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    WVO on short commute

    At $3K, he'd have to take another $2k off asking to be in the ballpark, ESPECIALLY since it's not even 4WD (terrible resale). I started off with a filter setup similar to what you're proposing but after seeing how much grease the centrifuge pulled out of my supposedly 2 micron oil, I...
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    WVO on short commute

    I've run my W83 mix in temps down to the mid/high teens and even put a sample in the freezer and didn't have/see any issues at all with gelling, viscosity, etc. Many people call W85 a "No-Gel" fuel and you'll see different posts across the 'net about people running it in temps lower than 0...
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    WVO on short commute

    W85 runs at normal temp and is close to the viscosity of diesel so no heating is needed. What is needed is a fuel pressure (FP) gauge, this is essential in letting you know if your filter is clogged, there's a restriction causing you to starve your injectors and/or IP, or if your mixture is too...
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    WVO on short commute

    To be clear, this is only for WVO or unmixed WMO. For W85, a fuel pressure gauge is much more important than a fuel temperature gauge.
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    Rodeo du Camion 2012

    I drove up from Buffalo, NY for this year's Rodeo. The races and trucks were excellent, there were a few cool people in the crowds, but for the most part the crowd was more interested in getting drunk and starting trouble than they were watching the races. And by crowds I mean pudgy pot bellied...
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    WVO on short commute

    I'm sorry about that, it must've been a typo. It should have read, "Drain the bottom of the tank until all water/sludge/slime is emptied" But yeah, the principle is that all the unwanted stuff will fall to the bottom of the tank where you'll drain it out. And yes, the whole house filters...
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    WVO on short commute

    With a blend of WMO and D2, just pour them in the tank separately, nothing else is needed since they'll self mix when you accelerate, brake, corner, hit a bump, etc. My advice is to run W85 and not straight WMO. W85 is an 85% mix of motor oil to 15% unleaded gas. I run a "true" W83 but call...
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    95 psd upper end knock

    I don't get why you were so quick to pull the motor and do all that work? If it was running right but just making a little noise, it seemed like the way to go would have been to test the injectors, fix the offending glow plug, check the cylinder for compression, and keep on rolling. The con rod...
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    wmo trips

    Well I picked up the Excursion (2000, 7.3, 4x4) a few months ago and have been running W85 for the last 7-8K miles. I upgraded my filtering and now use a PA Biodiesel centrifuge and make 8-10 passes with the oil. Highway mpg is a bit low at 15mpg but that's usually pulling a small trailer that...
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    Actual wear and tear of engine parts running waste oil.

    I forgot about the kerosene blenders, I'd put kerosene a step below blending with gasoline. The reason for that IMHO, is that kerosene helps reduce the viscosity but it doesn't have the cleaning properties that gasoline does. As for your oil flowing through the bypass, I had the same issue until...
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    Actual wear and tear of engine parts running waste oil.

    For burning WMO, these are the stages that I've figured from reading on the net and both personal experience. For the typical home user, #1 is the absolute worst and #7 is getting pretty good. I've run both 3,5,7 and have seen marked improvements each time. 1) "I just dump it from the...
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    Actual wear and tear of engine parts running waste oil.

    Nha, not ignorant at all, that's my problem for using too many acronyms. RUG is Regular Unleaded Gas, many of us here blend it with our oil and find that it makes the dirt separate from the oil by itself. It's also used to get the viscosity closer to #2 since it's thinner than #2. Thanks for...
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    Actual wear and tear of engine parts running waste oil.

    How do you clean your oil? Do you blend with RUG first? If you centrifuge it, how many passes do you make?
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    Actual wear and tear of engine parts running waste oil.

    I haven't had to look inside my internals yet but I can say this, I'll never go back to running non-centrifuged oil (I previously used a series of filters with the smallest being 2 mics) again in my trucks. Even though my IDI drank it like regular diesel, I've been amazed at how much...
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    Collection Pump?

    I just pumped some oil and there's no way the drill is turning at 225 RPM's, I think it's probably closer to 100-125 which would better explain my flow rate. Theoretically your math is correct but as I understand pumps, they hit a limit at a certain RPM and won't push any more liquid. This...
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    Collection Pump?

    From what I can tell after looking them over, both of those pumps are the exact same. The cheaper one is actually nicer, it comes with better extension tubes and also has a debris screen whereas the more expensive one does not. I'm using the more expensive one right now but have the cheaper...
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    Collection Pump?

    This is the drill that I'm using, it says in the specs that it turns 550 revolutions. I'm guessing that when it's loaded down, it's turning half that, or 275 revs. Considering that HF's specs are sometimes off, I'll subtract another 15% from that and guess that I'm turning 230 revs. That doesn't...
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    Collection Pump?

    I don't remember the sizes off the top of my head BUT when you go to TSC, they sell a nearly identical barrel pump that HF does. Just size the lovejoy using their barrel pump and you'll be in business. There are two things that I left off in my previous post; 1) The HF shaft already has a...
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    Collection Pump?

    Here's my barrel pump setup, I use this to transfer oil from my centrifuge barrel into my holding tank. I timed it the other day and it was 4:20 to empty the barrel into the tank and this was pushing the oil through 2 oil filters. It consists of a HF barrel pump ($27) , two "lovejoys" from...
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    Collection Pump?

    I have a long to-do list tonight but I'll try and snap some pics.
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    Collection Pump?

    I have a 1.5" pump that I bought from HF on closeout for $100. I haven't had a chance to use it yet because my other setup has been working pretty well. That setup is a barrel pump fitted with lovejoy connectors that allow me to spin it on my Harbor Freight drill. This setup takes alot less work...
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    Mix ratios and the engines you run them in

    I have a 2001 Excursion and I'm running W84, whether it's waste oil or waste transmission fluid. W84 is 84% waste fluid of choice mixed with 16% RUG. Before I started centfruging I had an issue with excessive smoke (it was still filtered to 5 mics) but since then, I've been virtually smoke free...
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    Mix ratios and the engines you run them in

    Here's a few of the common abbreviations.... RUG = Regular Unleaded Gas WMO = Waste Motor Oil WVO = Waste Vegetable Oil W85 = 85% WMO/15% RUG K1 = Kerosene D2 = Diesel
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    Mix ratios and the engines you run them in

    I run 83 WMO/17 RUG in my 89 7.3 (non-turbo) and it handled it beautifully. In my '01 7.3 Powerstroke, that mix had HEAVY smoke at idle. My mix is settled then filtered with (2) PH8A Frams followed by a 6 micron Baldwin (33352). After watching Youtube centrifuge videos yesterday, I'm...
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    heating your oil?

    I've had great luck with mixing 20% RUG into my oil, letting it set for 48 hours, and then draining the water off the bottom. After all the water is gone, I then drain about 5 gallons into a clear cubie and set it aside. Then I'll start pulling my oil from the top of my barrel and that's what...

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