Re: heating oil as fuel

M0bcg wrote:

> the 2 types of heating oil i am referring to are both white in
> colour .
>
> the first is "28 second" kerosene which is what is used mainly in
> oil fired central heating systems and workshop heating systems .
>
> this 28sec kerosene "can" be used in diesel engines ,and it is white
> in colour as is white diesel , but of course i must stress using it
> on the road isnt legal due to no excise duty being paid on it ..
>
> the only problem with using 28 sec is that if you have a rotary
> injection pump the 28sec fuel will not sufficiently lubricate the
> pump internals on its own , hence why many people use a 50/50 mix of
> white diesel and 28sec burning oil .
>
> of course if you wanted to play with mixture levels you could put
> motorcycle 2 stroke oil in with the 28sec heating oil and it will
> then have lubrication , but i do not know the levels of mix reqd .
>
> the other type of "heating" oil i refer to is paraffin and this is
> white in colour and is zero octane rated , this is also known as lamp
> oil.
>
> red diesel i was not referring to , as we all know what this is and
> that it contains dye ...

Nearly - 28 second is Kerosene (which is Paraffin) and will run a
diesel engine, but have low power output(and you can smell it in the
exhaust a mile off). The other type is 35 second and is Diesel and
contains a chemical marker and is also often red.

one of the agents put in kerosene and diesel are to be able to trace back to
where the fuel came from and when and where it was manufactured , ie so
batches can be traced , but this is put in all diesel/kerosene derived fuels
and is not necessarily put in to detect if its being used in vehicles without
excise duty having been paid , its more of a safety issue to do with HAZCHEM
side of things .. .

white diesel that is sold at garage forecourt pumps is mixed at the
refineries with kerosene anyway , of the same as sold for heating oil .

you could almost say that ULS diesel is just diesel with more kerosene added
!!.

kerosene is really an american derived word, in england we call it paraffin
but both are of the same nature ..

dont you remember there were allways 2 grades of diesel, winter and summer but
now there is only one THIN viscosity diesel .

diesel has gradually got thinner over the last few years .

of course thinner viscosity diesel means you use more , hence the mileage run
per litre costs us more if the fuel is thinner viscosity .

the red and white diesel sold now have a strong smell of petrol , they didnt
used to but how many people notice this .

now then, .we could all run petrol cars on alcohol instead of petrol , but they
wont let us because firstly the engines would make 20% more horsepower , but
secondly they would use twice as much fuel also .

in australia there is mainly only one price for diesel and everyone pays the
same , but it is only £1.50 per gallon in our currency ..

the only people who are paying less for diesel fuel there are called PRIMARY
PRODUCERS ,ie farmers and they are discounted because they produce the primary
food sources and they have to use a LOT of fuel in order to do so , hence the
govt help them out .

the 2 types of paraffin/kerosene sold here in the uk are zero and 25 octane
rating .

a TIP for anyone with a tired old smokey diesel engine who has MOT coming soon
, fill tank with kerosene 28sec , this will dramatically reduce the smoke
output from a smokey diesel engine .

its an old "trick" used by many HGV fitters who regularly have to work on and
test HGV vehicles and works for sure .

i think that some people using this newsgroup may well be working for customs
and excise .

myself i dont run anything other than white diesel from the pumps and youre
welcome to dip my tank anytime .

if someone wants information about what they can use as fuel and what it is
called and sold as then its up to them to make up theyre mind as to what they
want to do , all ive i done is supply the relevent information without making
a technical issue out of it .