# Portable waste oil heater

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/portable-waste-oil-heater/16491>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [July 10, 2008, 12:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/portable-waste-oil-heater/16491 "2008-07-10T12:39:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![rocketman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@rocketman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rocketman)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 12:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/portable-waste-oil-heater/16491/1 "2008-07-10T12:39:44Z")

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I was just thinking how nice it would be to have a small, portable waste oil heater to heat my shop and use my used oil from changes. Anybody ever see one for sale? Rocketman

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**Author:** ![cappy208](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cappy208/32/31_2.png) [@cappy208](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cappy208)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 12:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/portable-waste-oil-heater/16491/2 "2008-07-10T12:56:21Z")

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[http://www.google.com/search?q=waste+oil+heater&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a](http://www.google.com/search?q=waste+oil+heater&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a)

[http://www2.northerntool.com/product/586.htm](http://www2.northerntool.com/product/586.htm) expensive!

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**Author:** ![cappy208](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cappy208/32/31_2.png) [@cappy208](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cappy208)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 1:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/portable-waste-oil-heater/16491/3 "2008-07-10T13:11:43Z")

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[http://www.thermobile.us/products/heaters/ITA\_shop.html](http://www.thermobile.us/products/heaters/ITA_shop.html)

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**Author:** ![NYBo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nybo/32/17281_2.png) [@NYBo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NYBo)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/portable-waste-oil-heater/16491/4 "2008-07-10T13:44:47Z")

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I remember an article in The Mother Earth News about converting a gas-fired water heater to burn waste oil. Very cheap. But what concerns me about using waste oil for fuel is heavy metal contaminants (from bearings, etc.).

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**Author:** ![JB4040](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JB4040](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JB4040)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/portable-waste-oil-heater/16491/5 "2008-07-22T15:47:55Z")

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Rocketman, here are some nice units. A waste oil heater is expensive, but you will save a ton of money.  
waste oil heaters

[http://store.h-mac.com/waste-oil-heaters-boilers.html](http://store.h-mac.com/waste-oil-heaters-boilers.html)

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**Author:** ![andrew\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@andrew\_j](https://community.cartalk.com/u/andrew_j)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/portable-waste-oil-heater/16491/6 "2008-07-22T16:22:52Z")

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Portable and waste oil likely won’t mix due to the exhaust requirements that are required.

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**Author:** ![pleasedodgevan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@pleasedodgevan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pleasedodgevan)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/portable-waste-oil-heater/16491/7 "2008-07-22T16:52:04Z")

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Waste oil furnaces work well and up North the oil cans go into the wood stove. They save money up there in many ways; like not cleaning the rest room.