[AT] [External] Diesel Fuel Question

[Stephen Offiler]

No fire pit here, Jim.  When we hang outdoors, it's always on the deck, so
a fire pit doesn't make sense.  Everybody is erring on the side of caution
so any notion of putting it in the tractor is officially dead.  I'll
probably either hide it in my waste engine oil, or hang onto it until I get
around to the Hazardous Waste Day.  One more thing that just this minute
occurred to me is that I have a co-worker who does quite a bit of
brush-burning.  I bet he'll take it!

SO


On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 3:22 PM Jim Thomson <macowboy at comcast.net> wrote:

> Steve
>
> I would use it to start a fire in your fire pit. It is not worth the money
> to run it through your tractor.
>
> Jim Thomson
> Windy and cold Iowa
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Nov 21, 2021, at 11:26 AM, rbrooks at hvc.rr.com wrote:
>
> 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
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Nov 21, 2021, at 11:54 AM, Gunnells, Brad R <brad-gunnells at uiowa.edu>
> wrote:
>
> 
> 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.
>
> 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).
>
> But that's just my .02.
> Brad
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> *Sent:* Sunday, November 21, 2021 9:30 AM
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> *Subject:* [External] [AT] Diesel Fuel Question
>
> 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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