Used oil

[ptschram]

This is probably a stupid question and somewhat off topic, but since some of you guys are burning oil in diesels, I thought I'd ask. Will a home oil burning heater burn used oil and/or atf? It would be a lot more diluted than in a normal pickup tank, since most homes have at least 275gal tanks. I'd LOVE to add a few gallons to my tank AND be ale to get rid of all of my used oil.

Fwiw, I take my oil to Advance Auto in 5gal buckets. The coolant is still in the garage since I have a septic system and no local place to take it.

I used to have an oil-burning furnace in my old shop (25 years ago, folks would give them to you to haul away when they'd convert to gas, now everybody wants one to burn used engine oil) where I'd mix used oil with #2 diesel. I never had a fuel-related problem with that furnace-all of my problems were smoke stack related-LOL.

Every fuel oil furnace I've seen has a series of cartridge filters and sediment bowls. Replacement filters used to be dirt cheap when I was buying them and I'm certain they can't be much more now. We burn used oil blended with diesel in the salamanders in the shop. Napa has a diesel fuel filter with filter holder that runs about $50 for the filter/holder assembly and the filters then run about $45-but, they are intended to be used as filters for diesel trucks so the size of particle they will pass is far smaller than what a fuel oil furnace could accept.

Napa also has engine oil filter holder assemblies that will allow one to use cheap engine oil filters that are available at industrial/auto shop supply houses for about a dollar each.