On Wed, 19 Nov 2014 19:26:47 -0500, "terrable"
wrote:


"(PeteCresswell)" wrote in message
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I am seeing conflicting accounts of this.

Some say "No Way"... Home heating oil is not just #2 diesel with dye
added. It lacks certain lubricants and will ruin the engine.

Others say "No Problem".... Home heating oil and RV fuel are the same
stuff: #2 diesel with a dye added.

First thing that I think is "What, exactly, is Home Heating Oil?"....
and that the answer that comes to mind is "It can vary from
location-to-location and time-to-time, since a furnace is relatively
non-critical compared to an engine".

So... I anybody actually *doing* this?

If so, how did you verify the quality of the oil?


Here is what the EIA says:

Definitions of EIA Distillate Categories and Fuels Contained in the
Distillate Grouping

No. 2 distillate and No. 2 diesel fuel oil are almost the same thing (diesel
is different in that it also has a cetane number limit which describes the
ignition quality of the fuel). Distillate fuel oils are distilled from crude
oil.

No. 2 Fuel Oil (Heating Oil)
A distillate fuel oil that has a distillation temperature of 640 degrees
Fahrenheit at the 90-percent recovery point and meets the specifications
defined in ASTM Specification D 396. It is used in atomizing type burners
for domestic heating or for moderate capacity commercial/industrial burner
units.

No. 2 Diesel Fuel
A fuel that has distillation temperatures of 500 degrees Fahrenheit at the
10-percent recovery point and 640 degrees Fahrenheit at the 90-percent
recovery point and meets the specifications defined in ASTM Specification D
975. It is used in high-speed diesel engines that are generally operated
under uniform speed and load conditions, such as those in railroad
locomotives, trucks, and automobiles.


Pretty much anything that will run on veggy oil or bio diesel should
run on stove or furnace oil. I know guys who have run furnace oil in
their tractors - got paid to dispose of furnace oil from decommisioned
furnace tanks - and used it for tractor fuel.