[AT] @$#@$#% Cub - red engine oil

[carl gogol]

Steve- I am intri\gued by the rope filter - How long is a long time for say 
a 30 gallon barrell to run through the rope?
Carl Gogol - Manlius, NY
Tasty grazing in the Oran valley of Central NY
AC D14, 914H
JD 5320 MFWD
Kubota F-2400, B7300HST
Simplicity 7116H

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve W." <falcon at telenet.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 11:37 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] @$#@$#% Cub - red engine oil


> charliehill wrote:
>> I've probably got 50 gallons around here if you include used motor oil 
>> and
>> contaminated hydraulic oil.  I wish I knew a cheap way to filter it so I
>> could blend it with diesel or kerosene and burn it in my furnace.  I 
>> tried
>> it once and didn't have good enough filters.  Cost me a new pump on my
>> furnace and two years of furnace problems because of carbon granules in 
>> the
>> fuel line.  I finally switched the supply and return lines and solved 
>> that
>> problem.
>>
>
> Well I can tell you a cheap way to filter it, but it's SLOW.
>
> First get one of the cheap poly barrels (steel could be used but the
> plastic ones are easier to find).
>
> Now set up your used oil so the bottom of the container is at or above
> the level of the clean drum.
>
> Now for the expensive filter part. Go find some COTTON rope. Now for the
> hard part. Measure out a chunk of rope that will reach to the bottom of
> the used oil with a bit extra for inside and enough to reach over to the
> open top of the new drum and into it by a few inches.
>
> Now that you have the rope measured you just set it up like you would a
> siphon hose. One end of the rope goes into the old oil, other end into
> the new drum. It's not a bad idea to run it through a chunk of pipe
> between the two containers.
>
> Now to start the filter process you use a wire or whatever to dip the
> entire rope into the used oil. Now lay it in place so it looks like
> siphon. Now let capillary action take over. It will filter the oil for
> you but it takes a while. If the oil is real cruddy you could dump some
> diesel or trans fluid in it to thin it some. Setting the used container
> so it can get heated by the sun also helps.
>
> Another way is to grab a couple pairs of old blue jeans. Lop off the
> legs and sew the end shut TIGHT. Use this like a funnel and it will take
> out the larger crap. Then you can run that pre-cleaned oil through a
> diesel filter to final filter it.
>
> -- 
> Steve W.
>
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