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Posted by jdemaris on August 02, 2006 at 06:02:05 from (69.67.231.121):
In Reply to: heating oil posted by Mike Veen B.C. on August 01, 2006 at 20:20:41:
I've been using it for 30 years in all my diesel tractors/crawlers and also in several pickup trucks on the farm in New York. From any supplier I've bought from, heating oil and off-road diesel are the same thing. I just came back from Michigan, and there they sell the dyed off-road fuel at the pump. I've never had any fuel related problems, and also - there's been no difference in cold weather starting. My 83 Chevy diesel Blazer plow-truck was always a hard-starter - but it starts no worse with dyed heating oil than it did with high-cetane highway fuel - and presently it has heating oil in it that's over three years old. I've also got an 85 Ford farm truck with a 6.9 diesel - and it was always a great cold weather starter. Now, off the road for farm use with old heating oil, it starts just as well. I also dump my waste motor oil into my 600 gallon diesel tank and have no problems. In the winter, I used to add kerosene - but the past two years I've only added Power Service anti-gel during the winter - and it gets down to -30F here. Never had a gel-problem, but I've had a few with diesel-bacteria until I started using biocide. In regard to fuel and lubricosity, the on-road pump fuel has less - not more. In fact, when low-sulfur diesel first came out, several injection pump companies were recommending the use of an added lubricant - or rebuilding the pump with more durable parts. Roosamaster/Stanadyne sells "Artic" replacement parts for thin fuel or fuel lacking lubricosity.
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