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Well I dont see why anybody would burn new oil! Lol. Too expensive! I run my clean burn waste oil heater with used motor oil and ive been told to not burn new motor oil due to the detergents and other additives. Apparently it doesnt burn as well as used motor oil. So I would say no, dont...

I would say try running it straight and see what she does! Then go from there. 75/25 seems like a good mix. How about mixing in some filtered used motor oil? I run a waste oil heater in my garage and always having surplus oil on hand... Let me know how it works out Ratch

Can you do any harm by not preheating? And do you know if the 802 has glow plugs or is it just an air intake heater?

Yea I purged the lines by completely draining tank, then filling with 5gal hho and ran it for 20min yesterday to burn off the rest of the offroad diesel in the system. Im going to swap back to offroad diesel again just to check. I believe it is ultra low sulphur offroad that im using...

Update: So fired her up this morning while 19 degrees out and she started up good.(didnt even use the preheat!) Is it bad to not preheat? I was just curious so I didnt use it. Smokey though!. While running on offroad diesel she seems to start easy and smokes wayyyyy less. I guess thats all...

Interesting. Seems HHO is the way to go then. So its ok to run in the newer mep802a units then? Mine is a 2004. I actually just got done pumping out the tank and filling with hho to run some tests. Runs great, but some seem to smoke a little more, especially on start up. Its supposed to go...

Hmm, second thought I think ill stay away from the biocides then. I dont want to have to worry about toxic fumes around... pljs I love to smell my diesel exhaust! Lol

Thanks! That certainly explains the diesel spoiling. I will def pickup some biocide if I go with diesel.

Hey guys, new to steel soldiers. I just bought an MEP802a gen set that has 500hrs. Runs and powers great! My question is what are some of the advantages/disadvantages of running heating oil through this unit? My house has a 275gal home heating oil tank that I was thinking ill use to run...