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Ways to Increase Diesel Fuel Mileage: Tips From The Industry
For trucking companies and fleets, diesel fuel is probably their biggest consumable expense, the biggest operating line item in their budget. It...
Fleet
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Detergents in Diesel Fuel More Important Than Ever Before
In the world of fleet management and transportation, diesel engines represent the backbone of efficiency and reliability. However, maintaining the...
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Diesel Oil Additives: Any Difference?
Auto parts stores have shelves lined with oil treatment bottles, each with promises of being liquid gold in a bottle. But you've got a diesel engine,...
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Steps to Prevent Fuel Contamination
Continuing our discussion about diesel fuel quality, the issue of diesel fuel contamination is a constant bug in the ear of fuel handling...
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Fuel contamination symptoms: a quick primer
Contamination of fuel – the presence of something that’s not supposed to be there – accounts for more than half of fuel-related problems. This...
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Why is winter diesel fuel mileage lower than it is in the summer?
It’s well known that gas mileage goes down in winter, partly because they change the composition of winter gas to make it more volatile and burn...
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Prevent Your Diesel Fuel from Gelling in Cold Temperatures
When the weather gets frigid, water isn’t the only thing freezing. In winter weather, drivers and fuel management professionals also need to be aware...
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Diesel Fuel Gelling Symptoms: 3 Things to Know
Diesel fuel gels in cold weather because its paraffin wax components get less and less soluble as the temperatures drop. As more of it "drops out" of...
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Water in Diesel Fuel: 7 Must-Knows For Getting Rid of It
Anyone who works with diesel fuel, stored or otherwise, knows that water comes with the fuel territory. Water in fuel can cause problems all year...
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Budget Busters For Municipalities - Cold Flow Problems
Heading into the winter, we’ve been reminded of the problems that local and private groups (city and county governments, small to medium businesses)...