Diesels

[Pat Ford]

On Thu, 1 Apr 1999, nitrambod wrote:

> Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 14:10:13 GMT
> From: nitrambod <nitrambod at FreeNet.co.uk>
> To: diy_efi at esl.eng.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: Diesels
> 
> Any body know the typical cetane rating of Diesel fuel
> and how it compares to heating oil.
> 
> My brother-in-law tells me that he occasionally runs
> his farm land rover (2.5 Turbo D) on 
> oil from the central heating tank when he runs
> low on the farm tractor (diesel) tank.  Is this going to break his
> motor ?
> 
> NBD

I've seen rover marine diesels that have furnace oil for years, they seem 
to have more of a problem with the filters, and dirty injectors. The 
other thing is that the fuel waxes ( sorta freezes) and a higher temp 
then diesel fuel
 

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