Stale #2 fuel oil

John R.

I have a fuel oil tank in the basement that has been abandoned for quite some time.(apprx 70 gallons)Does #2 fuel oil go stale ?
Can it still burn efficiently after settling in a tank for 20 years without damaging a burner?

sootmonkey

stale

Dont know the answers to your question, but I went to a customers summer home last month. He filled the tank with K-1, 24 years ago. Still has 3/8 ths of a tank. I was sent for a tune-up. Unit had a 1725 burner on it. K-1 looked like 3 and 1, I don't recall the test results, but I thought they were within spec for the situation. As the boys around here say "Runnah".

ed wallace

old oil

> Dont know the answers to your question, but I

> went to a customers summer home last month. He

> filled the tank with K-1, 24 years ago. Still has

> 3/8 ths of a tank. I was sent for a tune-up. Unit

> had a 1725 burner on it. K-1 looked like 3 and 1,

> I don't recall the test results, but I thought

> they were within spec for the situation. As the

> boys around here say "Runnah".



i had this situation 15 yrs ago a friend had been burning wood for 10 yrs to heat the house he decided to convert to gas had to dispose of 1/2 tank of oil he went on vacation and cranked t stat to 75 degrees the old oil burnt without a problem

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kevin coppinger_4

a coulpe bottles....

of fuel rite would clean it up...kpc

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John R.

Stale #2 fuel oil

What is "fuel rite" and where can I purchase this product?

hr

Sour diesel

I had a customer call me and tell me he had acess to large quantities of sour diesel. Couldn't find out from any boiler manufactures if that could be burned in a regulal oil boiler. They all asked for a fuel spec on the stuff. I'm not sure the customer understood exactly what he had been offered

Appparantly diesel can get a bacteria growing in it and make it unsuitable for engine fuel? Somehow it gets labeled sour and gets sold for whatever use this way.

I wonder if the same happens to fuel oil?

I've learned gasoline goes bad quickly these days. A year old tank of gas in a kick start motorcycle taught me this lesson!

hot rod

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kevin coppinger_4

check out....

www.fuelright.com I get it at one of my supply houses...kpc

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DaveC

I had a bacteria problem...

in the in-ground steel tank at the house I bought. The stuff was grey and real snotty - clogged the filter, strainer, nozzle constantly. There are treatments (Kathon fuel biocide) for this, but I opted for a new tank anyway, due to the age and location of the "infected" one (also changed the oil lines and burner). Never saw this at any other job, though - lucky me?