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With winter fuels and colder temps ahead of us, it’s a prudent time to revisit the weather patterns of winter’s past, when  cold snaps can create problems in the New England and the Mid-Atlantic states during prolonged extreme cold, leaving a trail of sidelined diesel vehicles in its wake. It was just a short, two years ago when every major city in New England experienced below-normal temperatures for at least 13 consecutive days — 10 of which were at least  10°F colder than

The historic cold snap that gripped New England and the Mid-Atlantic to kick off 2018 challenged fuel handlers throughout the region, causing sporadic operational issues for diesel fuel and heating oil professionals and their customers. One phenomenon our team has been seeing more of recently is the formation of a white grease-like substance that suffocates fuel filters and doesn’t melt at room temperature—as one might expect—nor does it have anything to do with biodiesel. Wi

You wake up one morning to go to work and your vehicle will not start. Your fuel has gelled in the tank overnight. What do you do? For truck drivers, the winter months are more than just that risky season when they have to be extra careful in driving. In fact, the cold months pose a lot more problems for them, one of which is diesel fuel gelling. Diesel fuel gelling happens when the paraffin usually present in diesel starts to solidify when the temperature drops. At 32 degre