I can get the local fuel co to drop off some wonderful furnace oil and mix it in for winter!
Make sure they don't red dye their furnace fuel. Not sure if they are doing that now or not, but they do a lot of the other cheaper fuels.
I can get the local fuel co to drop off some wonderful furnace oil and mix it in for winter!
Filtering 15 gallons (electric pump) and pumping it into a truck (manual pump) takes me less time than driving to my closest gas station. I pick up small batches of oil on lunch breaks or bulk oil on my way home. I've collected enough 15 gal tanks from picking up oil to drain off my entire 100 gallon truck mounted tank.
Really not much of a time investment at all...
It does add up though. I was meaning time replacing parts that otherwise would be still going fine...till wmo was added.
Thats what ATF is for...and 2 stroke oil mixed in with WMO/GO/TF it won't make any difference what colour they make it really. Just saying...Make sure they don't red dye their furnace fuel. Not sure if they are doing that now or not, but they do a lot of the other cheaper fuels.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that the red dye is just a visual aid, the actual dip test reacts with a chemical in the dye, so even if you dilute it back to a dark color, the dip still reads that it's dyed fuel.Thats what ATF is for...and 2 stroke oil mixed in with WMO/GO/TF it won't make any difference what colour they make it really. Just saying...
Never seen em dip a tank here either...and I live in Farmsville
Read this thread first before deciding.
http://www.oilburners.net/forums/sh...and-waste-motor-oil-cores&highlight=wmo,+pump
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that the red dye is just a visual aid, the actual dip test reacts with a chemical in the dye, so even if you dilute it back to a dark color, the dip still reads that it's dyed fuel.
That's where it comes down to how well it's filtered.
Is this really an issue if running small percentage of WMO occasionally? I burn the oil changes in all my vehicles in the IDI. When I have a quantity of oil I filter first through a 125 micron paint filter/funnel then through a 10 micron fuel filter. What comes out gets dumped into my 38 gallon tank when empty, only about 3 gallons at a time, then immediately fill with fresh diesel. This works out to about 8% WMO. Only do this periodically (not every tank) when I have WMO to get rid of. My purposes are not to run for free but jut get rid of WMO and save a couple bucks here and there. Should I not be doing this?
I recall reading an old Detroit Diesel manual that said up to 20% WMO was acceptable to burn so though nothing of under half that. Probably makes a big difference whether you do a real quick simple filter like me, a more fine multiple stage filter, or centrifuge.
Ah gotcha... in about 400k miles you'd refresh the injection system 4 times, compared to 3 times for regular diesel using typical service life. So one extra day of labor over a 20+ year truck lifespan.
Picking up oil is interesting... the previous batch you picked up gets you to the next one. I don't bother picking up if it's under 15 gallons. If you spend an hour (somehow) to pick up 15 gallons, you've basically paid yourself back about $45. A bulk pickup of 100 gallons takes about 1.5-2 hours to pump, so about $150/hr "earned" or "saved" however you look at it. That's quite a bit better than my pay.