Fuel for 773G - Used Motor Oil & #1 Diesel?

[clintrobbins]

My manual specifies #2 or #1 diesel fuel (or a mix) depending on the ambient temperature. Someone told me that used motor oil (filtered) mixed with #1 diesel to achieve an appropriate viscosity can be used. Would using that mix cause any problems? Could that mix be used in a standard residential oil burner furnace without problems? Could used hydraulic oil be used as fuel for either application? I know that waste oil burners will handle all types of petroleum based fluids with proper filtration, etc. but don't know of any required equipment specifications for those burners.

 

[newy1234]

I am confused, you want to run a mix of diesel and old engine oil to run your engine on?

That sounds like a very bad idea to me.

 

[jsp17268]

I am confused, you want to run a mix of diesel and old engine oil to run your engine on?

That sounds like a very bad idea to me.

we run a 25% used motor oil in all of our equipmnet and have had no problems, we just mix plain old ag diesel, just filter it well

 

[waggles]

we run a 25% used motor oil in all of our equipmnet and have had no problems, we just mix plain old ag diesel, just filter it well

How do you filter out all the abrasive carbon particles that used engine oil contains ?

 

[clintrobbins]

we run a 25% used motor oil in all of our equipmnet and have had no problems, we just mix plain old ag diesel, just filter it well

What type of filter and filtering setup do you use?

 

[Kermode]

What type of filter and filtering setup do you use?

My father ran a 50-50 mixture of used oil and diesel in all his farm equipment. He just used a series of settling processes and let the fuel filters do the rest of the work. If anything, his old D8 ran better with that mix. I have poured used oil in my farm tractor fuel with no problems. For info on burning waste oil, try here:http://wasteoilheaterforum.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=df17mgq6ng2ovmr5r53hb9b7a3&

 

[Impact-vector]

My father ran a 50-50 mixture of used oil and diesel in all his farm equipment. He just used a series of settling processes and let the fuel filters do the rest of the work. If anything, his old D8 ran better with that mix. I have poured used oil in my farm tractor fuel with no problems. For info on burning waste oil, try here:http://wasteoilheaterforum.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=df17mgq6ng2ovmr5r53hb9b7a3&

Old thread but I burn oil on my truck. They make filter bags that I use. http://www.dudadiesel.com/search.php?query=%2Bfilter+%2Bbag&i=filterbags

 

[Tazza]

Old thread but I burn oil on my truck. They make filter bags that I use. http://www.dudadiesel.com/search.php?query=%2Bfilter+%2Bbag&i=filterbags

Sadly i have never seen them in .au, looks interesting though.
I run old hydraulic oil and diesel through my compressor. It's 35-40 years old, it doesn't seem to care what it's fed.