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Diesel Gelling and Fuel Scarcity

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Surviving Texas Winter Storm 2021 in an RV: No Power..No Fuel..What Happened? (90s Newell Coach)

What happens here

The owner explains that the power was cut last night, and he didn't realize until his RV's house batteries died from running the inverter without shore power. This left him unable to start his generator. He mentions his mistake of not fixing the diesel boiler in his Aqua-Hot system earlier and not winterizing the diesel fuel, which has likely gelled. To remedy the gelling diesel and power the generator, he drives his Nissan Rogue in search of gas stations. He encounters closed stations and ones with non-functional pumps or extremely slow service due to low pressure. He eventually finds a working QuickTrip station and fills several gas cans.

Goal: Obtain fuel for the generator and address diesel gelling in the RV.

Tools and materials

  • Nissan Rogue Nissan — Transportation to find fuel
  • Gas Cans — Transporting gasoline for the generator
  • Gasoline — Fueling the generator

What they say

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was asleep i didn't realize that that had happened until the batteries died because then it was a run on inverter when the power the shore power is not on so my batteries are dead i can't even crank a generator however if i had fixed the aqua hot diesel burner and you know put some anti gel in the tank made sure i had diesel stuff they could shut the whole city off as long as they want as long as i got diesel in that thing it could be 80 degrees in there all fine and good but that's not the case so we're trying not to die and not to have everything freeze this is currently what's keeping my water from freezing that hooked up to a little space heater in the water bag and another one on the inside but ashton got this thingy at home depot this morning and he said we should be able to take this middle part out and shorten it this is a terrible idea but we're gonna try to run it inside at least for a little bit intermittently so we don't freeze this sucks does it suck trying to find more gas for the generator and well on top of that my duramax doesn't work don't know why it's just reduced engine power just done that before in the cold now clear and it's fine but this time it comes right back as soon as i get rid of it so i can't even drive it so we're driving this monster nissan rogue i know i made fun of this car but not anymore no we've been to two gas stations now neither one have power they're closed and we went to one earlier it didn't have any gas and the one that we did went to took 15 minutes to pump five gallons so things are not looking good here's what the road looks like so bad have you ever seen anything like this no it didn't snow at all when i lived here well there you go from the local this sucks thankfully quick trip by the stadiums has power does work and doesn't pump freaking one gallon an hour so we're gonna fill these up and see if we can keep this noodle from freezing about this time last year in

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