I've got 5 gallons of red diesel left over from when I hired a digger a few weeks ago - I don't think I'll have a use for it in the foreseeable future.
Does anyone see a problem with me pouring it into a heating oil tank containing about 1000 litres of 28sec heating oil?
I cannot see a problem at that dilution.
AJH
Good news! Ta!
Argh mixed units does me 'ed in after a long days work. Can't even remember how many litres there are in a gallon... B-)
Where are you? The genset runs on red...
Couldn't you flog it to the hire company?
Keep a couple of litres as a cleaning fluid, its handy stuff
NT
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Bodgit saying something like:
You're not supposed to; according to Grant and Firebird techs, mixing a bit of diesel with kerosene is a no-no. However, I've done it plenty of times on mine and it simply doesn't bother it at all.
In message , Tabby writes
Keep it to mix with old engine oil, and use as homebrew 'creosote'.
Partly serious question... Often wondered about that - does it have to be "old" oil - maybe to give the sheds some patina? I have a container with unused engine oil from way back, so it qualifies as "old" - but not used...
New oil's ok too. My experience with this oil/paraffin mix so far is that sometimes it works, sometimes not.
NT
In message , Geo writes
I suspect that new engine oil doesn't have the 'goodness' of black, treacly, sludgy, well-used engine oil!
It has more detergents than the old stuff and has less stuff linked to cancer. That makes old engine oil more similar to creosote I suppose.
Old, used oil is effectively free.
But, of course, these days, far fewer of us do home servicing, and so have less chance to acquire used oil.
But enough of us do for the repeated request, "How do I get engine oil off the driveway?"
SteveW
You are supposed to put a container under the sump plug before you remove it. B-) Chnaged the mower oil the other wekk not a spot of oil on the drive.
Of course these days a spot of oil on the drive is a Bad Thing, not that long ago oil on the drive thick enough to form a mini slick was common place, the seals just leaked. They don't now so people have got used to clean drives.
My solution is a squirt of neat washing up liquid worked in with a stiff brush and left for the rain to deal with.
The time before last I placed a plastic sheet on the drive, then put my proper oil catching can on top. The sump plug is on the side and the oil came out so fast it ran uphill on the collection side of the can, over the lip and promptly dissolved the plastic sheet! The oil of course was too hot for me to get the sump plug back in!
No, we used to keep the leaking cars on the road instead of the drive ;)
SteveW
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