Used engine oil.

[Challenger]

Originally Posted by farmboy1989

Why the heck are we talking about medical procedures? IIRC the topic was used engine oil.Would like to hear more stories on 5 and 10% blends, since that seems to be a generally accepted practice.

txtowman raised an analogy to the human body,he is correct in a sense(heart)pump,(liver)filter,(pancreas)propane injection,well that might be a stretch,running contaminated fuel in your truck is analogous to the current tainted milk scandal in China when the crooks put melamine in the kids milk,the kids started getting very sick and dying(contaminated milk)....what year rig are you running....... re roadside fuel checks,i have had mine checked several times with the clear straw,and it is very common with the commercial rigs,if they draw black fuel you can bet red flags will go up

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Last edited by Challenger : 01-09-2009 at 01:45 PM.

[farmboy1989]

Originally Posted by Johnny-Law

Two tow truck companies in Fresno CA, are currently running a 50/50 mix of waste engin/tranie oil and have had no problems so far in over a year. They use F650's with either a Duramax, Cummins or Cat. One tow truck company did have to replace his fuel filter while on the job, but it was because he filtered the oil with the wrong filter on the gravity unit. Also the fuel is black in color after the mixture is added, so some even run Red Die as the police can not tell it is red. However for every 5 tanks of mix I would run 100% Diesel with a quality fuel injection cleaner.

You might like this link although the company is biased in their opinion:

Services

Actual experience!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[Johnny-Law]

Originally Posted by pwr2tow

They don't have to arrest you or impound your vehicle. So that eliminates the law suit problems.

Most police officers do not want to be hit by traffic on the side of the road. Most tanks are on the drivers side and the majority do not want to spend the additional time, effort and clean up involved in taking a sample, that is why it is much easier and safer for them to have the car impounded and have the sample taken in the safety of the impound lot, but many do not want to take the chance due to the consequences if they are wrong. That is why many County and City officers do not bother taking fuel samples, "HPC are an exception." At least this is the way I understand it form the conservations with the police officers that are in my family.

Originally Posted by pwr2tow

Slim chance, I agree, so is DUI/DWI but in the end the guy who gets caught pays

Agreed

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Last edited by Johnny-Law : 01-09-2009 at 03:18 PM.

[pwr2tow]

Originally Posted by Johnny-Law

Most police officers do not want to be hit by traffic on the side of the road. Most tanks are on the drivers side and the majority do not want to spend the additional time, effort and clean up involved in taking a sample, that is why it is much easier and safer for them to have the car impounded and have the sample taken in the safety of the impound lot, but many do not want to take the chance due to the consequences if they are wrong. That is why many County and City officers do not bother taking fuel samples, "HPC are an exception." At least this is the way I understand it form the conservations with the police officers that are in my family.




Agreed

I don't mean this about your relatives so don't take it out of context.

When I go to work every day I expect to put my best effort into my work. If a public servent is not doing his duties then he needs to step a side and let some one who will. If a police officer is afraid of his job god help us all when we need them the most.

Sorry to take this thread off topic, just wanted to let readers know that red fuel can be detected even if you cover the color up.

[Johnny-Law]

Originally Posted by pwr2tow

I don't mean this about your relatives so don't take it out of context.

When I go to work every day I expect to put my best effort into my work. If a public servent is not doing his duties then he needs to step a side and let some one who will. If a police officer is afraid of his job god help us all when we need them the most.

No offence taken.

Originally Posted by pwr2tow

Sorry to take this thread off topic, just wanted to let readers know that red fuel can be detected even if you cover the color up.

Thanks for the info! A also do not recomend using Red Die as it will not save you that much in the end unless you drive you truck for a living.

[Challenger]

Originally Posted by Johnny-Law

Two tow truck companies in Fresno CA, are currently running a 50/50 mix of waste engin/tranie oil and have had no problems so far in over a year. They use F650's with either a Duramax, Cummins or Cat. One tow truck company did have to replace his fuel filter while on the job, but it was because he filtered the oil with the wrong filter on the gravity unit. Also the fuel is black in color after the mixture is added, so some even run Red Die as the police can not tell it is red. However for every 5 tanks of mix I would run one 100% Diesel tank with a quality fuel injection cleaner.

You might like this link although the company is biased in their opinion:

Services

with this tow truck thing,am not sure on this one,I have been through a Calif. commercial inspection with one of my semis,these guys were the most competent,thorough,and pro inspectors I've run across,by the time they put that calif.approval sticker near the center of my windshield,they knew my truck better than i do,including in the fuel tank.they don't f around,.... if the tow trucks your talking about have a 6.7 cummins they barely run unmodified with the pollution gear they come with on diesel,this can be quickly confirmed by all the 6.7 owners contributions to this forum.factor in massive fines,voided warrenty,failed inspections and the truck not running,not to mention they would probably inspect your whole fleet instantly and take them all away and never give them back,it would be hard to believe a sane fleet owner would try it. and the link to the site is pure fantasy imo, and not a very good one at that,no dis intended

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[txtowman]

here in texas the "tax" people have a light they can shine under the hood or fuel filler, if you have used dyed fuel the light reacts to the dye, it might be a uv light i have not seen the light only the ticket they got.

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[Challenger]

Hey, it would be great if all those on wmo from near the beginning and middle of this thread could update us on how it's going,any problems or issues,modifications they made etc.mileage and miles on wmo etc,we haven't heard back from the lad who filters it through his t-shirt for a bit....someone was telling me that the Titanic ran very smoothly on 100% WMO

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[zack_76401]

Still goin strong runin bout 60/40 split right now cause diesel is cheap and been on the road travelin alot..

I have run it thru a hankerchif in a pinch before....I have about give up on this thread though.

Can we get it back on topic....

I mean weve established (it least in my mind) its not a good idea in the new engines but in the older ones weve had hardly any probs...

the less you filter it, the more clogged your filter in your tuck will get, but i still believe tha tif you filter it down to 1-2 micron..anything left in your oil is smaller than the stock cummins filter allows anyhow. In my mind that say its below the allowable size of anything else runnin thru your injectors...

I for one am for WMO in 89-98 12 V motors....I wouldnt chance a vp motor and def not a newer 3rd gen.

Colder weather means less WMO and more #2...i also run powerservice quite often and i still havent had any probs...I am currently drivin a 97 2500 right now with 340K on the clock. My 98 i had mentioned earlier is still runnin fine but its 2wd 3500 and the weather hasnt been so nic eup north...so the 4wd is comin in useful.

thats my update...Still chuggin along..hope all had wonderful holidays...

ZC

Are we on the same page?

[Phillip Gongre]

I have a 414 international tractor and a 89 ford f 250 diesel that i have been running used transmission flud in for over 3 years with no problems

[allprobug]

I've been running wmo in my 1990 ex ford uhaul box truck since this thread started. I run about a average of 5 gallons some times 10 of wmo every day depending how far away the job is. I figure I have gone through about 1500 gallons since doing it, and still have not had any problems. The wmo is filtered through a 15 micron water block goldenrod filter than through a 10 micron goldenrod and than a 2 micron chem tec with magnets. We pour the oil directly into the tank and about the third time we pump in about 15 gallons of #2 along with the oil. about every 10 days we run it for a couple of days on straight #2 just to keep it mix up. I would not do this with my 99 cummins because of the vp44 but would with a 12 valve,also I have a 1985 vw golf running on straight used veg. oil about 10 gallons a day. And as soon as I can find time to set up a 250 gallon tote I am going to have bio delivered for the 99. thats my update

[allprobug]

have to update the 1985 golf I run about 10 gallons a week of used veg oil