Oil & Fuel Intermittent oil psi

kenmac · Dec 2, 2006

I have heard of folkes along time ago using kerosene straight in the engine (without mixing it with oil)

I don't know if I would use it straight. I also have known people to use straight transmission fluid to clean out (as they said) their engine or to quite a ticking lifter. They all said it worked for them. I have never tired any of this as I have never had any (not to say I won't)

of these problems.We maybe able to give him ideas on something to try to get his oil pressure back without having to take the engine apart.

roxynoodle · Dec 2, 2006

I've run kerosene through a truck engine and it was fine. It also cleaned it up very well.

California · Dec 2, 2006

kenmac said:
I have heard of folks along time ago using kerosene straight in the engine (without mixing it with oil) I don't know if I would use it straight.

The ancient wisdom, the way I heard it, was to have at least 1 quart oil in the kerosene to maintain lubricity. And idle for a half hour or so, while parked - don't drive the vehicle.

normde2001 · Dec 2, 2006

California said:
The ancient wisdom, the way I heard it, was to have at least 1 quart oil in the kerosene to maintain lubricity. And idle for a half hour or so, while parked - don't drive the vehicle.

That's the way I did it, and the way my grand-pappy did it. Kerosene, unlike gasoline, does have some lubricating properties.

kenmac · Dec 2, 2006

I have used kerosene in my parts washer for years & it does a very good job on engine parts.

I know this is off the subject but, Iam going to ask anyway.

Cal, did you ever cut that hole in your water heater shed ? Or fab a small metal door for that area ?

California · Dec 3, 2006

kenmac said:
Cal, did you ever cut that hole in your water heater shed? Or fab a small metal door

Not yet. I haven't figured out how to do it. It already has a cobbled extension to make the front fit over the control. Maybe I should take it to somebody who knows how to bend sheetmetal.

My focus at this time is getting the rental cabin ready for another tenant. Today I replaced its space heater, an Empire MV-130 replacing an identical EcoTherm that had made a bunch of stress cracks in the chamber to celebrate its warranty expiration.

But I do think making a door for that control is the proper solution.

kenmac · Dec 3, 2006

how does that extension attatch to the structure ? You may be able to add a small henge to that extension on one side & fad some sort of latch on the other side to keep it closed. I have seen water heaters in those type of outside enclosers b-4. The ones I've seen have insulation lining the walls of the metal structure. How does a space heater get stress cracks ? space heaters (that I'am familiar with )don't have combustion chambers.Was it mabe, a circulator heater with a vent & mabe a blower that had the cracked chamber ? Most are radiant type space heaters.Here the code ( which changes all the time)states that space heaters are not allowed as a primary source of heat anymore.

California · Dec 3, 2006

Kenmac, (and for everyone else, this is way off topic and irrelevant to the thread!)

kenmac said:
how does that extension attach to the structure ? You may be able to add a small hinge to that extension on one side & fab some sort of latch on the other side to keep it closed....The ones I've seen have insulation lining the walls of the metal structure.

That's what I'm thinking. I can take the door (entire front of the cabinet) to a sheet metal shop and ask them to modify it like that. This cabinet isn't lined, just a jacket on the heater.

How does a space heater get stress cracks ? space heaters (that I'am familiar with )don't have combustion chambers....code ...states that space heaters are not allowed as a primary source of heat anymore.

This one is (was) sealed combustion chamber with concentric intake/exhaust pipes, straight through the wall.
http://www.empireheaterparts.com/pdf/mv-120-130-145.pdf (Page 2)
Several vertical ribs on the front of the chamber had cracked.
The replacement's manual states it is legal for mobile homes and this tiny cabin must have 10 times the air infiltration of a MH. Close enough. The replacement is near identical to what I took out but from a different company. I hope this one lasts longer than its warranty.