JR North wrote in message ...
Filled up my 5 gal jug for my kerosene heater at a Texaco
station. Texaco is now Shell, as you know, so the remaining
Texacos are buying whatever slop fuel they want. The heater
BTU output was way reduced with this fuel, and the
combustion chamber was just a dull red, instead of the
normal cherry red. I ran that tank out, and got some diesel
from 76. The heater returned to it's former toasty self. I
never tanked up my '79 diesel Rabbit there, so I don't know
how it would have performed with that fuel(probably ****ty).
JR

Kerosene and diesel fuel aren't the same. If it's a kerosene heater,
you should use kerosene, unless otherwise stated. I have a KeroSun
heater in my garage, and it works beautifully on Kerosene, and the
better the Kerosene the better it burns. I'm sure it would soot up,
etc. with diesel fuel.