Oil & Fuel Running on #2 home heating oil?

[SunnyJim]

Is it safe to run straight #2 in my CK25? I have 150 gallons of the stuff at the moment. Its well aged shall we say Does anyone know what I should be looking for as a sign of break down of the oil? Its been stored behind my shed for about 2 years, it was in an under ground tank for a year or more before that. It burns just fine in my Reddy heater. Since I get ULSD from my nearest station I was thinking of mixing #2 and ULSD or simply running straight #2.

Does anyone think there will be a problem with running #2.

 

[IslandTractor]

I've been running #2 for the past year without any problems. I added a diesel stabilizer additive (got mine from West Marine but there are many brands) and at the recommendation of some folks here on TBN I added about a half ounce per gallon of 2 stroke motor oil (maximizing lubrication properties).

My #2 was fresh but I'd just inspect yours to make sure there is no water in it or other junk. Might be wise to use a filter and decant it into 5 gallon jugs before putting it in the tractor.

 

[SunnyJim]

I transfer from a 30 gallon barrel to a 5 gallon kero jug now. I was thinking of filtering it before it goes into the tractor.

 

[LBrown59]

Does anyone think there will be a problem with running #2.

Diesel Home heating oil and fuel oil are one and the same here and probably hurriedly reaching that point everywhere else.
1 and 2 denotes between fuel for winter use and summer use.
Kerosene which is not diesel can be confused with #1 diesel because it's sometimes called #1

 

[LBrown59]

1* Its been stored behind my shed for about 2 years,
it was in an under ground tank for a year or more before that.
2*150 gallon
3*I get ULSD from my nearest station .
4*I was thinking of mixing #2 and ULSD or simply running straight #2.

1*Why was it stored 3 years without being used?
2*How did you come up with this 150 gallon?
3*Why do you go there to get what you already have at home?
4*You could mix 2 gallon of what you have to one gallon of the ULSD but you may not need to.

 

[SunnyJim]

1) A friend got a new all electric furnace/heatpump so no need for heating oil anymore.
2) I pumped out 150 gallons so far roughly 2 years ago, five 30 gallon barrels.
3) I didn't want to just dump in what could be questionable heating oil. I've only opened 1 barrel in 2 years so that 30 gallons I know still seems good.
4) I think I will add heat oil when I'm down about half for a 50/50 mix.

On a side note 5 gallons has been lasting me 10 hours of operating time. I bought 10 gallons of ULSD and I'm still running on it now. I also need to decide on what micron rating filter setup I want to use. Summit has a 60 micro fuel funnel but that seems a bit big.

 

[LBrown59]

4) That's another 75 gallon to add to the 150 gallon for a total of 225 gallons.
How long do you figure that would last you?
I would start with filtering it good and adding 16 ounces of power service per 30 gallon .
Get it filtered and treated and you may not need to mix it with other fuel which weould make it quicker and easiet to get it used up.

1) A friend got a new all electric furnace/heatpump so no need for heating oil anymore.
2) I pumped out 150 gallons so far roughly 2 years ago, five 30 gallon barrels.
3) I didn't want to just dump in what could be questionable heating oil. I've only opened 1 barrel in 2 years so that 30 gallons I know still seems good.
4) I think I will add heat oil when I'm down about half for a 50/50 mix.

On a side note 5 gallons has been lasting me 10 hours of operating time. I bought 10 gallons of ULSD and I'm still running on it now. I also need to decide on what micron rating filter setup I want to use. Summit has a 60 micro fuel funnel but that seems a bit big.

Got this from northern Tool.TCS was out at the time or I'd have gotten it there.

This is what I use.

Goldenrod Spin-On Water Block Filter 3/4in. Fittings, Model# 596-3/4 | Filters | Northern Tool + Equipment

 

[wallace]

I would not run that in any of my machines!!
The amount of algae in it will cause nothing but headaches.
Do what you want but I hate to see you find out the hard way.

Just to set the record straight there is a big difference between #1 and #2 oil not just color and taxes.
#2 oil has no where near the lubricants that is needed to run a engine without putting a additive in it.

 

[coobie]

Is it safe to run straight #2 in my CK25? I have 150 gallons of the stuff at the moment. Its well aged shall we say Does anyone know what I should be looking for as a sign of break down of the oil? Its been stored behind my shed for about 2 years, it was in an under ground tank for a year or more before that. It burns just fine in my Reddy heater. Since I get ULSD from my nearest station I was thinking of mixing #2 and ULSD or simply running straight #2.

Does anyone think there will be a problem with running #2.

I run red dye (off road)diesel fuel in all of my equipment but I would NEVER run fuel that is 2yrs old,you are asking for trouble IMHO.coobie

 

[DieselPower]

I would suggest you send a sample of the fuel out to have a analysis done on it before using it. It's better to spend a few dollars to have it tested and find there is nothing wrong with it than to use it and end up with problems.