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11-01-2006, 10:38 PM
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Use fuel oil in old underground tank?
I have an underground tank that has old (10 years ? ) fuel oil in it. Just got a guy to give me an estimate on removing the tank. Maybe 75 gal of fuel oil there. What do you think?
I don't know what "oul" is either, I tried to edit but it will not let me edit the header. Of course it is " FUEL OIL". Sorry for the confusion. Last edited by carusle; 11-02-2006 at 09:09 AM. 
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11-01-2006, 10:56 PM
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Expect there to be a few quarts of water in it no matter what.
I'd get some spare 55g drums to pump it into and let them settle for a dew days before use in an engine. Prefiltering is a must.
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11-01-2006, 10:58 PM
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i used fuel that may have been forty years old.
i would take a glass jar with a screw on lid and put some heavy nuts in it and sink it to the bottom with holes in the lid so it will fill off the bottom of the tank. let it sit for a few minutes and pull it up. if the fuel from the bottom looks clear and water free, i would try it in my car. this is what i did with mine. mine was fine. i didnt want to pay someone to take away fuel that was good. tom w
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#4
11-02-2006, 06:53 AM
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If it burns, I'd use it.
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#5
11-02-2006, 11:03 AM
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I used fuel that had been in the double botton tanks for at least 12 years on a tugboat. It got us home and was very dark but the "Cats" lapped it up
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#6
11-02-2006, 12:35 PM
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I ran a dry dock in Corpus Christi about 20 years ago. The yard had a 10k gal. waste oil storage tank where we kept marine Diesel (the black stuff-but not bunker C) that we pumped out of ships. I had a 6.3 Chevy Diesel truck that I ran on this fuel for 2 years with no problems. I went through a lot of filters but the fuel worked. I am sure that some of the fuel had been there since the yard opened in the late '40's.
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#7
11-02-2006, 12:49 PM
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I would run it through a sock filter and a water seperator. After that it should be BETTER than from a "gas" station.
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11-02-2006, 01:45 PM
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my car sat the last 3 years with 3/4 tank. I think it had some algae, but the fuel itself did burn. Probably be a good idea to use some sort of an additive, or run it mixed with your usual fuel. It might even be worth the investment to get a water seperating filter.
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11-02-2006, 02:37 PM
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Diesel is not like gas that will have the octane diminish over time. It is amazing to me all the things a diesel engine will burn, but a gas engine can only burn gasoline.
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11-02-2006, 02:49 PM
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