Has anyone tryed running there diesel on hydraulic oil as fuel or a mix of diesel and hydraulic oil . I have quite large quantity of clean oil and as people seem to run there diesels on staight vegy oil from tescos It would seem a shame to dispose of it if I could Burn it in the Disco instead . I'm shore I'm not the only person with access to this sometimes waste product lets recycle it and depribe Gorden Brown of a bit more TAX!!
Hydraulic oil for fuel
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CaptainChaos
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Wouldn't advise it TBH mate
The deisel engine was originaly designed to run on peanut oil hence it being well suited to veg oil ........... hybollix oil however is not of the same nature and aside from burning in clouds of blue smoke would probably fook the engine and fueling system right up
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CharlesY run a **** load thro his without probs !
Search his posts, its on here somewhere mate
discoverynewby
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I thought hydraulic oil was also a veg oil, to stop damage to rubber seals etc. If so why not try it out.
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As far as I am aware hydralic fluid eats certain rubber. I have an old Cit Xantia to knock abot in and the LHM hydralic fluid bottle says it is to be specificaly used in Citroen hydralic systems only due to this fact. Would work great in a normal brake system as it will not compress until the brake lines disolve. So im not to sure what it would do to your injection pump seals????
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boggle said:
Posted in another thread previously ^^^^^
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Soloby Rob
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I've been running an old Escort van on 50/50 derv/hydraulic oil all this year, done about 12.000 on it, goes very well but smells not too nice.
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Does it have to me a certain spec? I got 50litres from a hydraulic hose repair place. Just put it through a 1 micron filter.Goes good but only doing 30% mix.
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discoverynewby
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Is the 1 micron filter to take out any debri (muck,bits of other dirt etc.) or does it seperate anything else. Mick.
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Ah hifly.... You beat me to it!
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Who me? Duty is paid on it and I can prove it. Its not red and I have receipts. Such a small percentage would be comsidered an additive. Checked before I did it trust me.
And yes the filter takes out anything though it can't take moisture. Look at the link I posted. Was intrigued to know if anyone else used a system like that
And yes the filter takes out anything though it can't take moisture. Look at the link I posted. Was intrigued to know if anyone else used a system like that
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Yes it'll burn like any other oil.
I know a guy that runs a tractor on 100% hydraulic oil, says the only difference is the colour of the smoke when its working.
I know a guy that runs a tractor on 100% hydraulic oil, says the only difference is the colour of the smoke when its working.
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Worth doing then!
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Kero yes I aggree but why is mineral oil illegal ??
