How old is my fuel oil tank?

rockyridgefarm · Mar 22, 2020

I had my 1994 fuel oil furnace replaced with a new propane furnace. I actually heat with an owb, but have the propane in case of an emergency.

So it is time to get rid of the barrel. Pulled it out of where it was and found this label on it. They still use UL Listings, but the label isn t so fancy.

What should I do with the 8 gallons of fuel oil? I was gonna dump it through a screen into my 500 gallon diesel barrel. That should be ok?

WESnIL · Mar 22, 2020

I would strain it before dumping it and mixing with the other fuel. With 8 gallons mixed in 500 your tractors should not even notice any difference.

ss55 · Mar 22, 2020

I would not put the old fuel oil in a diesel engine, use it to start a burn pile or kill some weeds. Replacing a fuel filter could cost more than the fuel oil is worth.

JK-NY · Mar 22, 2020

The fuel oil should be fine to mix with your diesel fuel. I would
recommend draining it into pails and let it set then run it
through a screen or something to filter it (coffee filter ,cloth
etc) when you pour it into the tank. I have pumped out several
fuel oil tanks for the fuel oil over the years and older tanks can
have some sediment in the bottom and the fuel can be black
looking even in indoor tanks. Obviously if the fuel oil looks
rough find an alternate use for it like washing parts.

old · Mar 22, 2020

If you have an old all fuel JD run the fuel oil in it and it will work just fine. I know I would run it in my 1935 JD B all fuel tractor

grizz02 · Mar 22, 2020

burn it for brush fire

DoubleR · Mar 22, 2020

I just dumped about 7 gallons from the bottom of my fuel storage tank into the recycle oil container at our local school bus
garage. They said that would be fine. Although I do have a big brush pile to burn and could have used it for that.

timcasbolt · Mar 22, 2020

(quoted from post at 12:19:31 03/22/20) I had my 1994 fuel oil furnace replaced with a new propane furnace. I actually heat with an owb, but have the propane in case of an emergency.

So it is time to get rid of the barrel. Pulled it out of where it was and found this label on it. They still use UL Listings, but the label isn t so fancy.

What should I do with the 8 gallons of fuel oil? I was gonna dump it through a screen into my 500 gallon diesel barrel. That should be ok?

If you're sure it has no water in it, any kind of filtering sieve would be fine to strain out particles and then use it for whatever you like.
What's owb? A google search made reference to outside the waist band holsters, and that didn't make much sense.

Billy Shafer · Mar 22, 2020

If the place was built in 1994. It is a chance that is the year the tank was made.I have seen that type of tag on many generator fuel tanks. Some had the build date stamped around the fill neck.

DoubleO7 · Mar 22, 2020

I am thinking owb is outside wood burner.

rlp in Co. · Mar 22, 2020

I always use enamel paint filters to strain
stuff. You can get them from any place that
sells automotive paint. I use them two or
three times before I throw them away.

rustyfarmall · Mar 22, 2020

I've got the same type of label I removed from the oil tank that WAS in the basement. This house was built in 1958, so I assume that is when the oil burning furnace, and tank, was installed.

That oil tank is now an outdoor trash incinerator.

MSM · Mar 22, 2020

I would not mix it with good fuel.
What is left is dirt, water and
sediment which is now stirred up from
moving the tank around. Drain it and
use to start a burn pile or dump it
at a used oil recycling center

jal-SD · Mar 22, 2020

In our part of the world fuel oil that
went into an inside tank was simply #2
diesel. If isn't growing ailge, I'd just
strain it & use it anyplace that you
would use undied diesel.

rockyridgefarm · Mar 22, 2020

The house was built in 1929 supposedly. This propane furnace is the third furnace since 1970. Dunno how many before that, but there is a neat instruction sheet on the post by the furnace. Pretty much illegible now.

rockyridgefarm · Mar 22, 2020

The original furnace must have been a sight . Look how big the pad is

James Williams · Mar 22, 2020

friend of mine bought a house that had sit for 30 years,had a 275 gal fuel tank in basement.He gave the oil to a friend that took it home and ran it through his furnace,no problem

DoubleO7 · Mar 22, 2020

My Dad work a few years for that furnace company when he was maybe 25 to 30.
That would be 60 years ago now.
Was no longer a furnace company. I think they were making refrigeration parts for Whirlpool by the 1960's.
Now known as Sundstrand Heat Transfer, Inc.

shinnery · Mar 23, 2020

I thought an owb was an outside wrinkled bathtub.

SVcummins · Mar 24, 2020

Get a funnel with a filter and put it on anything that burns
diesel

Funnel

How old is my fuel oil tank?

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