LittleSister
Well-known member
Is 'contamination' of diesel fuel with a small amount - say maximum 5% - of standard mineral engine lube oil likely to be problematic? Does it have the potential to either harm e.g. injectors, or badly affecting engine running?
The background is that I'm contemplating draining my boat's diesel tank in order to clean it out as best as possible. There's maybe 20 to 30 litres of diesel in there. I was wondering what to decant the fuel into, and was given a large almost empty lubricating oil drum that could be just the ticket.
There's a smallish amount of clean new lube oil remaining in the drum - a cup or two in the bottom (I may be able to get half of which out by suction tube), plus whatever clings to the walls. The shape of the top of the container and its cap means that it would not be possible to drain it all out, therefore there will be an amount of this in the diesel when I replace it in the tank (hopefully via some sort of filter/polishing arrangement yet to be decided/organised).
(And no, washing the drum out with petrol or whatever would not be practicable!)
The background is that I'm contemplating draining my boat's diesel tank in order to clean it out as best as possible. There's maybe 20 to 30 litres of diesel in there. I was wondering what to decant the fuel into, and was given a large almost empty lubricating oil drum that could be just the ticket.
There's a smallish amount of clean new lube oil remaining in the drum - a cup or two in the bottom (I may be able to get half of which out by suction tube), plus whatever clings to the walls. The shape of the top of the container and its cap means that it would not be possible to drain it all out, therefore there will be an amount of this in the diesel when I replace it in the tank (hopefully via some sort of filter/polishing arrangement yet to be decided/organised).
(And no, washing the drum out with petrol or whatever would not be practicable!)