Home heating oil, kerosene, and diesel fuel, are almost identical.  Only
chemical differnce is how clean it is, and the adatives. There is a
road tax of diesel fuel witch make it illegal to burn home heating
oil in you vehicle.

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          86-SS Syncro
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler
                                   92-Jetta GWC
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On Tue, 16 Mar 2004, David Brodbeck wrote:

> On Tue, 16 Mar 2004, John Rodgers wrote:
>
> > I'm not sure but what used motor oil, with something like kerosene
> > added, then filtered to remove solids wouldn't work just fine. Prol'ly
> > be a real smoker though.
>
> I knew someone who got stuck with the remnants of a tank of home heating
> oil after switching to a gas furnace at his house.  He burned it all in
> his diesel VW, adding fuel treatment to each tankful.  It was pretty
> sooty, though.
>
>
> David Brodbeck, N8SRE
> '82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia
> '86 Volvo 240DL wagon
>