[AT] [External] Diesel Fuel Question

[Cecil Bearden]

It will kill grass also, so if you want to use something besides 
Roundup,  it will work.
  Cecil


On 11/21/2021 5:58 PM, Stephen Offiler wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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
>>     <mailto: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 <mailto: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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>>>     *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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