you mean home heating oil? or red dye?

 

nope #1 clear diesel. looks like water but is basically dulled jet fuel lol.

 

It's basically Kerosene.

It'll burn just fine in our 6.5's but it's typically a very "dry" fuel so using a good lubricant additive is absolutely essential otherwise your IP will suffer. Emissions are generally lower (the local bus companies with older buses will run a tank of it when emissions tests are due) but it has a much lower cetane rating so MPG suffers fairly significantly.

It's also against the law to burn it for on-road use..so we'll all assume that your truck isn't road registered.

 

Illegal?

#1 is illegal to use onroad? I thought all winter fuel in cold country (montana qualifies!!!) is #1... NO?

 

For the longest time here in the northeast, winter blend diesel was just that, a blend of #1 and #2. You can run gorilla piss as long as you pay the tax on it but it has to be clear. Any red and you're dead. If you go through a D.O.T. inspection and the tax man, he can take a sample of your fuel and test it. Any pink and your checkbook will shrink

 

i do remember the no.1 being in the same pump as the red dye ( different handle though ) but it was definitely taxed for road use. red dye was 3.56 ish and the no.1 was 4.57 vs 4.23 for no.2 when it averagely gets to -35 or -40 no.1 is sold as road fuel. i dont think a 1/4 tank would be too hard on the ip but just in case ill add some 2 stroke. dont want to be burnin up a brand new 5068 lol

 

I thought the optical sensor would not function with the red? Or does it have to be darker than red?

 

Red dye diesel in it's standard form won't bother then optical sensor on the 6.5 - it's not dark enough to cloud it... Just make sure the truck you are burning it in is a 100% off-road truck, of course.

 

yeah WE have a huge tank of Kerosene here, When we bought the house it was the main heat source before I converted to electric. I Havent used it as a road fuel but I have about 600 gallons or so in there. Need to rig up a transfer pump some day to get it out of there.