Thread: 36 trapped on the old bush road

Bet they didnt have any in the windscreen water though

How cold until diesel freezes.....

Originally Posted by Nibblet

How cold until diesel freezes.....

-8 to -15 or lower depending on the mix.

Originally Posted by Nibblet

How cold until diesel freezes.....

Now that could get expensive!

Diesel doesn't expand when it freezes though, water is one of the few substances that expand when it freezes.

Originally Posted by stug

-8 to -15 or lower depending on the mix.

I thought "Winter" diesel is lower than -15. I know we get "winter" diesel delivered from mid March through till September.

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I think that winter diesel is somewhere down around -18 or -20?
Might not expand but doesn't it make a shit mess of the filters?

Originally Posted by stug

Diesel doesn't expand when it freezes though, water is one of the few substances that expand when it freezes.

I'm sure it would make things difficult tough, unfreezing it to start with! Have had waterv freeze in windscreen resouvior before, though up there I imagine all the lines will crack and need replacing

Originally Posted by 223nut

I'm sure it would make things difficult tough, unfreezing it to start with! Have had waterv freeze in windscreen resouvior before, though up there I imagine all the lines will crack and need replacing

Diesel won't really freeze but it gets a waxy solution in it at really low temps that blocks the filters when the motor is running
Used to fix by adding some petrol or kero to the fuel tank that stoped the wax from forming

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I see there were a couple of 70 series up there, I should have gone and pinched an injector pump

would be interesting to see what was and wasn't still running after 2 weeks buried up there, seems like some were a bit frozen

Seems they got them all going but one
Not bad effort I would have thought.

Wonder how long the engine with all the steam pissing out will last though if it's being towed and towing another vehicle.

i wonder how many vehicles were buggered.

Impressive burial photo from the helicopter I thought! They moved some snow putting that track in as well.

Diesel may not have frozen but the radiator and coolant systems may be fucked.
Can not have been too bad if they all made it out.
This is what they need at the 30sec mark