[AT] Separating Water from Hydraulic Oil?

[Larry D Goss]

I'll try to find out, George.  I have coffee rather regularly with a retired 
chemist who did a lot of oil/water separation research years ago.  He'll 
appreciate having something to think about other than politics, education, 
the younger generation...

It won't happen overnight because I'm headed out of town for this weekend 
and we're in the process of trying to "engineer" a wedding in the family 
next weekend, but I'll eventually get the answer -- just not right away.

Larry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Willer" <gwill at gwill.net>
To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'" 
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Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 8:04 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Separating Water from Hydraulic Oil?


> We had a demonstration by a guy from 'Lubemaster' at our tractor club
> meeting several tears ago.  He came equipped with a plastic jar, an egg
> beater, a jug of oil, and some water, along with some special additives.
>
> His subject was water in transmission fluid.  Sometimes it's desirable to
> have the water remain in suspension and other times it's desirable for it 
> to
> separate out and lay in the bottom of the case, if there's room.  He could
> make it do either one by adding a few drops of additive.  Add a few drops 
> of
> one additive and beat the mixture up to create mayonnaise.  Add a few 
> drops
> of another one and after mixing the water would fall out.  He could make 
> the
> mix go back and forth at will simply by adding more stuff.
>
> Wouldn't it be nice to know what he used?
>
> George Willer
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:at-
>> bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Mike Sloane
>> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 9:07 AM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Separating Water from Hydraulic Oil?
>>
>> The reality is that modern hydraulic fluid is designed to absorb
>> moisture. So the quick answer is "you can't separate the water from the
>> oil".
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> william.neff.powell at comcast.net wrote:
>> > Does anyone know of a simple quick process to separate water from
>> > hydraulic oil?
>> >
>> > I KNOW the right way to do it would be to replace the oil....
>> >
>> > I know the water will decant out of the oil over a long period of
>> > time, I am just looking for something quicker.
>> >
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