Someone gave me several gallons of unused peanut oil. Just wondering if I could use this in the diesel as a lubricant? Would I have to filter it first? Not an expert in this area so thought I would ask those that are. Thanks for any inputs.
2% soybean oil in kerosene will raise it's lubricity to above the required specification for automotive fuel.
2% in diesel will absolutely ensure it is above the spec!
2% of 29 gallons is .58 gallons.
Throw 1/2 gallon in at each fill up and you should be fine. Just make sure there is no water in it!
-Jim
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To me, it sounded like you wanted to pu it in your crankcase
That is probably why I did not get any replies in almost two weeks. It has been sitting at my Parents for a few years. Probably more valuable as cooking oil but we try to use olive oil for cooking. Hopefully, it won't clog my trucks arteries......
No big cooker for Deep Fried turkeys? What a shame.
Although, I have heard of the peanut oil having a shelf life, and possibly going a tad sour for cooking. So, you'll probably get better results mixing it with your diesel.
just my .02 cents worth
short_stuff
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IF you must add it to your diesel fuel, do it in limited quantities. That oil has been sitting for quite a while and will probably have water dissolved in it.
Also, only draw off the top of the containers to further reduce the risk of water getting into your injection system.
I'm not a fan of WVO usage (the jury's still out over blending), torn down one too many engines trashed by its use. Biodiesel solves most of the problems of WVO use, but since you only have a small amount of peanut oil to use, there's no point in climbing the biodiesel learning curve at this time for you.
Do you have some friends who make biodiesel? They'd be able to turn that peanut oil into biodiesel for you. I've done that for my friends when they needed fuel.
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use anything in my ole hoss including corn oil, lamp oil and if it was given to me, peanut oil, remember first diesel ran on peanut oil,, but my ole hoss is old but can handle, don't know about your newer one
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