heating oil for fuel

[Ramrod]

I have a friend who wants to give me 250 gallons of heating oil from his basement oil tank. He converted to gas. I have a 04. 5 CTD, can I use this for fuel. I used a little kero in my 98 12V and did not like how it ran. What can I do???

 

[GWBourne]

look in your service book. there are safe ratios for the "600" motor. i recycle filtered used oil into my fuel every once in a while. i dont do more than 3% though. thats just me.

Grant

 

[DF5152]

home heating fuel and road diesel are the same thing except for the dye in the hoem heating oil... the only thing you have to watch for is DOT

 

[Dieselnerd]

Go for it!

 

[Cummins Cowboy]

I would try running it 50-50 with #2 when you need to fill up, just fill up half way at the station and top off with the heating oil

 

[jwilliams3]

If your talking about Kerosene then you need to run at least 5% oil to lubricate the fuel.

 

[Nate]

The heating oil my Dad uses in the garage is the same as off highway diesel. It's actually labeled heating oil/off road diesel on the pump.



Not legal to run in a truck, but it will run just fine. It's more than likely Red... though I have seen some stuff not died.

 

[ACoyle]

Just a word of caution. Some homes are heated with K1 Kerosene. Please make sure that is #2 heating oil, not #1. Big difference.



AC

 

[steved]

Run about 200 of it through... leave the last bit in ther because IT WILL HAVE water, rust, sediment in it... I have a buddy who found this out the hard way... .



steved