is it ok to put diesel in a home furnace ?
2006-12-04 03:09:06 · 5 answers · asked by Scott 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Yes, assuming your home furnace is designed for home heating oil. Diesel fuel has a lower sulfur content than home heating oil so it is actually better in terms of sulfur dioxide emissions. Other than minor refining differences, diesel fuel and home heating oil are chemically identical. See link below, first question, for more details.
Note that diesel fuel is likely more expensive than home heating oil because diesel fuel is taxed at a higher rate because it is a motor vehicle fuel.
2006-12-04 03:20:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, as long as you have a fuel oil fired furnace. Actually the diesel fuel would be better to burn because regular home heating oil is not refined as much as the fuel used in diesel vehicles.
2006-12-04 14:10:11 · answer #2 · answered by blacktrain11 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Diesel fuel will burn in an oil furnace. You may need to have your burner adjusted since it is a cleaner burning fuel than home heating oil.
If you are getting this fuel from surplus, you'll want to make sure it doesn't have water in it (you can buy additives to dry it out) and you may want to run it through a filter before you pour it into your oil tank.
2006-12-04 06:35:53 · answer #3 · answered by johntindale 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
#2 heating oil and diesel fuel are the same material. you can go to various petrolium disturbuter / manufacturer's web sites to compare product data sheet to verify.
http://www.hess.com/ehs/msds/0088No2FuelOil.pdf
2006-12-04 03:33:43 · answer #4 · answered by Sam E 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No
2006-12-04 03:14:26 · answer #5 · answered by aussie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋