does anyone burn hydraulic oil?
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does anyone burn hydraulic oil?
i have got an almost unlimited supply of it, working for john deere, but still a little leary to run it. i have been burning wmo for quite sometime, and looking at the MSDS, they look to be close to identical. a ran a little of it once but also had it mixed with wmo, #2, and a little red fuel, all together about 10gal, in a full tank, and it smelled terrible, and had a good haze, but still ran fine, but when i run 10gal. of wmo i dont get the smell or quite the haze.
could it just be the mix i had, should i try just hyd. oil on its own? i just really dont want that smell back. whats your thoughts?
could it just be the mix i had, should i try just hyd. oil on its own? i just really dont want that smell back. whats your thoughts?
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thanks dave, that is what i was hoping to here.
i also run everything through a 2 micron filter first, is there anything that could get past that to hurt my pump? i have read about many different filtering processes but is this one sufficiant?
i also run everything through a 2 micron filter first, is there anything that could get past that to hurt my pump? i have read about many different filtering processes but is this one sufficiant?
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Yes sir, I have ran up to a half tank of hydraulic fluid. I posted this question once on here and had a bunch of people telling me it wouldn't burn or some crap like that. So I tried it and it burns fine, I even think it gets better fuel mileage.
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Yes sir, I have ran up to a half tank of hydraulic fluid. I posted this question once on here and had a bunch of people telling me it wouldn't burn or some crap like that. So I tried it and it burns fine, I even think it gets better fuel mileage.
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i used to when i had some to burn. made truck quieter thats for sure. obviously i would filter it before running it. i would also be careful of what it came out of. i have heard some system leave heavy metals that make it past filters.
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i put in 5 gal. in on the last full tank... quite a bit more haze at cold idle than the WMO but the smell, i can hardly stand it. but another thought this is the red hyd. oil... i believe it is schaeffer's. could this stuff be causing the different issues?
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I am in the same boat as you- ALOT of hyd oil stored up I also just tried 1/2 tank full and it worked GREAT!! It has been chilly up here, but she was not that bothered by it. Oh yeah, that "stink" is money you didn't spend!!!
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I'm running it as well. I get about 300 gallons a month for free. I don't burn nearly that much but I'm building a stock pile. anyways, I run it thru down to 2 microns and water block filter... then I fill up my truck mounted 35 gallon mix tank.. I fill it half way with used hydro oil and toss in my bag of sodium polyacrylate beads, let it sit a day then top off with clean #2 and mix for a few minutes before transfering to my stock tank... the "magic beads" take out any water, anti-freeze, acids and parrafin that gets past the filters
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