Fuel Question

[Aplus]

Is it ok to mix diesal and kerosene in the same fuel tank? Some of the service stations around here are selling kerosene quite a bit cheaper than diesal, but I've already got diesal in my fuel tank.
The owners manual for my rig says I can use either fuel, but does not mention mixing.

 

[tzahlman]

I would drain one totaly and then use the other but not mix them together. I'm pretty sure they wont mix without doing some damage. Different specs for each fuel. I do know k-1 burns cleaner that diesal. (wont soot up as bad) I think but not sure that one burns hotter than the other.

hope this helps

 

[ron]

ron p

buy home heating oil. No road tax and its the same as diesel you buy from a gas station but no dye in it. The dye is how they can easyly tell if you paid road tax.
you dont need to pay the tax.

 

[Mark]

Tony,


No problem you can mix the two fuels!

The diesel will burn hotter more btu's per gallon, but the
kerosene will burn cleaner it is a more refined product.

Most of my local customers use red diesel fuel (off road diesel)

Normally kerosene is more expensive than diesel?

 

[Aplus]

Thanks for all the input! Unfortunately, I don't have anyplace conveniant to get home heating oil or red dyed fuel. So what I will do is get whatever is cheapest at a given time. I don't figure it's worth it to spend time messing around to fill an 18 gallon tank, wasting a good hour. I'm just going to keep receipts and apply for the fuel tax credit at tax time.

Around here, this week, kero was at $1.29, and diesel was at $1.39 per gallon. I think the road taxes might be a little higher on the diesel here in Michigan, and that makes the kero a better deal.

Anyway, thanks again, but I'm sure the debate on this will continue.

 

[ron]

ron p

i have two, 55 gal drum's and a hand pump
the heating oil supply co stops here when i call
i get billed once a month
when i go fulltime i will get a bigger tank
my oil prices change every day, so if i get a bigger tank i can buy more when its low.

 

[Aplus]

Ron,
Do you operate out of your house? I do, and I don't want anything to do with storing quantities of stinky fuel oil in my garage. Actually, as it is, when I got my business license to operate out of my home, I had to meet with the local fire marshall and discuss what chems, and quantities I would be keeping on hand. He was worried that if I had a fire, half the neighborhood could get sick, or even an explosion that could take out the firefighters in one swoop. At the time, I was using all store bought chems, and didn't keep a whole lot on hand. Now, I buy all the individual chems in big pails and mix myself.

Now let's see, you've got two 55 gallon drums of fuel oil on hand, and I know you've gotta have plenty of caustics.....you're last name isn't McVeigh, is it?

 

[ron]

ron p

i have a metal shed
holds 6 55gal drums
only caustic is dbn1430 and HF acid
its on a cement pad and no combustables near it unless you count the diesel
meny meny people have 250 gal tanks for home heating oil
whats the diffrence? about 35 cents a gal if you ask me.

 

[timhays]

kerosene here is .99 gal. and the diesel is 1.39. (texaco)
for some reason i called the local fuel oil company and there prices were higher for red dyed diesel and for kerosene in bulk

 

[Larry L.]

hmmm much have been a newbee that told you'd that.................is the heating fuel there higher then the highway fuel?,surely not,yel much have been a newbee for sure thinking the red color was higher,it is on other things,Right.

 

[timhays]

i have never asked for pricing on heating fuel,unless it is the same as k1 kerosene,i was suprised to see that the prices werent any better buying in bulk from a oil supplier,maybe it was just the one place i called(purser oil company) charlotte nc

 

[timhays]

i have never asked for pricing on heating fuel,unless it is the same as k1 kerosene,i was suprised to see that the prices werent any better buying in bulk from a oil supplier,maybe it was just the one place i called(purser oil company) charlotte nc