You sound concerned but if I had your problem, I would be doing the happy dance :thup:

Hydraulic oil is my favorite. Synthetic blend hydraulic oil would be my second favorite. What you have should blend up perfect with jet fuel.

Don't use the jet fuel straight. I bet that the MB will enjoy a HF/JF mix.

A pyrometer on the ford would be a good idea.

 

My concern is that the fluid is synthetic. I have "heard" that we should not use synthetic fluid or synthetic wmo as fuel. Will burning this cause any problems in my engine or with my injectors?

 

"Synthetic" can be used to describe an oil that was created using alternate means. It doesn't mean bad. Maybe somebody had a bad experience with oil labeled synthetic, but I have not. And I doubt that you will.

Each altfueler must decide what works for them, but I would try your supply in a heartbeat.


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No problem whatsoever. Synthetic fluid - to many people's surprise - is still a petroleum product. It burns great. Probably the only good thing about it. Like 48Chevy6 said, don't burn the jet fuel straight - it has no lubricity additives. Mix at least a gallon or two of hydraulic oil to the jet fuel minimum per tank, but running it at any ratio north of there would be good. If you ran 50/50, it would probably burn perfectly. Also like 48Chevy6 said - I'd love to have your problem...

 

Me too.

 

I am going to take the advice of you guys and give this a try. I'm actually going to be able to get quite a bit more hydraulic fluid than jet fuel because they do use a good bit of the drained jet fuel to power generators in the engine shop. Even if I get no jet fuel I can centrifuge the hydraulic fluid and put in a little RUG. I have been doing that with the non-synthetic hydraulic fluid I have been running. I was told yesterday the ANG base has 150 gallons of the synthetic stuff ready for me to pick up. I will report back on results. If any of you have more tips on how I should run this please let me know. I would be interested to know if it would be better to mix it with D2 or RUG.

 

I did a batch of WHO 92.

Waste hydraulic oil, 92% mixed 8% with RUG. It was almost too thin.

If you were super nervous conservative, mix 50/50 who and pump diesel.

 

What is an ANG base? I would love to score 150 gallons if there is one around me.


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ANG stands for Air National Guard.