franko> Bonjour Herve, Boy, that's cold.  So you refer to diesel
   franko> as "gasoil"?  We sometimes refer to it as "diesel oil"
   franko> because it has the same consistency as "heating oil" which
   franko> is the primary fuel for oil-burning furnaces for heating
   franko> buildings/dwellings.  What gasoil anti-freeze additives do
   franko> you folks have over in France?  When it's very very cold,
   franko> we sometimes add kerosene to the gasoil to keep it from
   franko> gelling or paraffin-separation, but kerosene lowers the
   franko> gasoil's lubricity (not good for diesel injectors and
   franko> injector pump).

Hi Franko,

Well, that's probably warm compared to winters in Canada (I know there
are some folks from Canada in this NG, hello to them) :-)
Yes, gasoil means diesel for me (a bit lost sometimes between UK and
US wordings).

In France, as far as diesel additives are concerned, there are 4 options:

       1- you get diesel in supermarket stations and, as there are no
       additives at all, you freeze all the stuff under -15°C due to
       the parafin.

       2- you get diesel at big marks stations (Total, Elf etc ...)
       for 8% additionnal cost and you get "grand froid" diesel type
       with additives, normally OK down to -30°C (so they say)

       3- you buy additives to put into your tank (not really cheap)

       4- you put 3-5% of petrol in your diesel tank

I've been myself through 1- (not good at all), and 3- (can't really
say as temperature was above -15°C) and am now sticking to 2- which has
proved to work in the case of parking the car outside, in full wind at
-28°C.

I suspect 4- is like adding kerosen into the tank and has the same
effect you describe. So is merely a better than nothing measure with
side effects, potentially costly ...
BTW, we're talking of plane fuel aren't we ? Where on earth do you
find this ? My understanding is you can only find it in the reserved
parking area of an airport !!

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Herve Regad-Pellagru

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