[Vwdiesel] Home heating fuel instead of diesel?

[Bart Wineland]

I was given about 125 gallons with a nice tank 300 gallon tank that was 
pumped from an underground home heating tank that had taken on 
ground  water. I let it settle for a few days and siphoned the 15 or so 
gallons of water from the bottom of the tank. I filter the fuel now and 
pump it into a clear 3 gallon plastic jug and let it settle for a day to 
make sure nothing remains in it that I don't want. It runs at least as well 
as the diesel from the expensive pump. But I usually mix in 5 gallons or so 
when I fill up with the pump stuff. In the states off road diesel and home 
heating oil have a red dye added to them to designate that the road taxes 
have not been paid and if you get caught using it on the road it is frowned 
upon to say the least and will cost you big time.  The guy that gave me my 
fuel was going to dump it out and try to burn it. I figure since I headed 
him off from doing that I will take my chances and use it, but only when I 
am off roading and hill climbing with my Jetta, never on public 
roads...........  If I'm not mistaken off road diesel sold to farmers is 
about the cost of home heating oil and I was told still had the higher 
sulphur content (lubricant) of the good old diesel fuel before it was 
reformulated a few years ago. I could be wrong though.

Bart



At 11:16 AM 12/24/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>Anyone here using "home heating fuel" (same as furnace oil I guess<?>)
>instead of
>pump diesel?
>Diesel is running around 85-90c at the pump per liter here lately, and I
>just called
>a major oil co. a moment ago.  They are selling "home heating fuel" for
>60.9c/L
>That's like 30% cheaper !.......and delivered to your house!
>(course you would need a big oil tank beside your house I guess to fool
>them, lol)
>
>Ideas?
>
>I am sure this must have been covered before, right?
>
>Mike in NB Canada
>
>
>Mike, Coreen & Corey Smith
>699 Rte 616 Keswick Ridge
>NB
>Canada
>E6L 1T1
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