[AT] [External] Diesel Fuel Question

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Steve

I would mix with motor oil and use as a fire starter or a wood preservative.  I would not try to it as fuel

Bob

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> On Nov 21, 2021, at 11:54 AM, Gunnells, Brad R <brad-gunnells at uiowa.edu> wrote:
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> You would think the filter would take care of things that could be harmful. But myself I'm not sure I would. Is it worth the few $$ of fuel "if" something else should happen? For me I'd say no.
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> Myself I would use the fuel for other purposes. Parts cleaning solvent. Mix 50/50 with used motor oil makes a good brush pile starter or to use the 50/50 mix on wood trailer decking (although be careful as it can be slick after a rain).
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> But that's just my .02.
> Brad
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> I recently discovered I have a diesel fuel leak, and while trying to find time for diagnosis and repair, I started parking the tractor over a big drip-pan.  The pan collected roughly a gallon over the course of ... well, I can't say precisely but around a week or two.  That fuel dripped thru the normal grime found on engines, so it's pretty dirty.  (And I since discovered that turning off the fuel petcock effectively controls the leak)
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> I have filtered it multiple times.  First thru paper towel; clogged three or four getting that done.  Next thru coffee filters, again, it took 4 to finish the job.  Finally thru a Covid mask (regular surgical type not N95).  That one never clogged and captured very minimal additional material.
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> What I have now is therefore free of particulate big enough to catch in coffee filters and surgical masks.  It remains discolored; if fresh diesel was the color of Budweiser, this stuff looks like a nice brown ale.
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> What says the list?  Burn it?  Will the tractor's fuel filter take out everything big enough to cause problems with the pump or injectors?  (Seems like that should be a design criteria for that filter, no?)  If I do burn it, I will dilute it about 5:1 with fresh fuel.  
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> If I don't burn it, it will eventually be carted away to our local Hazardous Waste Day held annually about 25 miles from here - I manage to remember and get over there only about once every 3-5 years.
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> Steve O.
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