Sure enough a good part of easter was spent talking with a relative who has a certain nack for jumping on the consiracy wagon.

To make a long story short, he had told me , that he watched an interview with some guy, who was a high up researcher in some petro company.

Again, to shorten this tale, he said more or less that residential grade heating oil is identical to diesel fuel, minus whatever dies areused.

Im not trying to get a whole rambling list of " Do not use unauthorized, or untaxed , non emission regulated" or whatever.
Id just like to know if there is any truth to this. Im a bit skeptical, I would assume a fuel would require alot more lubricating additives or qualities than simple heat oil, but who knows?
Anyone have any info on this?

 

It is the same fuel minus the dye in most cases. In some areas it may contain higher sulfur which is no problem at all as far as the engine is concerned.

 

So heating oil is cheaper than #2 sold at the pumps... Said as I'm gathering up cans to start storing the stuff in...

 

I think id just stick with the rediculously expensive diesel from a gas station, It will be much cheaper than dealing with a new engine if something does go wrong.

 

there is nothing wrong with it. it won't hurt your pump either. its alittle more filmy in the winter which makes me think its not treated as a winter blend. but defiantely in the spring and summer it would be great to run and it will quiet down the pump abit.

 

No engine problem, just a money problem if you get caught running dyed fuel.

 

Heating oil does not tend to be "winterized" for cold temps, so running that in the cold can cause gelling problems. Again most parts of the country use dyed diesel as heating oil. From what I understand, there is a pretty good fine if your caught. Personally, I don't really drive enough miles for me to bother. Figure you'd need a pump & nozzle for say $200.00 and have the oil tank close enough to the truck to make it viable. One thing to remember is that once the dye is in the tank, it'll take a lot of undyed fuel to get rid of any trace of it.

 

I think Im gonaa give it a try.I pur on about 100 miles a day, so the *** jacks in Il who tax this stuff are starting to test my patience.
I paid 2.47 last night, thats the highest Ive ever seen, and it hurt.
So i laid a fat burnout on the way out of the gas station.
yes, I know im mature
yes, I know its not only the gast stations fault for inflated prices

 

Be careful, the fine varies from state to state.
Illinois penalties are $2500 fine and misdemeanor for the first time use and $5000 and felony for doing it again. So if you get caught it will cost you the same as 1000 gallons of $2.50 fuel.

 

Don't get caught in PA.. Last year they checked my bosses pickup on a paving site,good thing he didn't put off road fuel in (like he does some times).

 

Hey, you could always try THIS:

http://www.vegpoweredsystems.com/index.htm

I've been behind his Cummins, and it runs very strongly, while smelling like tempura...

 

I was quite surprised looking at the different WVO sites how many CTDs actually do run on WVO. The 12Vs make for an easy conversion but the 24Vs don't work out so well due to the already weak lift pump pushing a higher viscosity fuel.