Straight Heating Oil?

[ak_pdx]

I'm trying to make the house 'sell-able', so I (with a friend's great help) dug out the 650 gal underground tank.

I recovered about 13 gal of the red-colored diesel fuel. (It now sits in three 5 gal buckets in my garage.)


Ignoring the legal/tax aspects of it for now, I think the best disposal would be in my fuel tank. As the buckets weren't extra clean, I'd like to filter it without adding too much cost. How?


Thx,
-AK

[Pls move to a better forum]

[Olivier]

Jcloth are good . It about 5 micron.

[Aquaticedge]

hope you dont get caught burning it in your car, here the fine is over 1,000

[layback40]

sell it to some one with an oil heater. Given its history, I would be reluctant to put it in a car regardless of the legality. I burn WVO in a wood heater, it works well as a supplement to the wood. 13 gal isnt much, you may be able to sell it on Ebay.

[vstech]

ebay? uh, craigslist maybe. why pay for a listing on a national website for such a low quality/quantity item you can't ship anywhere?
it's hard to filter grit out of the oil. I'd not put dirty fuel in my vehicle.
if you are determined to use it, you'd have to filter it around 5 microns. a paif of jeans should be around 10, so that's not good for dirt. fleetguard makes a good filter, but you would have to pump it through. is the old fuel furnace still intact? the pump on it could run it through the filter for you...

[dieseldan44]

Give it away for free on Craigslist. Its not worth the $30 of fuel savings to mess with it.

[pimpernell]

Originally Posted by ak_pdx

I'm trying to make the house 'sell-able', so I (with a friend's great help) dug out the 650 gal underground tank.

I recovered about 13 gal of the red-colored diesel fuel. (It now sits in three 5 gal buckets in my garage.)


Ignoring the legal/tax aspects of it for now, I think the best disposal would be in my fuel tank. As the buckets weren't extra clean, I'd like to filter it without adding too much cost. How?


Thx,
-AK

[Pls move to a better forum]

Lets see, heating oil about $2.50 a gallon, times 13 gallons, equals about $32 bucks. Now, due to the unknown qualities of the oil in question, does in make sense to put it into a car that you may have invested thousands of dollars in?? If you have ever seen an oil tank cut in half, there is usually about an inch of orange sludge on the bottom of the tank, which I am sure cannot be good for a diesel engine to digest. Just my two cents worth.

[300dOwner]

I experienced the same situation, only there was 125 gallons in my tank...I ended up using a bag filter down to 1 micron (I'm cautious) and it ran fine. McMaster-Carr sells them online or try an industrial supply house....aw heck, PM me with an address and I'll send you one!

[woodrat]

I would filter it and use it as fuel. I've run a lot of red fuel in my Cummins engine, a Ford tractor, and a VW IDI engine with no problems at all. But definitely filter it first. The point about sludgy fuel tanks is a good one. I set my fuel tank up here at the ranch with a valve in the bottom so I can regularly drain off any water and crud that builds up.

[RichC]

Pour it thru very high thread count bed sheets that you can buy at a thrift store for 2 or 3 dollars.

Fold them multiple times and tie them around the top of a container.

But that will not get rid of much of the water that may be in the fuel.

Simplest way to get the water out is to heat it until the water evaporates.

Then gravity flow it thru an in hose style fuel filter that you can pick up at autozone for 4 or 5 bucks.

Thats about the simplest and cheapest way I can think of.

[Zackm]

I would give it to someone who has farm equipment and not mess with the risk of getting caught with that dye in your tank. It's extremely potent stuff and will take some time to get it all completely out. The fine is $10,000 for using that fuel. It's not worth getting caught, just my opinion.

[ak_pdx]

Thanks all for your input!
(I may ask the Dept/Revenue how to pay the tax on it...)

[vwbuge]

Originally Posted by ak_pdx

Thanks all for your input!
(I may ask the Dept/Revenue how to pay the tax on it...)

Just filter it and burn it in your car. Have you ever heard of The Po Po dipping a tank on a passenger car?

[nickofoxford]

i've ran hundreds of gallons of the stuff through a bobcat since the thing was new and had no problems. i mean, other than the clear fuel lines now being purple/red colored.

i'd say go for it, it's not like it's gonna make your power smoke come out red

[JHZR2]

Id just slowly blend it into the tank. If you could get one of those drill-powered transfer pump, Id run it through a standard MB filter (maybe a used one) and pump it into the tank.