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QUESTION:A friend of mine has a rental house with a tenant who has access to cheap
diesel fuel, and wishes to use that rather than buying fuel oil from a home
heating supplier. Besides the point of voiding the service contract from the
heating oil supplier, does anyone have any comments or references to info
about the advisability of allowing this? Are there any risks or other
issues?
ANSWER: ASTM D-396 Heating Oil is the specification governing heating oil.
Diesel motor fuel is nearly identical to #2 home heating oil. Mostly
the difference is in how one is taxed versus the other.
Since it is burned in a burner not an engine the likelihood is that
the stuff would burn just fine.
Your contractual obligations are your own look out.
The heating oil people may claim that their product has more
stabilizers and rust inhibitors in it. These can be purchased at an
auto parts store for a few bucks.
Where is his source of cheap diesel fuel?
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