Oil & Fuel Running on #2 home heating oil?

[LBrown59]

there is a big difference between #1 and #2 oil not just color and taxes.
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OK So then what is #1 for and what is #2 for. #

 

[LBrown59]

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.

The only thing we have here is
A winter blend and a summer blend used for both
engines and home furnaces .
In the winter it's called #1.
In the summer it's called # 2
Although they are called by 2 different numbers they are not 2 different fuels.
We also have kerosene and some times that's referred as #1.

 

[kenstrac]

#1 =k1 may be considered flammable more refined
#2 home heating oil considered combustible less refined
#4mix of #2 + #6 combustible
#6 bunker oil strained crude combustible must be heated to burn also a diesel fuel

 

[Dodgeram]

I thought the following was interesting: (it was taken from the La Department of Natural (DNR) website).
Diesel fuels are classified 1D, 2D, and 4D. Low speed, stationary units use 4D fuels. 4D fuel is not appropriate for most mobile equipment. On-highway and mobile equipment use 1D and 2D fuels. High speed diesel engines use either 1D or 2D fuels. Important characteristics of diesel fuels are its viscosity, pour point, and cetane number. The primary differences between 1D and 2D fuel are the pour point and the viscosity. Pour point is the lowest temperature at which a liquid will flow. Viscosity is the resistance of a liquid to flow. A 1D fuel is designed for cold weather operation; thus, it is less viscous and has a lower pour point. A 2D fuel is used in warmer weather because it has a higher viscosity and pour point. The higher viscosity provides better lubrication qualities for the moving parts of the fuel injection system. Because 2D fuels contain more Btu's (British thermal units - the amount of heat necessary to raise one (1) pound of water one (1) degree fahrenheit) per gallon, they are able to deliver more power per gallon. This is critical to diesel engine fuel economy. The higher the Btu rating a diesel fuel has, the greater power yield per gallon; thus, higher mpg will result. Cetane rating is the diesel equivalent to gasoline's octane rating. Unlike an octane rating, which rates gasoline's resistance to spontaneous ignition, the cetane rating number (usually 40 to 55 for medium to high speed engines) notes the relative ease with which diesel fuel ignites. The higher the cetane number, the easier the fuel ignites; the higher the octane number, the more resistant the fuel is to ignition. Each manufacturer usually specifies a minimum or maximum cetane rating and the suggested operating temperature for 1D and 2D fuels. A given fuel may meet 1D or 2D specifications, but if the Btu rating is too low, then decreased fuel mpg will result.

 

[Highbeam]

I was under the impression that #2 diesel is the same thing as #2 Home Heating Oil. Like same thing from the same tank. The red dye is added to both to show the law that it is off-road only. #2 ULSD is a different animal and is not dyed.

I burn only #2 offroad diesel sold at a fuel depot that also sells the #2 HHO. I pay sales tax on my ORD but I don't think you pay sales tax on the HHO.

If there is a reason to NOT use this fuel it is because of the age, condition, algae, and water contents.

 

[JMynes]

I used to deliver home heating oil for a local oil company. Every once in a while the office would send me to a job site to fill equipment with off-road diesel. Same stuff, different name, pumped from the same load. I don't know about the sales tax, office did all the billing.

 

[LBrown59]

#1 =k1 may be considered flammable more refined
#2 home heating oil considered combustible less refined

Here it's
1*Kero
2*summer blend Diesel /HHO
1*winter blend HHO/Diesel this is not the same As #1 Kero.

 

[LBrown59]

1*I was under the impression that #2 diesel is the same thing as #2 Home Heating Oil. Like same thing from the same tank. The red dye is added to both to show the law that it is off-road only.
2*#2 ULSD is a different animal and is not dyed.

I burn only #2 offroad diesel sold at a fuel depot that also sells the #2 HHO.
3* I pay sales tax on my ORD but I don't think you pay sales tax on the HHO.

4*If there is a reason to NOT use this fuel it is because of the age, condition, algae, and water contents.

1*Home heating oil and diesel are the same here.
It can be dyed or un dyed depenting on where used.
2*ULSD can be dyed or un dyed also.
3*On road there is high way tax but if not used on road there is no highway tax.
4*This would be the only reason not to use it.

 

[IXLR8]

My neighbor ordered HHO and ORD. Guy pulls up, fills up the house, backs up 30 ft, fills up the OffRoad tank. When neighbor gets the bill, he is charged sales tax on the ORD, but not on the HHO. He will be buying strickly HHO from now on, and then transfering to his ORD tank himself.

 

[wallace]

Okay so here is what I found out...

In the state of Pa you can not put home heating oil in a piece of equipment.
It is illegal and is subjected to a fine to the end user and the fuel company that put it in.
Home heating fuel does not have some of the lubercants and the usdl additive in it.
Both on and off road does have the usdl additive in it but they also add a red dye to the off road fuel.