[AT] Diesel Fuel Question

[Stephen Offiler]

Thanks Jim!  Another fine idea.  I burned a kerosene torpedo heater in my
garage workshop for years.  Then I had one particularly busy winter where I
was out there all day, all weekend, for three or four weeks in a row, and
after a while I was noticing headaches and/or lightheadedness and a touch
of nausea, so I got rid of it.  Can't think of anyone I know that has one
right off the top of my head.  But this idea would have worked fine a few
years ago.  I think maybe MikeM's idea to dilute it in my waste engine oil
might be a winner.

SO


On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 3:03 PM Jim Becker <mr.jebecker at gmail.com> wrote:

> Do you have or know somebody nearby with a torpedo heater?  I don’t think
> I would hesitate to use it in one of them.
>
> Jim Becker
>
> *From:* Stephen Offiler
> *Sent:* Sunday, November 21, 2021 12:00 PM
> *To:* Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group
> *Subject:* Re: [AT] Diesel Fuel Question
>
> Thanks everyone, so far.  This has nothing to do with frugality.  It's
> like $3.00 worth of fuel.  This is more about the only two choices I'm
> seeing at the moment:  burn it; or store it for a relatively long time
> until I can get around to disposing of it properly.  As for use as a
> degreaser, I use mineral spirits for that.  Trailer decking, I don't own a
> trailer.  As for brush burning, I don't.  I either shred brush or cart it
> to my local transfer station who has a big brush-pile and
> chipper/composting operation.
>
> On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 12:40 PM Jason <dejoodster at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Your 5 to 1 idea sounds fine as long as it's older non-electronically
>> controlled injection system.
>>
>> IH 1066 sure. Case IH MX 285 with CAPS fuel system, never in a million
>> years.
>>
>> Jason
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 21, 2021, 9:31 AM Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 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)
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Steve O.
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