[AT] Separating Water from Hydraulic Oil?

[George Willer]

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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