i have 1987 military chevy 3/4ton with a 6.2 multifuel diesel. with a non engine oil lubricating injector pump. what reprocussions could i encounter with running trans fluid. and what modifications would i need to do to the truck.  

I'm having the hardest time finding an "unclaimed" restaurant in my area for getting veggie oil, so the idea of running transmission fluid is good news. But the first shop I stopped at to ask raised an interesting issue. He said he would be concerned with the usage of synthetic oil that is so common these days. Can't be sure what kind of oil is in the barrel because they have such a mix of cars going through the shop.

Is synthetic oil (transmission and even motor oil) an issue for burning as fuel in a diesel?? I'm not even sure what "synthetic oil" really is, but will it burn without problems in a diesel engine?  

I have been burning trans fluid 50/50 with diesel fuel for 10,000 miles now. No problem. I don't know if it's synthetic or not, i'm getting it from 3 places. What ever it is, it's working. Anybody had any problems?  

you wouldn`t happen to have any fuel milage nubers would you??like just no2 50/50 and 100% trans fluid.  

just wondering, if one were to have a good supply of used tranny fluid and wanted to burn it in their diesel, what would be the recommended procedure for filtering?  

Toote-
I think most shops probably mix tranny fluid,engine oil, gear lube and brake fluid in the same drum. You should probably run it past an magnet to get out any metal shavings, then through the finest filter you can get. Personally I wouldn't put that stuff straight into my engine, but I've heard of people with WVO/SVO kits running used moter oil.  

Wow what a lot of questions!  
RE contaminants in tranny fluid.  My xmission man say's you will find mostly non-ferrous metal in modern trannys.  Brass, aluminum.  If you fear steel, a circular magnet around your primary filter should work.

RE filters.  Use two filters.  The Primary is a cheap remote engine oil filter to get out the larger clogging stuff.  Secondary is a Racor spin on filter Hsg with a 10 micron rating element.  Buy the filter that has a clear spin-on bowl at the bottom with a drain port and a port for a water sensor.  Buy the kit called WATER DETECTION and FILTER RESTRICTION KIT RK11-1570.  This will give you audible alarms and lights when the filter is nearly full of comtaminants.  Search WVO on ebay.

RE small fuel line filters.  A throw-away gasoline filter will clog up after 2-3k miles because it is about a 2 micron filter.  Your engine will turn over nicely but no combustion!  Look at the bowl and see if the paper is dark and the bowl is full.  This happened to me in Monument Valley.  Luckily some smart Navajo's helped me figure it out.

RE brake fluid as fuel.  I picked up a gallon of purged hydraulic oil from my brake shop.  After filtering it through a 2 micron funnel/filter (ebay) there ewas only about 10 cc of waste fluid trapped in the filter.  Now I will mix it with filtered veg. oil to see if they seperate.  Then filter again to see if I get any precipitates.  Mechanic says he can collect one gallon per week.

RE transmision oil.  I'm going to wait for engineers to analyze this question.  But I'm going to do my simple test procedure on the fluid and see what I get.
The stock fuel filter for my diesel was a 20 micron unit, and that was to filter out nasty metal and other waste, so a 10 micron filter secondary filter should be ok, ya?  RSVP  

Yep, diesels will burn a whole lot of different fuels. But that doesn't necessarily mean you should run them on anything. It's probably safer to run older diesels on these kind of "alternative" fuels. They run lower fuel pressure, and the injector nozzles aren't as precise. Not to mention you don't have to worry about all the emissions after-treatment crap.  

I'm surprised that there is still talk about adding ATF to diesel fuel. There is so much information about this on the net, and from everything I have read, you definitely DO NOT want to do this! ATF has friction modifiers in it that are made for the clutches and were never intended to be burned. I've seen pictures of injectors that are covered in a kinda black melted epoxy goo, caused from burning ATF and are now NFG. If you feel the need to add a quart or more of something to your diesel, use 2-stroke oil at least it's designed to be burned. Personally I would just use a commercially available fuel additive.  

http://mopar.mopar1973man.com/2002-dodge/tips-and-tricks/2-cycle-oil/btus/btu.htm  

What about using hydraulic fluid?  Its is about the same as Transmission Fluid.  

Please post some links to this information because everything i have found says it works well.  Some even say it is better.  

Has any body had any problems with this or anything. Dose anyone thing to say about it good or bad?  

lopp:
Has any body had any problems with this or anything. Dose anyone thing to say about it good or bad?

<strong>had problems with &quot;this&quot;</strong> Which "this " are you talking about? There are alot of fluids mentioned on this post  

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