Fuel Oil Substitute

Post by **franco b** » Sat. Mar. 25, 2023 9:03 pm

Remember if the oil pump has a single line, it will require bleeding the air out before the oil will pump.

Post by **Lightning** » Sat. Mar. 25, 2023 11:07 pm

Yep, we bled the line. It was very stubborn though. We even resorted to applying positive pressure to the tank with a shop vac to help push oil to the pump, which seemed to help. Thankfully my neighbor knew more about it than me.

waytomany?s · Post by **waytomany?s** » Sun. Mar. 26, 2023 9:36 am

davidmcbeth3 wrote: ↑
Sat. Mar. 25, 2023 8:57 pm
Take 4 gal of used motor oil
Add 4 gal of kerosene

Take that 8 gallon solution and toss it in the trash

Go out and buy 5 gal of diesel and use that. Make a standard order for standard delivery.

When you put it in the trash, you're polluting. When you use something for the second time, it's recycling. Drop it off at my place, I'd burn that all winter long.

davidmcbeth3 · Post by **davidmcbeth3** » Sun. Mar. 26, 2023 11:15 am

waytomany?s wrote: ↑
Sun. Mar. 26, 2023 9:36 am
When you put it in the trash, you're polluting. When you use something for the second time, it's recycling. Drop it off at my place, I'd burn that all winter long.

Burning coal puts carbon back in the atm., this is used by plants to make more plant stuff that then turns back into coal. So that's recycling.

Solar is not recycling. The sun uses hydrogen to make helium. Once the hydrogen is used up, that's it. So solar is less ecologically sound than coal which is recyclable.

waytomany?s · Post by **waytomany?s** » Sun. Mar. 26, 2023 12:23 pm

davidmcbeth3 wrote: ↑
Sun. Mar. 26, 2023 11:15 am
Burning coal puts carbon back in the atm., this is used by plants to make more plant stuff that then turns back into coal. So that's recycling.

Solar is not recycling. The sun uses hydrogen to make helium. Once the hydrogen is used up, that's it. So solar is less ecologically sound than coal which is recyclable.

Not sure what that has to do with using used motor oil in an oil furnace.

Solar is going to be emitted long after a bag of coal will burn up. I'm not a fan of solar , but the sun Is still going to be there for a while.

Post by **Rob R.** » Sun. Mar. 26, 2023 12:32 pm

Lightning wrote: ↑
Sat. Mar. 25, 2023 6:43 pm
Yeah, she would normally just call for a delivery.

She can avoid this going forward by signing up for automatic delivery. You burn the same amount of fuel either way.

waytomany?s · Post by **waytomany?s** » Sun. Mar. 26, 2023 3:18 pm

Rob R. wrote: ↑
Sun. Mar. 26, 2023 12:32 pm
She can avoid this going forward by signing up for automatic delivery. You burn the same amount of fuel either way.

Only problem with automatic delivery is they tend to cheat. Fill you up right before the price goes down and right after it goes up.