After reading the thread by W123 x 2 on the perfect filter for waste oil I grabbed 4 x 20 litres, this was emptied as warm oil and had sat (maybe) for 2 days.
Strained out the bigger bits using a sieve leaving about 2 litres in the bottom of drum (now settling further to get a bit more oil).
Initially I tried the T shirt trick, double cotton sock trick and track suit trick (all very messy and better not thought about)
The woollies bags worked really well, I filtered at night when cooler adn using only 2 bags the lot filtered over 4 nights.
I found that the bags quickly lined with fats (it was quite fatty) and went from a "flow" to a "drip" - hence the time scale.
In the meantime I ordered a couple of 5 micron bags.
Visually the woollies screenings looked very good, very clear, poured it into the 5 micron bags and really surprised at the flow and vicosity of the oil.
I am wondering if the slow filter through the woollies bag and the additional layer of fats (making the drips) improved the quality?
I am just waiting for the first 20 litres to 5 micron filter.
Intend to mix with 50:50 VP bio and oil and see what happens.
Running a toyota 1hz using a single CAV filter - finally got it on the vehicle, had a lot of problems with sealing - another story.
Any advice before I pour it in?
Another one - the CAV filter has been setup using the manufacturers direction flow, this appears to me to put the fuel onto the top of the filter and then down into the bowl, up the centre stem to the motor.
I would have thought the logical flow would have been down the stem into the bowl (rubbish settles into the bowl) and fuel then up through filter into the motor (the OEM filter works this way)
Any suggestions here? just reverse flow it?
Geoff
Strained out the bigger bits using a sieve leaving about 2 litres in the bottom of drum (now settling further to get a bit more oil).
Initially I tried the T shirt trick, double cotton sock trick and track suit trick (all very messy and better not thought about)
The woollies bags worked really well, I filtered at night when cooler adn using only 2 bags the lot filtered over 4 nights.
I found that the bags quickly lined with fats (it was quite fatty) and went from a "flow" to a "drip" - hence the time scale.
In the meantime I ordered a couple of 5 micron bags.
Visually the woollies screenings looked very good, very clear, poured it into the 5 micron bags and really surprised at the flow and vicosity of the oil.
I am wondering if the slow filter through the woollies bag and the additional layer of fats (making the drips) improved the quality?
I am just waiting for the first 20 litres to 5 micron filter.
Intend to mix with 50:50 VP bio and oil and see what happens.
Running a toyota 1hz using a single CAV filter - finally got it on the vehicle, had a lot of problems with sealing - another story.
Any advice before I pour it in?
Another one - the CAV filter has been setup using the manufacturers direction flow, this appears to me to put the fuel onto the top of the filter and then down into the bowl, up the centre stem to the motor.
I would have thought the logical flow would have been down the stem into the bowl (rubbish settles into the bowl) and fuel then up through filter into the motor (the OEM filter works this way)
Any suggestions here? just reverse flow it?
Geoff
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