[AT] Fuel Oil vs. Diesel Fuel

[Al Jones]

I was going to ask about #5---is it what the Navy used for ships during WWII?  I think I have read somewhere (of course I can't remember exactly which book, but it would almost have to be about the USS North Carolina) they used something called "Navy special black fuel oil."

Al


-----Original Message-----
>From: charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
>Sent: May 7, 2011 8:20 AM
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>Is #5 the same thing that is sometimes called "bunker C" oil.
>
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>-----Original Message----- 
>From: Ron Cook 
>Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2011 12:12 AM 
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>Subject: Re: [AT] Fuel Oil vs. Diesel Fuel 
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>Same in Iowa, Ralph.  #5 is pretty thick.  Lots of btu's, though.  I 
>used to work at a petroleum jobber.  The only place locally that I know 
>of that used #5 was the brick yard to fire their kilns.  That arrived in 
>tank cars.  In the winter I would deliver #1 to their storage with a 
>tankwagon to thin the #5.  That was 40 years ago.  If that tractor had 
>#5 in it, it likely could not atomize well enough to fire.
>
>Ron Cook
>Salix, IA
>
>On 5/6/2011 10:39 PM, Ralph Goff wrote:
>> On 5/6/2011 8:28 PM, Charlie V wrote:
>>> I will most likely be corrected on this, Joe. since it may not be
>>> accurate.  As I recall from a Diesel mechanics course that I took over
>>> 50 years ago, heating oil is #5.  Diesel is #2 and Kerosene is #1.  I
>>> believe these numbers derive from the cuts (after gasoline) in the
>>> refining distillation process from crude.  I keep in mind that when
>>> our local school district got the first real cold day with the new low
>>> sulfur fuel a couple of years ago, they ended up with about 25 of the
>>> buses not running at the same time.  The fix was found to be to add 15
>>> percent Kerosene.  I did the same to my '86 Ford F-250 and that also
>>> solved it's cold starting problem so I assume the kero not only
>>> prevents jelling, but also improves volatility a little.
>>>
>>> Charlie V.
>> To the best of my knowledge, in Canada anyway, the fuel oil you burn in
>> your furnace to heat the house is the same fuel that goes into the
>> diesel tractor and trucks. Only difference is the price.
>>
>> Ralph in Sask.
>>
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