Fuel versus heating oil
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Fuel versus heating oil
Is there anyone that ever used no. 2 home heating oil in their diesel engine. I have a 1991, 7.3 and i tried both, no.1 and no.2 home heating oil, it is not legal, but i tried it anyway. I did not notice any change in the strenght or noticable gas mileage difference.
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I just looked at the DOE.GOV site and found this
No. 2 distillate includes No. 2 fuel oil and No. 2 diesel fuel. Currently these products are physically similar; however, No. 2 diesel fuel intended for use in passenger cars is blended with kerosene to increase its liquidity during cold weather. The cost of this process, in addition to Federal, State, and local motor fuel taxes, partially explains why No. 2 diesel fuel prices are higher than those for No. 2 fuel oil.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/neic/infosheets/petprices.htm
No. 2 distillate includes No. 2 fuel oil and No. 2 diesel fuel. Currently these products are physically similar; however, No. 2 diesel fuel intended for use in passenger cars is blended with kerosene to increase its liquidity during cold weather. The cost of this process, in addition to Federal, State, and local motor fuel taxes, partially explains why No. 2 diesel fuel prices are higher than those for No. 2 fuel oil.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/neic/infosheets/petprices.htm
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#2 and home heating oil are the same thing. The reason #2 costs more is federal and state road taxes, which, depending on your state, add better than $0.50 per gallon.
If you get caught with off-road fuel in your truck, which probably isn't likely, you will pay a stiff fine.
If you get caught with off-road fuel in your truck, which probably isn't likely, you will pay a stiff fine.
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From what I learned while working in a diesel shop ...
Heating oil contains more sulphur than road diesel fuel. It is the lack of the sulphur content that causes rotary injection pumps to wear out at a highter rate than they used to.
If uncle sam catches you with hi sulphur content fuel in your road vehicle, he WiLL fine your butt and you wont be happy about that.
That is only my nickels worth and I cant afford the fine ... how about you?
Heating oil contains more sulphur than road diesel fuel. It is the lack of the sulphur content that causes rotary injection pumps to wear out at a highter rate than they used to.
If uncle sam catches you with hi sulphur content fuel in your road vehicle, he WiLL fine your butt and you wont be happy about that.
That is only my nickels worth and I cant afford the fine ... how about you?
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The amount of that fine being tossed around is $10,000.00. You can buy a lot of legal #2 Diesel fuel for that price. There is a certain branch of the governemental beauracracy (I forget who they are at the moment) which has the right to stop any Diesel at any time and check the contents of their fuel tanks. I've never heard of anyone who has been checked, but I sure don't want to be the one that gets caught with funny colored fuel in my tank.
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About 10 years ago I was working for a company that had an Offroad diesel tank for equipment on site and the "Boss" ok'd the use of the red diesel in the on road trucks for who knows what reason. One day a 'revenuer showed up at the gate and said he was here to check the fuel.
Bammm. 3,000 per vehicle. Final cost? 3,000 X 3 plus drain all the fuel, it probably totaled 11,000-12,000 including down time on the trucks.
Bammm. 3,000 per vehicle. Final cost? 3,000 X 3 plus drain all the fuel, it probably totaled 11,000-12,000 including down time on the trucks.
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I live in canada here they dye the stove oil red to show up a good friend of mine mixes in a gallon of used moter oil to his fuel hides the color and he claims he gets better top end luberaction.
that might make it hard for the tax man to catch you.
that might make it hard for the tax man to catch you.
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I was told that the fine was based on the amount of fuel you had in your tank and how much they estimated that you could use. By my calculations if you used a small tank at home to store your fuel that the fine could not be more than about 1000 bucks, and that's only if you brag about it or have nosey neighbors. Some of these companies that you see had fines may have had 2000+ gallon tanks.
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Well, happy to see all reply. It confirms my belief. It is the same enough to be used safely. But again if mister bad guy checks your fuel, your in trouble. Well, thanks a lot, i'll stick to fuel.