Landie_Man · Jan 29, 2011

I was wondering if waste transformer oil could be used as fuel, mixed with Diesel?

HOOK · Jan 30, 2011

wouldnt advice it,they once bought recycled cable oil as fuel for the plant at work,it caused all sorts of problems, with seals etc.may just have been a crap batch but id stay away

jonstan · Jan 30, 2011

Mineral transformer insulating oil will combust in a diesel engine and it will burn in a oil fired heating boiler. Not tried it myself but a chap I used to work with ran his tractor on it with 50/50 mix.

khaos · Jan 30, 2011

Landie_Man said:
I was wondering if waste transformer oil could be used as fuel, mixed with Diesel?

Which transformer is it from?
I've heard that oil from Optimus Prime is very hard on the fuel pump.

Grimmer · Jan 30, 2011

khaos said:
Which transformer is it from?
I've heard that oil from Optimus Prime is very hard on the fuel pump.

oxides · Jan 30, 2011

Transformer oil used to be full of PCBs - nasty stuff. The substation round the corner from me has a warning sign on it saying the oil might be contaminated. You might have to be careful where it comes from.

trax99 · Jan 30, 2011

I used to know a chap who ran an old 2a on a mix of tranny oil and diesl witha bit of parraffin thrown in - smoked like buggery

Optimus Prime · Jan 30, 2011

khaos said:
Optimus Prime is very hard

not at all, would say I'm rather a gentle chap really...

Optimus Prime · Jan 30, 2011

Landie_Man said:
I was wondering if waste transformer oil could be used as fuel, mixed with Diesel?

it will probably work, in so far as it will combust. Not sure what the longevity of an engine running on it would be though.

and as for the emissions, who knows what kind of toxic crap it would generate, much more than normal diesel.

http://www.dieseltruckresource.com/dev/archive/fuel-question-t105514.html

http://www.frybrid.com/forum/archive/index.php?t-4322.html

jonstan · Jan 30, 2011

trax99 said:
I used to know a chap who ran an old 2a on a mix of tranny oil and diesl witha bit of parraffin thrown in - smoked like buggery

Probably shouldn't have put the paraffin in!

trax99 · Feb 2, 2011

i did wonder about that, i was assured it helped the engine start.

i was very young at the time.

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