Hey guys would it be bad to run a 1/2 crude oil and low sulfur diesel mix in our trucks? There is a few PSD guys that I know of that are running it in their 7.3's and having fine luck with it. I have tried some out in some of our tractors and it also seems to do well. Would it be hard on the Common rail system? Any help is appreciated.

 

It'll clog up your fuel filter real quick. I have read that you shouldn't add more than 10% WMO. Some guys add up to 25%.

 

You do mean waste motor oil (WMO), and not "crude" right?

 

No, I do mean crude oil, not waste motor oil.

 

Crude oil is a pretty loose term. Some of it is even unfit for making gas or diesel in it's raw form. Even the best of it will have contaminates that could wreck your engine.

 

I'm wondering where someone could get crude unless they have a friend with an oil well. Is that the same as bunker like the ships run?


John

 

I really thought he meant WMO. Now that I know he means crude my mind is spinning wondering why anyone would want to even try to burn it.

 

At $90 a barrel and 42 gallons to a barrel it would cost just pinch over $2 a gallon. Penny wise and Pound foolish.

 

Ya I think he might be confused,who would do that? Probably would barely burn unless it was refined

 

I run on bunker C. I have a SVO setup, but I run Bunker C in the SVO tank because it really smokes nice with my Smarty

 

Mod, what's the API number on the oil? I could see some 40deg. light sweet burning fine as long as it nice and clear. I'd need to have access to a analysis to make a long term use decision if looking at that option.

There are fields in undeveloped parts of the world with crude that locals use with no processing.

RJR

 

I run this fuel that mod is talking of. It is someone I know really well and he has a well on his property. We pump it and run it through a series of filters, then add ULSD to it, 1/2 and 1/2. I've been burning it in my 01 dodge for about 3 months now. It burns very good, gives great lubrication which has been taken out of our highway diesel, and I have had no problems with it thus far. I am concerned that it may have a problem with clogging injectors. I have never heard anyone say that it does, I'm just being scepticle. Anyway, this fuel seems to really be doing good, from what my unlce has found out, it burns a little hotter, gives better lubrication and supposidly burns cleaner. Not sure, but all I know is its doing fine in my truck. And it saves me $40 per TANK!!

 

The refining process takes a lot of bad stuff out of the oil...including sulfur. It is against the law to burn fuel with a higher sulfur content than regulated at the pump. 15ppm. When it comes to the acids, and other distillates that are released during combusion...I know not. But if the engines were designed to run on crude...they would advertise it as such.

 

Below is a URL to what Cummins has to say on the fuel you use and what minimum specifications they feel it need to meet. http://www.maitlandelectric.com/truck/fuel.html

 

Ahh yes...those were the tables I was thinking of. Thanks for posting those.