Re: FUEL QUESTION

Posted by Jed on October 03, 2003 at 08:13:05 from (66.212.143.210):

In Reply to: FUEL QUESTION posted by Allen on October 03, 2003 at 05:16:29:

Number 2 diesel fuel and heating oil are basically the same. Just like gasoline has an octane rating , so does diesel have what is called a cetane rating. I run a fuels testing lab by the way and we handle a lot of fuel R&D samples along with probelm samples. Diesel engines require a minimum of a 40 cetane to perform well. Most of the home heating oil is around there, but usually a little lower. Think about it for a minute, the oil companies aren't going to add a nitrate cetane improver to home heating oil. That would be giving away money. You will get away with using heating oil, but in the long run you would be safer using a 40 or higher cetane fuel.

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