scottishlass 57 Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 If you have a wood burning stove i recommend one of these put the room temp up by 5oC fire dont need to be roaring best money i have spent this winter http://www.caframo.com/hearth/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rake aboot 4,929 Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Any of you run yer motor on the domestic heating oil ?? fekin sure I would be ! Best thing I ever done was get the wood boiler in,, f****n gas boilers OFF button is about worn oot. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nik_B 3,790 Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Any of you run yer motor on the domestic heating oil ?? fekin sure I would be ! Best thing I ever done was get the wood boiler in,, f****n gas boilers OFF button is about worn oot. Was it you that had your woodburner plumbed in to your heating system? I was trying to remember the thread.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lab 10,979 Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 That's in the future for me. Going to get it plumbed into the radiators as well and save oil. Would be silly not too since I stay pretty much in the middle of a wood....lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted January 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 That's in the future for me. Going to get it plumbed into the radiators as well and save oil. Would be silly not too since I stay pretty much in the middle of a wood....lol You still not cut that apple tree back yet then? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chid 6,369 Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Any of you run yer motor on the domestic heating oil ?? fekin sure I would be ! Best thing I ever done was get the wood boiler in,, f****n gas boilers OFF button is about worn oot. heating oil as no lubrication properties in it , so it fucks up your injector pumps... id be running it with a mix of used hydraulic oil 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
04fox8 168 Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 (edited) Our wood burner heats the whole house and the hot water. Gas boiler comes on in the morning before we get up, but that's it! Stove eats about 3 barrow fulls a day from morning to night when running all day. Unfortunately, it's f**ked, and beyond repair, which I was having a good look at. £2,500 Odd for replacement, but last 'load' of sticks (25T) will have saved us over £3k on gas by the time it's finished... That'll have been 3 winters. Edited January 30, 2014 by 04fox8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
treecreeper 1,136 Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 (edited) hydraulic oil has next to no lubrication qualities either. better than nowt though. Edited January 30, 2014 by treecreeper Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chid 6,369 Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 hydraulic oil has next to no lubrication qualities either as more than enough to use as a mix Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 24,836 Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 It's just normal engin oil you mix.............so I'm told.... But my mate fecked his 4 track up doing it,,, so I don't think it's worth it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lab 10,979 Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 That's in the future for me. Going to get it plumbed into the radiators as well and save oil. Would be silly not too since I stay pretty much in the middle of a wood....lol You still not cut that apple tree back yet then? Nope....lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rake aboot 4,929 Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Any of you run yer motor on the domestic heating oil ?? fekin sure I would be ! Best thing I ever done was get the wood boiler in,, f****n gas boilers OFF button is about worn oot. Was it you that had your woodburner plumbed in to your heating system? I was trying to remember the thread.. Yeh bud that was me Basically, a thermal store in the loft, fed by a woodburning stove with a back boiler in the living room. Also has internals heating coiles from the gas boiler and a thermal solar panel on the roof. The water in the tank does the radiators, and the cold water is fed in at the top, through a coil and comes out as instant hot water, regulated. It works well but can eat logs, which I don`t mind,(I have a chainsaw and I`m not afrid to use it) It`s gravity fed, so if the water gets too hot before I light the stove,, it can boil the water in the jacket and f*****g shoot it up the pipes rattling the whole f*****g house !! frightened the shit outa me first time it did it. It`s an open vented system though so it can`t build up massive pressure. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chid 6,369 Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 It's just normal engin oil you mix.............so I'm told.... But my mate fecked his 4 track up doing it,,, so I don't think it's worth it you can use any oil tbh tomo but hydraulic oil ignites sooner than engine oil and doesnt cause as much smoke ... still if you get caught running on heating oil , your looking at a big fine Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimmys shop 182 Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 I had a friend who was running it in their vw 1.9 non turbo ,I believe it done no harm ,use to throw in half a gallon of used engine oil ,suppose its better using that , than half the washed diesel we get sold over here . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rake aboot 4,929 Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 It's just normal engin oil you mix.............so I'm told.... But my mate fecked his 4 track up doing it,,, so I don't think it's worth it you can use any oil tbh tomo but hydraulic oil ignites sooner than engine oil and doesnt cause as much smoke ... still if you get caught running on heating oil , your looking at a big fine Don`t think that would worry me,,, fuckem I say. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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