true, but the cotton gauze is trapped between metal screens that provide support. Most air filters (especially disposables) are just pleated paper.
We use oil filters down to 2 micron. They are made of a metal support screen with a cloth type filter media.

 

A few questions.

I find the use of "Black Diesel" interesting but a little scary.

What concern is there about the soot and metal contaminants in the used oil possibly damaging the fuel system?

What is your experience with it in the 12 valves, and especially in the HPCR system?

Thanks

 

You can order 5 micron and smaller filter bags from McMaster-Carr, FSI Industries, Filterbag.com, about 3 bucks. A cheap stand is make a table, cut a hole to hang the bag, put a bucket under it, pour the oil in, wait. Your bag will be hazardous waste when you are finished with it, dispose it properly.

 

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I will post back, but I am trying to build a black diesel filter system. I was thinking of a barrel pump, with a fuel filter mounted to it, maybee a 15 micron?

 

I'm always having thoughts of this. Except, I want something with a pump that I can turn on and walk away from. Like, something that recycles the oil through a filter (or more) between two drums several times over, then switch the hose to a "clean" container to fill the truck with.

 

I bought THIS PUMP at Northern. I am going to make a mount for it with the oil running through a dual-filter setup I already have. That way I can collect it and filter it right into my collection can.

 

Man, thats on the CHEAP! It even say's for use with Motor Oil! neat.

 

That's one of the benefits of being a Tightwad.

 

I would try a cone shaped coffee filter in a funnel.

MikeyB

 

guys, use an old Cummins oil filter- start using LF3894, which is a stratapore filter (good to 5 microns), and it does NOT have an internal bypass...(it's built into the engine on a Cummins) just need a mount for it- a remote filter kit?

I also like the TP idea.. you want the industrual TP for it- the real cheep stuff you get at Sam's, Costco or janitorial supply places.. the more sheets the better... this is what the frantz was based on..

 

I have been using 75 micron painter strainers in a funnel, PITA. Real messy. I want a closed system.

 

do all you coffee filter guys dilute the stuff before you try and run it through? i cant imagine wating for the thick oil to flow through.

 

I remember reading something about using a cotton rope and having your dirty oil on a shelf with the rope dipped in it and then having the other end of the rope in a clean bucket on the floor and letting the oil absorb into the rope and drip down. By the time it hits the bottom bucket it's almost golden brown.

 

This is the main issue with my paint strainer method. (mess) It goes so slow, you have to sit there and hold the funnel for minutes at a time while it goes through.

Takes about 30 minutes to do 5 gallons.

 

Hasn't anybody here ever fried a turkey? I have a pump I bought from Academy for $20 with filters for filtering peanut oil after use. It runs on D cell batteries and is very simple to use. I haven't used it yet for waste oil, but I will when I get home. I think I'll buy a new one actually. I don't want to run waste oil through my peanut oil filter.