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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2018 10:24:19 GMT
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Post by Gone on Sept 27, 2018 14:14:27 GMT
The link includes this bit of advice “ Be very careful not to open the faucet too much; you could let out a fast stream of oil and cause an uncontrolled fire.”. This is so not going to end well...............
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Post by naughtyfox on Sept 27, 2018 15:14:06 GMT
Well, it's not going to even start because I think it's bollocks. I do appreciate Magnetman's help and hint, but it's a bit pointless dripping oil onto a fire and gumming up the chimney. Quite happy as we are with wood and coal, and getting it to start with some newspaper underneath and pouring some meths over the lot. We can save our old engine oil until we find a household dump near the canal, or when we get a rental car and can take it to a recycling centre.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2018 16:01:23 GMT
Yes I would not want to do it as I like the smell of wood but I also only change the oil once every century so do not end up with much waste oil.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2018 16:02:58 GMT
To be fair I am seriously considering changing the oil on my little Kubota twin as I have run it for 250 hours since I bought the yot and previous owner had just serviced it (I checked and oil was new). I suppose for small clonk clonk 750cc twin its worth doing regularly.
Should probably also do my 200cc single pot diesel Kubota generator engine. And my 3.8 litre Beta Kubota marinised engine.
At some point. In theory.
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Post by Jim on Sept 28, 2018 8:26:00 GMT
A mechanic friend has something similar, but the oil drips into a burner pot( a small tuna tin) and he has a 12v fan assist built in too. He uses the oil from the cars he services
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Post by naughtyfox on Sept 28, 2018 8:28:04 GMT
Very environmentally friendly, burning used, dirty oil. Why not just burn coal, like us?
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Post by kris on Sept 28, 2018 8:35:58 GMT
Very environmentally friendly, burning used, dirty oil. Why not just burn coal, like us? Almost as environmentally friendly as changing your oil as regularly as your underwear and throwing it away every time.
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Post by Jim on Sept 29, 2018 16:57:36 GMT
Very environmentally friendly, burning used, dirty oil. Why not just burn coal, like us? I agree akshuly. But this is what the thread is about,burning smelly old oil in a woodstove. The simplest way, not tried by me for environmental reasons, is a tin can filled with wood Ash, then filled with old oil, supposed to burn slowly.
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