Possible alternative fuel?

[Yaris Hilton]

I don't know how the "clean diesel" mods may have changed the situation, but in older Diesels the only concern is whether the injector system needs more lubrication from the fuel than kerosene can provide. Some do, and scored injector pump pistons aren't a good thing. I expect one could add a little bit of outboard motor oil, or some heavy nondetergent oil, as compensation.

Old GMC "Jimmy Diesels" were recommended to run on #1 Diesel fuel, which is another name for kerosene. My Dad's Diesel Chevette, which I had for 7 years or so, recommended using kerosene or #2 Diesel diluted with 10% unleaded gasoline when the temp went below 20°F in the winter. I knew an airline mechanic who drove his Diesel Chevette free for years on the Jet A fuel they had to drain from the sumps under the jet engines in routine maintenance. Jet A is what's normally sold as kerosene now. Not as highly refined or as narrow in distillation range as high quality lamp kerosene, but it works.

To the original poster, you got a heck of a deal on 300 gallons of kero for $90! But don't try it in your Yaris. Someone who uses kerosene to heat their home would love to have that. Old engine and tractor hobbyists would, too, among others. (I've got a couple of those antique kerosene burning engines and a diesel, myself. 300 gallons would be pretty near a lifetime supply.) Put it on Craigslist or something.

(BTW, in my avatar pic, the green thing you can see to the left of me is half of the Diesel, running.)

[J.J. Jefferson]

Originally Posted by Yaris Hilton

To the original poster, you got a heck of a deal on 300 gallons of kero for $90! But don't try it in your Yaris. Someone who uses kerosene to heat their home would love to have that. Old engine and tractor hobbyists would, too, among others. (I've got a couple of those antique kerosene burning engines and a diesel, myself. 300 gallons would be pretty near a lifetime supply.) Put it on Craigslist or something.

(BTW, in my avatar pic, the green thing you can see to the left of me is half of the Diesel, running.)

Thanks for your help. The kerosene was actually a gift to my friend (believe it or not) from a Turkish family. Kind of a lengthy story but an interesting one. Here is the Reader's Digest version: The new family moves onto the block. They are Turkish and my friend (an ex Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent) happens to befriend them. They have trouble with some bureaucratic b.s., my friend helps them and, as a token of their appreciation, they give him the kerosene. He said they would not take no for an answer. On an even funnier side note it turned out that the Turkish man owned a butcher's shop in Adana, Turkey and offered my friend free meat for life!! I told my friend that he should have taken the meat but he declined due to health reasons and the fact that he felt as though the equivalent of unlimited hot dogs was not commiserate with what he had done for them.

Not trying to sidetrack anyone but I felt it necessary to give the interesting back story of the cheap kerosene.