nhwrench01
Registered User
so, here is my story. I've been running on waste oil for some time now(only in the summer, as I'm having "flow" problems in the winter).
I started with waste motor oil. filtered , did the ;let it set for months; then filter it and run it when the truck was hot, start and stop on clean diesel.
years ago, on waste motor oil, I would have issues with the truck ( skipping, chugging,bucking) at times under loads at low rpms. I would have to turn off the over drive and it would get better, maybe a little throttle and its good,
i drove 2000 miles or so like that ( waste motor oil) . then i started thinking, maybe some of the oil is synthetic ,,,, maybe ( as I have read before) it doesn't burn as good. so I mixed in 3-5 gallons of clean diesel with the wmo. It ran better, less bucking , chugging under load. … ( i know, well. yah, but anyway)
i changed jobs ( mechanic) and now i can get as much waste oil as i want. so.. i started taking all the waste transmission oil as i can get . atf only, no cvt or synthecit … or very little,,, so far i have driven 3500 miles last year and about 3000 miles this year on waste aft
My filter system is so crude, and simple, most would laugh,, but it does work,,, i am working on a better system for later use.
i have a 5 gallon kerosene bucket with a home water faucet 1" from the bottom, running in to a 1 micron sock filter from e-bay into a 5 gallon bucket.
i then have a funnel with steel screen in it ( to get any big stuff that may have fallen into the bucket) to poor into the truck with.
so far it has worked great, the atf seems to burn better . i have noticed it does not chug, skip or buck under load with the atf..
EGTs are about the same .
i have installed a turbo system ( stock of a 94) and its a night and day change!
i will have to turn up the IP a bit more ( was at 1.5 turns) maybe try 2 turns or 2.5.. as i have no to little smoke on hills.
will update as things change , but with 12 hr work days and life,,, i have little free time...
and the EGTs after the turbo swap,,,, the same hill , every day, for years im at 830 egt. before was about 1250.. 1200... no matter what....
I started with waste motor oil. filtered , did the ;let it set for months; then filter it and run it when the truck was hot, start and stop on clean diesel.
years ago, on waste motor oil, I would have issues with the truck ( skipping, chugging,bucking) at times under loads at low rpms. I would have to turn off the over drive and it would get better, maybe a little throttle and its good,
i drove 2000 miles or so like that ( waste motor oil) . then i started thinking, maybe some of the oil is synthetic ,,,, maybe ( as I have read before) it doesn't burn as good. so I mixed in 3-5 gallons of clean diesel with the wmo. It ran better, less bucking , chugging under load. … ( i know, well. yah, but anyway)
i changed jobs ( mechanic) and now i can get as much waste oil as i want. so.. i started taking all the waste transmission oil as i can get . atf only, no cvt or synthecit … or very little,,, so far i have driven 3500 miles last year and about 3000 miles this year on waste aft
My filter system is so crude, and simple, most would laugh,, but it does work,,, i am working on a better system for later use.
i have a 5 gallon kerosene bucket with a home water faucet 1" from the bottom, running in to a 1 micron sock filter from e-bay into a 5 gallon bucket.
i then have a funnel with steel screen in it ( to get any big stuff that may have fallen into the bucket) to poor into the truck with.
so far it has worked great, the atf seems to burn better . i have noticed it does not chug, skip or buck under load with the atf..
EGTs are about the same .
i have installed a turbo system ( stock of a 94) and its a night and day change!
i will have to turn up the IP a bit more ( was at 1.5 turns) maybe try 2 turns or 2.5.. as i have no to little smoke on hills.
will update as things change , but with 12 hr work days and life,,, i have little free time...
and the EGTs after the turbo swap,,,, the same hill , every day, for years im at 830 egt. before was about 1250.. 1200... no matter what....