KEROSENE

[saichele]

my oil take is has a 1/4 till empty... about 82 gallons what can i put in it besides oil to get another say 80 gallons with out hurting my furnace? is there a mix... kero, transmission fluid,???

You can put kerosene, diesel, jet A or any similar fuels in the tank. YOU'll have to decide which is more cost effective than #2 fuel oil. I would stay away from any lubricating oils because they contain additives that could build up on the burner nozzle. This will require a service call and or new parts. What $$$ you save on fuel, you'll pay in service and parts. Waste oils are the same issue. Dirt and "stuff" are bad for a furnace designed for clean fuel.

Closest thing you'd probably get is either biodiesel or filtered waste veggie oil. I have NG, so I'm not sweating that, but I bet you could do a 50-50 mix of veggie and real fuel oil without losing much, and the veggie should be closer to $2/gallon (yes, it's a for sale commodity now).

Steve

 

[Redox]

I checked with my tractor buff aquaintances and found that this was apparently a common option on many old farm tractors. The one I am thinking of was the 720 diesel that had a 4 cyl pony motor that ran on gasoline. You fired up the gas engine and engaged a clutch to start the diesel. The gas engine only had a 1/2 gal tank. This was a real diesel with an injection pump and was a real stump puller, but we found not the best thing for a PTO generator (none of the 2 cylinders were, IMHO). The distillate engines relied on heat to vaporize the kerosene and a conventional ignition system to light it off.

Chris

 

[HeatsTwice]

Roundup is $27 per gallon. Kerosine is $3-4. Kerosine works very well as a defoliant and great if sprayed on poisen oak/ivy. When I was a kid, the lines of outfield foul lines of baseball diamonds where marked with Kerosine.

It also makes a great cement releasing agent when sprayed on plywood forms.

Great for starting the wood stove fires also.