Oil & Fuel Burning used motor oil?

[jaotguy]

I've heard of people filtering their used crankcase oil and adding to their #2 HHO tank, with no problems. Sounds like a win-win to me.

only works with Dino oil ( not the synthetic stuff ... synth has a much higher flash point and won't burn very well ) ....

hot water tanks don't go for a blue flame ( more towards the yellow ) and carbon up the ignition rods after a bit ...

 

[Mysfyt]

All engines burn crankcase oil, from hardly any, to a quart a week. It's not the end of the world. It happens every day-all day.

Good point. The main issue to me would be filtering it to go through the new injection systems. I wouldn't hesitate on the old systems at all, but these new ones give me pause. I'm going to let other pioneers take the arrows on this one.

 

[derrick g]

mix 30% with furnace oil an burn it in your garage.Some say 50%.

 

[newbury]

First of all, doing anything with old motor oil is messy business. But in the over all scope of what it costs to run, repair and replace equipment, is it worth it? Not to my way of thinking. Maybe in a doomsday scenereo.

But it's good to try once just to learn the process and pitfalls.

All engines burn crankcase oil, from hardly any, to a quart a week. It's not the end of the world. It happens every day-all day.

I had a 1966 Valiant (in 1973) with a 225 slant 6 that got about 200 miles to the gallon, of oil, and 20 mpg of gasoline. Wouldn't be allowed today.

I think it's important to know HOW to burn oil for space heating, and maybe even practice it for a bit, but unless all the parts fall into my workshop I don't think my annual production of used oil, about 15 gallons, would last very long and it's certainly not worth buying an oil furnace designed to burn used oil.