Nissan11
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- Joined
- Nov 29, 2005
- Location
- Marston, NC
My dad called me today and said that he was having trouble with his tractor. Its around a 1970 John Deere 2040. Here is what happened...
Yesterday he ran the tractor towing a drag on the horse ring in the heavy snow/sleet for about 45 minutes. He parked it under the overhang and decided to put a 5 gallon can of diesel in it. He put the funnel on the tank and started pouring. He said that the last bit of off road diesel to come out of the can would barely go through the funnel screen and it was a gel, like honey. He went to the store and got 4 oz. of diesel treatment which said "prevents gelling in cold weather."
He put that in the tank and started the tractor while it was warm to let the treatment work through the injectors. He walked away and after only a couple minutes the tractor had cut off, and this tractor NEVER cuts off on its own. He can not get it started, and has tried spraying ether directly into the intake a couple times, which usually does the trick in real cold weather.
Who can help diagnose this? Im thinking that the injectors are clogged, but the manual says not to take them apart.
Does diesel fuel gel when it gets cold? It had been sitting in a can on the ground for a couple days and it was 28 degrees at the time this happened.
Yesterday he ran the tractor towing a drag on the horse ring in the heavy snow/sleet for about 45 minutes. He parked it under the overhang and decided to put a 5 gallon can of diesel in it. He put the funnel on the tank and started pouring. He said that the last bit of off road diesel to come out of the can would barely go through the funnel screen and it was a gel, like honey. He went to the store and got 4 oz. of diesel treatment which said "prevents gelling in cold weather."
He put that in the tank and started the tractor while it was warm to let the treatment work through the injectors. He walked away and after only a couple minutes the tractor had cut off, and this tractor NEVER cuts off on its own. He can not get it started, and has tried spraying ether directly into the intake a couple times, which usually does the trick in real cold weather.
Who can help diagnose this? Im thinking that the injectors are clogged, but the manual says not to take them apart.
Does diesel fuel gel when it gets cold? It had been sitting in a can on the ground for a couple days and it was 28 degrees at the time this happened.