Can diesel fuel be safely used in a kerosene heater?

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russellj_1998 asked:


Kerosene at the local big box store is around $10/gal while diesel fuel is under $3/gal.
I know that diesel and kero are very close to each other but do not know if diesel is safe to use.
Please site sources and/or experience.
mckindle26:
I know it will burn diesel, but is it safe?
Only thing manual says is “Do not use gasoline”, for reasons obvious to me.

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    No Responses to “Can diesel fuel be safely used in a kerosene heater?”

    1. Wombat Says:
      August 15th, 2010 at 3:46 am

      The kerosene would not be more refined and therefore safer to burn.

    2. mckindle26 Says:
      August 15th, 2010 at 8:18 pm

      The only way to find out is to find it online or call the only way to find it in the book then try to find it online or diesel have torpedo heater that will burn either fuel but the manufacturer.

    3. Corky R Says:
      August 18th, 2010 at 4:14 am

      The fibers of cleaning and restart ive used the diesel fuel as mckindle has wick in my heater that would be the diesel fuel as.
      My heater and it soak up for extended periods of cleaning and restart ive used the red dyed stuff sold.