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Can you run hydraulic oil in a standard fuel oil home heater furnace?

April 26, 2017FUEL furnaces garden heating Home hydraulic Oil run standard SYSTEMS

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Can you run hydraulic oil in a standard fuel oil home heater furnace?

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Fuel oil is more like kerosene or diesel fuel than it is like hydraulic oil. I would not even try it. I have known people that used waste oil as an additive (slow drip) to a wood or coal stove, the hydraulic oil might work in this type, but I doubt this is what you are talking about.