What does your engine hold, 1 gallon, 1 1/2 ? For that
small amount, I wouldn't worry about it, but then, I'm not a
scientist.

What about the 'acids' they say is in the old motor oil?

SBV

"Skip Gundlach" wrote in message
ups.com...

Scotty wrote:
A few of my friends have done this in their trucks for
many
years with no apparent problems. 10 gals of motor oil
into
200 gal. of diesel. I've always felt the $10 you save
wasn't
worth it. Of course, now it's $25.

SBV

The 25-30/whateverbux, while interesting to me, isn't the
issue. It's
getting rid of the waste oil. Over in the Seven Seas
Cruising
Association forum where I posted the same questing, Rich
H, presumed to
be Hampel, previously seen in these parts, said,
didactically,

"Simple engineering answer:
expect the lubricating oil (heavy fraction) to not fully
ignite in the
combustion chamber, thus vulnerable to form a massive coke
deposit
downstream in the exhaust manifold and mixing elbow.
You're not burning
Bunker-C /#6 but lightt weight #2 in your engine. If your
engine were
set up to burn a heavy oil (which it cant) then adding
lubricating
fuels would be OK; otherwise, not. Asphaltic tar will burn
too; but,
you wouldnt put 'tar' in the tank either."

Yet, I'm being referred to many sites, including some
governmental (see
prior discussion about Algae-X for validation modus
[modii?]) position
papers, which say that doing so is the best way to dispose
of the
stuff, with no mention of issues in exhaust streams.

OTOH, I have also seen some reference to aggressively
mixing the stuff
with fuel before re-insertion into the fuel tank. I'm not
at all sure
what that's about, but I also would hazard a guess that
oil changes
would happen while not cruising, and my fuel polishing
system would do
a very good job of recirculation of stuff which came down
the same pipe
as the other polished fuel, and thus mix well...

So, keep the info coming. I'm pretty close to thinking
it's a good
idea :{)) but being talked out of it for sound engineering
practices
aimed at engine preservation would be OK, too.

L8R

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