Anyhone try Lamp Oil?

[ARCOgraphite]

As a UCL? Seems like it would work very well in above freezing climates as it burns clean and is an uncented, clean paraffin in the better oils and a decent solvent. Tried some in the mower and it didnt balk. If no one says no soem is going in the Fit for and injector /UCL lube trial.
-
Yeah I got a couple gallons sitting around that im itching to burn

 

[BrianWC]

Yes, I have. Nothing blew up... I think I put it in my 9-5...

 

[JHZR2]

What does the MSDS say?

 

[mechtech2]

No friggen way.

 

[Hokiefyd]

Is this why all your cars die early deaths...?

 

[UNC017]

Originally Posted By: ARCOgraphite
As a UCL? Seems like it would work very well in above freezing climates as it burns clean and is an uncented, clean paraffin in the better oils and a decent solvent. Tried some in the mower and it didnt balk. If no one says no soem is going in the Fit for and injector /UCL lube trial.
-
Yeah I got a couple gallons sitting around that im itching to burn

Then buy a dozen Tiki Torches and have a backyard luau.

 

[spasm3]

Lol how about citronella in an oil burner, fog the neighborhood for west nile virus mosquitoes!!!

 

[ARCOgraphite]

Why not? Got to be better than lucas UCL or tcw3. Its a light burnable clean paraffin. I tried some the day i posted in the FIt @ .5oz per gal the car seems to LUV it - no loss of apparent octane as the vtec is still engaging full blown and engine seems much smoother. I dont have a heavy shake at idle anymore today - and techron that i ran last week that didnt solve it.

 

[DesertDually]

A few years back, I was given a case of Citronella Tiki Torch lamp oil. I burned a few gallons of it per tankful in my Dodge diesel pickup with no adverse effects. Made the exhaust smell faintly like citronella but that's about it.

 

[RiceCake]

Isn't it basically kerosene? Yeah, it burns, but its doing nothing good besides reducing your octane rating in a gasoline engine. In a diesel you're basically feeding it a fuel that's inferior to modern refined diesel but, it should burn it.

Waste of time.

 

[SuperDave456]

Have you ever seen how much a tiki torch SMOKES??
That's all carbon.

It's gotta go somewhere.

I'll stick with MMO and TWC3 mixture that I use.

 

[ARCOgraphite]

Try the mmo tcw3 in the tiki torch. It smokes because the wick is to big and there is no flue to regulate oxygen to get a clean burn. I did slightly worry about the low octane but at a low treat rate it shouldnt have an adverse effect. Agin its a light pure paraffin (oligomer alkane?) with no odor (other light aromatics removed) so its gotta lube on the down and upstroke before it burns - and it should burn cleaner than SAE 20 non adeditised I would guess. IDk, just an experiment that seems to have no adverse effect ...

 

[mechtech2]

Better than 2 stroke oil?
No way.
2 stroke oil is designed to be [and is] a superb lubricant, and the good stuff burns really clean - it is also a fuel.
At full concentrations, there are almost no deposits in a healthy engine, and with the pittance we use in our gas tanks, no effect at all.

 

[ARCOgraphite]

We have a four stroke engine so idk if light napthenic oil with low flas point vs a super clean light paraffin afa lubeing multipattern injectors ten working as a ijtake bowl stem lube and then as a cleaner lube for ring stack and bore onthe intake and comp stroke. No way to know wo a teardown or a dyno run.

 

[steve20]

I think the 'light paraffin wax' may just turn solid in your line in about 2 months (December)

 

[ARCOgraphite]

True. I said in post#1 in warm climates. Whats up with Amarillo Texas in the 30's and Nebraska in the mid 20's today!?

 

[cjcride]

Global Warming?

 

[friendly_jacek]

Funny!
Climate change doesn't mean it's going to be hot everywhere. As a matter of fact one of the consequences would be an ice age in Europe.

 

[GMorg]

Lamp oil is essentially deodorized kerosene. The link below will give you some ideas about how much to use. The paper is about adulterated fuels.

http://www.academicjournals.org/jpge/PDF/Pdf2010/June/Obodeh and Akhere.pdf

 

[NateDN10]

I've added tiki torch fuel and paint thinner to my lawn mower's gas tank to get rid of it, a few ounces at a time. Didn't run any worse, didn't smoke at all or smell funny. As long as you don't put much in the tank, it should be fine.