The U.S. national average price of diesel topped $6 a gallon in September for the first time ever, as fuel supply disruptions pushed up transportation costs in the country.
Not entirely; off road diesel is usually the exact same distillate as on road diesel but dyed for tax purposes. AKA the distributors quite literally pull the diesel from the exact same bulk tank but then dye it for delivery. Both onroad and offroad are a ultra low sulfur refined base oil with motor lubricity and cleaning additives.
Actual heating oil is a similar distillate but without all the motor fuel additives and (i think) looser sulfur restrictions. It usually comes from a different supply chain than offroad diesel, except in more rural areas where it may be regular dyed diesel for supply chain reasons.
I’ve never tried running heating oil in a diesel engine, but it works the same as diesel in my Chinese diesel heater.
My info is probably 30 years out of date back when Mercedes bros would run it to save money in highschool. The same guys were messing with veggie oil a few years later, which I much preferred.
Oh yeah, back in the 90s before ULSD was a thing it’d be fine for sure… Older diesels would be fine with it but you might have issues with it in modern diesels expecting low sulfur and the other additives
Not entirely; off road diesel is usually the exact same distillate as on road diesel but dyed for tax purposes. AKA the distributors quite literally pull the diesel from the exact same bulk tank but then dye it for delivery. Both onroad and offroad are a ultra low sulfur refined base oil with motor lubricity and cleaning additives. Actual heating oil is a similar distillate but without all the motor fuel additives and (i think) looser sulfur restrictions. It usually comes from a different supply chain than offroad diesel, except in more rural areas where it may be regular dyed diesel for supply chain reasons.
I’ve never tried running heating oil in a diesel engine, but it works the same as diesel in my Chinese diesel heater.
My info is probably 30 years out of date back when Mercedes bros would run it to save money in highschool. The same guys were messing with veggie oil a few years later, which I much preferred.
Oh yeah, back in the 90s before ULSD was a thing it’d be fine for sure… Older diesels would be fine with it but you might have issues with it in modern diesels expecting low sulfur and the other additives
Yeah anything with DEF/urea I’m sure is stupid to mess with.
I gave up on owning a diesel when the VW scandal hit. It was such a disappointment.