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Is it possible to use diesel or petrol in home heating oil tank?

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  • 07-12-2019 12:33pm
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    User123458989
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    Hi we have run out of home heating oil and must wait till Monday to get topped up.
    Can we use diesel or petrol from a petrol station in the mean time or would this damage the furnace?

    Our Oil tank normally takes kerosene.
    Any guidance or advice appreciated.
    Thanks.
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    Mickeroo
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    No.....You can just get a drum of home heating oil.


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    kippy
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    User123458989 wrote: »
    Hi we have run out of home heating oil and must wait till Monday to get topped up.
    Can we use diesel or petrol from a petrol station in the mean time or would this damage the furnace?

    Our Oil tank normally takes kerosene.
    Any guidance or advice appreciated.
    Thanks.

    You can get drums of Kerosene in some filling stations.


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    SchrodingersCat
    Registered Users Posts: 758 ✭✭✭SchrodingersCat


    You can use diesel, but it is not advisable. The pressure and nozzle would have been set for kerosene. So it will burn more inefficiently, dirtier and you could get other problems.
    Some filling stations stock containers of home heating oil for emergencies. Google might help here.


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    User123458989
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭User123458989


    Mickeroo wrote: »
    No.....You can just get a drum of home heating oil.

    Thanks for your reply!
    That's great news, can I ask where one can buy a drum of heating oil?


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    User123458989
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    kippy wrote: »
    You can get drums of Kerosene in some filling stations.

    This answered my previous question, thanks a million will look around for drums.
    Thanks folks.


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    Mickeroo
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    User123458989 wrote: »
    Thanks for your reply!
    That's great news, can I ask where one can buy a drum of heating oil?

    If any of the local petrol stations supply home heating oil you should be able to get some there.


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    Aint Eazy Being Cheezy
    Registered Users Posts: 4,629 ✭✭✭Aint Eazy Being Cheezy


    Only thing is if you ran out, you’ll likely have an airlock & need bleeding.


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    Needles73
    Registered Users Posts: 598 ✭✭✭Needles73


    User123458989 wrote: »
    Hi we have run out of home heating oil and must wait till Monday to get topped up.
    Can we use diesel or petrol from a petrol station in the mean time or would this damage the furnace?

    Our Oil tank normally takes kerosene.
    Any guidance or advice appreciated.
    Thanks.

    Sweet Jesus don’t put petrol in it !!!!


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    Tom44
    Registered Users Posts: 948 ✭✭✭Tom44


    Caution
    Home heating oil (THE WORDS) is actually what DIESEL is called.

    Only get kerosene (pinkish red colour)

    Some of the advice above to get HOME HEATING OIL is misleading !!!!


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    FishOnABike
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    If you indicate what part of the country you're in someone might be able to advise where you can get 20l or 25l drums of kerosene.

    If you have a drum (or two or three) or can get them somewhere you might have a wider choice of where to get kerosene as not all suppliers sell drums.

    It can be tricky enough to pour from a drum into the central heating tank without splashing / spilling some fuel so a large funnel or cap with a built in tap can be useful.


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    jimf
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    FishOnABike wrote: »
    If you indicate what part of the country you're in someone might be able to advise where you can get 20l or 25l drums of kerosene.

    If you have a drum (or two or three) or can get them somewhere you might have a wider choice of where to get kerosene as not all suppliers sell drums.

    It can be tricky enough to pour from a drum into the central heating tank without splashing / spilling some fuel so a large funnel or cap with a built in tap can be useful.

    a small road cone makes a great funnel for this use


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    User123458989
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭User123458989


    Hi again.

    It looks like you are right, the oil came today but the radiators won't heat up. Do you have any advice on how to fix this?

    I can't post pictures or URL's because I'm new?
    There is a brass circle piece on the boiler / furnace which has what looks a square on it...It looks like it needs a tool that is the opposite of an Allen key if that makes sense?


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    Aint Eazy Being Cheezy
    Registered Users Posts: 4,629 ✭✭✭Aint Eazy Being Cheezy


    There’s a bleed valve on the burner. The best thing to do in your shoes is type your burner make and model (riello is common?) into YouTube, there’s most likely a video showing you how to bleed it. It’s fairly straightforward.

    https://youtu.be/QZAtTtjY-to


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    User123458989
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭User123458989


    Aint Eazy Being Cheezy wrote: »
    There’s a bleed valve on the burner. The best thing to do in your shoes is type your burner make and model (riello is common?) into YouTube, there’s most likely a video showing you how to bleed it. It’s fairly straightforward.



    Thanks for the advice, yup that's the boiler, found a video as suggested and it worked thank you!

    Fairly easy process in the end.


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