The home heating oil and the diesel at thru pumps is the same, but for 2 minor differences.
Diesel at the pumps is Diesel #2 Home heating oil is Diesel #4 ( with Diesel #2 slop over ), the same as Diesel #2, but, the average carbon chain is longer ( higher BTU's ). The heating oil may or may not have dye in it, I have seen plenty of heating oil coming out of the truck that was almost as clear as water ( no trace of dye that I could see ( but this was in a rural area 15-20 yrs ago ), this may vary from area to area. Greg H. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 23:58 Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol Taxes > > Home heating oil and diesel smell exactly the same to > me. And I've been told by the distributors that they > all come out of the same pipe - all the same stuff. > They put dye into the heating oil, so that it's easy > to spot, but that is a visual inspection of the fuel > before it is burned. I know of no way that they try to > test the exhaust of a vehicle for heating oil. > > And I know that people here have said that heating oil > is the lowest grade of what comes out of the pipe. > That may be true, I really have no idea, all I know is > that I've heard different stories from different > sources. I don't put the stuff in my engine so I'm not > overly concerned about it. > > Erik > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
