
It is all a learning process, just don't put in too much kero and definately not petrol.
Each can be abrasive and damage a fuel pump.
Been there and done that.
Have Fun Haji-Baba
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Reply By: Super (NSW) - Monday, Jul 18, 2011 at 14:51
Monday, Jul 18, 2011 at 14:51
Hi Tony,
I travel to
Bullocks Flat every year to stay in
Perisher Valley for a week. I leave the diesel Pajero in the long term car park at
Bullocks Flat whilst up in the mountains. I usually run the fuel down and put in 30 litres at the
Caltex in
Jindabyne. This gives me more than enough to get to
Bullocks Flat then back to the Woolworths garage at
Cooma where I fill up. Never had a problem and have been there during some pretty cold winters.
Hope you enjoy the snow, there's plenty of it at the moment.
Super
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