Can Kerosene Be Used to Fuel a Diesel?

[Badfish740]

Originally Posted by stillstrokin

I worked at an oil company and we would add kero to our LSD in the winter to keep it from geling up.You can run fuel oil in your truck its the same as off road Diesel.Off road is dyed red so the DOT can detect it.Its used for home heating oil.Hope this helps

Just don't get caught! When I worked for my buddy's father-in-law's excavating company during the summers we used to get away with it, but we only used it in the pickups and never before a long (interstate highway) trip. If them durn revenooers catch ya yer cooked! State Troopers love to dip the tanks on commercial vehicles if they catch you out on the highway, but you can still get burned if you're in a pickup. I'm not sure how the penalty process works, but I've heard of fines into the thousands...not really worth the .20 or so cents a gallon you're saving on the road tax if you get nailed.

[mustangz]

i did not know fuel oil was the same as off road diesel!I had a guy wanting to give me around 100 gallons the other day to get a tank out of his yard and i said what would i do with that stuff?lol

[Badfish740]

Read this thread for a discussion on red fuel.