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Panic Button | 10:27 Mon 15th Oct 2007 | Cars
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I only have petrol cars, and have gas central heating.

However I used to have a house with oil fired heating, and often wondered if the burning oil would work in a diesel?
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Yes, it would work, and I have used redundant heating oil in my vehicle several times. BUT that vehicle is a tractor and is allowed to run on red diesel without the duty. Putting heating oil in your car will leave a tell-tale residue which can be detected by HM Customs even if you filled up ever after with duty-paif fuel. You'd be amazed how many spot checks they do!
Ordinary home heating oil is 28 second oil - Red diesel is 32second - has a different Octane/cetane rating - would damge the engine over a long period of time.
panic,me old mate,you should know better.
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I drive enough diesels at work to want a diesel car.

I was just wondering,

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