kerosene as a fuel

can kerosene be run in a 5 ton with a multifuel or a mix of k-1 and diesel be safer

A multi-fuel, as well as a regular diesel will burn kerosene; the main issue is kero doesn’t have any lubricating properties for the injector pump

If I had to run kero in a diesel I would add a couple quarts of oil just to give the fuel system some lube

Also kero is usually dyed red, and then you get into the whole "off-road fuel" issue

Mike

kero is too much money also, gasoline is cheaper here as is diesel

Back when gas was $4 and diesel was $4.50, I saw kerosene at Home Depot for $9/gallon in a 5 gallon can. They didn't sell many at that price.

i was just wondering because i have a source of 500 gallons of k-1 free i will mix wmo with it we have 110 gallons of that from the farm tractors as far as the red dye i have farm plates on the beast so it dont go far from home to start with it was kind of fun to go to dinner in it last night

the ultra low sulfur carp that is out now aint got much lube in it anyhow. I run about a gallon of 2 stroke oil in 1/2 tank of straight diesel in mine.

I have run 100%wmo also, it ran fine.

I DID run into a dot guy that gave me crap about my "red fuel" ooops......I explained it as i run a shop tha has lots of used transmisison fluid and I was running that. He really didnt care other than to give me S#!T about it all. I was thankful for that. He did mention that my bridge truck looked a little wide too. .

My truck has a detroit diesel in it and it has run great on just about anyhting i throw at it. WMO and diesel seems to be the best so far.

mikes47jeep said:

A multi-fuel, as well as a regular diesel will burn kerosene; the main issue is kero doesn’t have any lubricating properties for the injector pump

If I had to run kero in a diesel I would add a couple quarts of oil just to give the fuel system some lube

Also kero is usually dyed red, and then you get into the whole "off-road fuel" issue

Mike

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I have run a tank of K1 in my deuce before with 1 gallon of straight 30wt. I think that the K1 gives it a power boost. I noticed that with the K1 it kinda held its own on the hills didnt slow as much as with diesel. But did notice when the sun came out and it got hot the temp guage moved over to about 200. If K1 ever gets cheaper than diesel I plan to repeat.

i dont think we will see diesel or kero get much cheaper for a long time

Opps....
I ran at least two tanks of mostly kero through my 2004 dodge cummins last summer, I was stuck and that's all I could get. I forgot about the lube issues or I would have added some oil to it.

Diesel is up $.30 here, in 3 days.

Yeah I know, the freaking stock market jumps 500+ pts and diesel jumps.

i am collecting all the old motor oil i can get my hands on i got 6 barrels from the farm down the road today now all i have to do is filter it and cut it

atilathehun said:

i was just wondering because i have a source of 500 gallons of k-1 free i will mix wmo with it we have 110 gallons of that from the farm tractors as far as the red dye i have farm plates on the beast so it dont go far from home to start with it was kind of fun to go to dinner in it last night

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By all means GET it, and mix oil or use it as a mixer. Something off the wall: I used to ride two stroke dirt bikes and used to burn 'Bean Oil' and it had a very pleasant smell to it ( those who have smelled it know what I mean ) Anyway, a quart in the tank would sure have people on the street sniffing the air, looking around wondering the source...........

What do you use to filter the used motor oil? What are some of the drawbacks of burning wmo?

A picture is worth......(image is test result of filtered/centrufuged WMO)

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Is the picture saying there is a lot of hard to burn things in the oil? I think I need a few more words.

K-1

I spent most of my adult working life either driving or working on buses. Most city bus companies use K-1 to reduce smoke and smell. K-1 has fewer BTU's per pound and fewer pounds per gallon, hence less power. They had some 69 model GMC buses @ Asheville Transit with toow diesels in them that had Bosch injector pumps, that to my knowledge never had a proble with lubrication of the pump using straight K-1.

cool metrobus i found an old unused hydralic filter base and and a case of 3 micron filters out in the barn for the base so a filter system and mixer are in short order i will post pics when i get it finished i was thinking a intake manifold with 2 valved pickups into the pump pressure gauge filters then pressure gauge then into a fuel oil tank the hole system will feed off 55 gal drums

o the filter base is made by dayton it is rated for 3,000 psi there is no way i will hit that psi when filtering and mixing if i am reading that report right there is alot of heavy metal in that oil right

davesgmc said:

the ultra low sulfur carp that is out now aint got much lube in it anyhow. I run about a gallon of 2 stroke oil in 1/2 tank of straight diesel in mine.

I have run 100%wmo also, it ran fine.

I DID run into a dot guy that gave me crap about my "red fuel" ooops......I explained it as i run a shop tha has lots of used transmisison fluid and I was running that. He really didnt care other than to give me S#!T about it all. I was thankful for that. He did mention that my bridge truck looked a little wide too. .

My truck has a detroit diesel in it and it has run great on just about anyhting i throw at it. WMO and diesel seems to be the best so far.

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What do you need to be doing to get a DOT guy to sniff around your tank? Just curious - I'm wondering if that will be a worry in my life. I can't imagine one pulling me over just because or following me home.

Hey metrobus, nice to see someone from the Asheville area on here. I lived there for about 10 years in the 80's - early 90's. I have alot of relatives down that way.