Use hydraulic oil in place of Diesel?

[dragan54]

I have acces to large amounts of very hig grade hydraulic oil. Is it possible to use it in place of diesel oil? :--)

 

[jakprince]

are you talking engine oil or as diesel fuel?I myself wouldnt use it for either one.

 

[TCluff]

it will run and run good, but i wouldnt recommend it from the high injection pressure, i bet it will trash the pump and injectors

 

[keimmmo]

If you are talking about using it as motor oil, don't even think about it!!! It doesn't have the right additives and will cause lots of wear.



If you are thinking about adding it to your fuel, well, I'm not too sure about that either. I use a lot of used motor oil in my diesel fuel. I have done it for years without a problem. However, I have not had good experience with hydraulic oil in the fuel. Any of it I have tried to burn just seemed to gum things up and I had to run a lot of injector cleaner to get things running right again.



You might try adding a small amount to your fuel... a quart or two to a full tank of diesel... and see what happens. If it burns good, go for it. If not, forget it.



Steve

 

[BigEasy]

I think if you check, you'll find that a very popular name brand fuel treatment isn't much different than plain old hydraulic fluid... can't be too bad for a truck...

 

[cruiser_2]

If it is classified as mil-l-5606 it is mostly kerosene which will burn quite well with much decreased fuel mileage, and it is well filtered.

 

[Rosco]

Not to be an aggot smasher but you bought a diesel pickup, run diesel fuel in it.

 

[Vaughn MacKenzie]

Not to be an aggot smasher but you bought a diesel pickup, run diesel fuel in it.

Yeah, but have you priced diesel fuel lately? :-laf

 

[abdiver]

Yeah, but have you priced diesel fuel lately?



Well then sell it and buy a GEO