Posted by RodInNS on July 31, 2010 at 14:32:51 from (216.118.158.123):
In Reply to: Fuel oil diesel Fuel posted by Keith Molden on July 31, 2010 at 05:10:29:
It's not going to hurt anything so long as you get CLEAN fuel and not a pile of water and rust. I'd just pump off the top down to ~4" or so left in the tank and then dispose of that. Make sure you filter it.
That said, furnace oil is generally considered #2. Stove oil is #1. Summer diesel is approximately #2 for weight and winter diesel is approximately #1 in weight. The difference is that today diesel has the sulfur removed down to 15 PPM. Furnace oil is still around 5000 ppm and quite often what's sold for stove oil around here is #2 furnace that's cut with Kerosene and they call it Furnace Lite.
Diesel also has a considerable additive package of system lubricants and cetane improvers that improve the fuel's ignition quality. Basically... the engine will start easier and run cleaner on diesel. Since furnace oil has a higher flash point it will make the tractor harder to start and it will produce a white/bluish smoke when it's not working hard. I didn't have any problems when the engine got warm but I also keep 88 degree C thermostats in all my tractors... so that does keep them hot enough to burn clean. I've done this in the past 2 years side by side so I can guarantee you that diesel is a different product.
You will also notice that if you have an engine with bad injectors, bad valves, bad rings or otherwise low compression on some or all cylinders... the furnace oil will make it show IMMEDIATELY. You need a strong engine to burn the stuff.
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