need to both be dirty,,use your lawn mower as a test engine to dirty sample oil

 

hahaha i do that too !


MikeyB, I'm interested to hear about your findings with synthetic oil. I think a quart or two snuck in every now and then wont make much of a difference.... But maybe that is my bold optimism showing!

all i know is, for about 20 bucks in materials and a few hours time, i have a constant supply of an alternative fuel source (WMO) that my engine seems to love.

 

did you post your filtering system pics ???

 

I can only report on the Mobil 1. But it did blend with the diesel fuel very easily.
For the first 2 gallons I did a 50/50 mix of Mobil 1 (used) and Delo 400 (used). Nothing unusual during the filtering and polishing. Also have 16oz of Power Service Diesel Klean mixed in. I haven't noticed any difference in how the engine sounds or runs with the mix.

DD,
How many passed will the 1 micron filter last?

MikeyB

 

I bought a barrel pump and a spin on filter adapter. I screwed the spin on filter adapter to the barrel pump and a hose on to the spin on filter adapter.
The waste oil goes in the barrel and I pump it from the barrel through the filter and into the truck.

 

Badme,
It's a good idea to run the cleaned oil through the filter one or two more times. That process is called polishing. Multiple passes through the filter will get the oil much cleaner than with just one single pass.

MikeyB

 

i've put probably 20 gallons thru it on multiple passes, it flows a bit slower now, but still doesnt need to be changed yet.

 

Good to know. My 7.3L buddies are dying to start doing the filtering and asking about the filter life.

MikeyB

 

which 7.3's do they own? The later powerstrokes, or the earlier version naturally aspirated IDI motor? The older ones can run upwards of 50/50 WMO with no issues.

 

The later Powerstrokes, '99.5-02 SD models.

MikeyB

 

DD in warm weather the old IDI's will run on 100% WMO but won't start that rich when cold much to my dismay but they will readily start on 70/30 in warm weather & 50/50 in temps down to 20*.

 

I've been thinking about this whole synthetic wont work thing, and I just don't see it being true. But, what I do see being true, is that it has alot more detergent in it then dino oil. One of the large differences between syn and dino is the additives. So if syn gets better additives and has more detergents so, maybe it isn't the syn oil clogging the filters. But all the crap in your tank and lines kicking loose and clogging the filter and doing it alot faster then dino oil.

Kinda how putting alky fuel in a gas car will clog up everything real quick.

thoughts?

 

TurboShadow,

I'm thinking the same. The detergents is cleaning the gunk in the tank and plugging the filter. It's like running biodiesel for the first time in an older diesel and clogging up the filter with junk. Takes a few tanks to clean everything up.

MikeyB

 

hello this is my first post. i like what i have read about wmo. i use it at 100% in my 97 dodge. save $500 in the last few weeks i love it. this is what i do. filter it at 10microns then through a house water filter at 1micron. using a harbor freight pump i let it run for hours around and around through the 1micron filter doing 55 gal at once. i add 10 oz of acetone per 10 gal. at $14 a gal. add 1 gal of mineral spirits to a tank [33gal] at $12 per gal. then a whole 60oz of diesel kleen to the tank [33gal], sometimes less diesel kleen. i get no smoke, better mpg, sounds quieter and feels like more power. the oil i run has everything in it from 90 weight, atf, wmo, synthetic and fryer grease out of the fryer through a filter into the 55 gal drum[smells better] there are a lot of nay sayers out there. but you guys are great. i have read a lot ,talked to petrolum enginers, talked to old boys that have been doing it for years. works in skidstears, backhoes, forklifts, but they are old stuff. acetone, paint theinner, and diesel kleen make it all work togeather. I put it a coke bottle in my wife freezer and took it down to -7 it looks like i will be able to run it in the cold I aint going back with out a fight. what at $1.50 a gal.???

 

Has anyone done an oil analysis, on the engine oil(not the oil used for fuel) to see if combustion blowbuy with used motor oil fuel is contaminating the oil?