General Information
Introduction
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How to Order
During Your Order
At Delivery Time

Maintenance
Oil Change
Automatic Transmission
Coolant System
Rear Differential
Fuel System
Transfer Case/4x4 System
Part Numbers

Trouble Spots
TSB's
Recalls
Unsolved Mysteries

Tips and Tricks
Trailer Tow Mirror Lights
New FoMoCo Cupholders
Torque Converter Diagrams
Turbo Bolt Wiring

Frequently Asked Questions
Where should I get Fuel?
How long does it take to break in?
Why should I get a diesel?
How much can I legally haul?
What is a good price?

Where Should I get Fuel?

Some notes about fueling the beast that you drive...

 

Good Question! We here at TheDieselStop have boiled the answer down to one major thing: How fresh is the fuel?

What do I mean by this?

Well, diesel fuel is a funny liquid, the longer it sits, the more contaminated it can get. Water can collect in the tank, mix with the fuel, along with dirt and other substances. When you pump this mixture into your tank, your PSD will burn this stuff and all that stuff can get into the filter and settle into your tank. You then have to change the filter more often along with purging the tank. The fuel can also loose some of its additive mixture making the fuel barely usable.

"Ok," you say, "Now that I know that, WHERE SHOULD I GET FUEL?!?"

Where everybody else does is my answer.

If everybody is getting diesel fuel from a certain station, then the fuel gets depleted more rapidly at that station, resulting in fresher fuel being brought in more often. The fuel also doesn't sit in the storage tank that long, minimizing chances of contamination with water and dirt. Many of the busier truck stops in the nation bring in as many as five loads of fuel per day. Now that is turn over!

Yes, you can use most pumps at the truck stops, however, some pumps have nozzles too big to even fit in the filler hole.

Most of the large nozzles wont fit completely into the hole, but they will fit up to the spring. BE WARNED! THE FUEL COMES OUT AT OVER 60 gallons per minute! Oh yeah, that is fast. Normal pumps barely reach 10-15 gallons per minute.

Foaming is an issue with any diesel pump. When the first click happens, you will notice that the filler neck has a lot of foam in it. Waiting a few moments will allow you to put more fuel into the tank. Repeating this will allow you to put fuel all the way up to the filler neck. After the first click, as much as 4 more gallons can be put into the fuel tank/filler neck.

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