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    What color is your WMO?

    It ended up draining off fine, the first 3-4 minutes of draining produced water that was as clear as drinking water. The it gradually turned into water with oil drops, then oil with water drops, then milky oil (white/brownish), then regular oil (which was the brown color). Looking at the...
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    What color is your WMO?

    I forgot that I had this picture, this was the batch of oil that I'm talking about after I picked it up and let it settle in my tote for ~36 hours.
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    Viscosity Tests

    I'm headed out on a 1600 mile trip today and I've got full tanks of fuel that flows in 1:58, or about a W75-W80 mix. AE showed me a dead injector that I replaced so now I'm running on all 8, I'm looking forward to seeing how my mixes run when all the cylinders are firing. I'll post up a smoke...
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    can i burn ...

    My guess is that with that much oil, they have a known supplier and can either tell you the name it OR have some material data sheets on hand. These sheets will tell you everything about the oil to include what it's based from, the harmful contents inside, etc. I'm almost positive they'll have...
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    can i burn ...

    I try and add RUG to everything, I've found that it's abilities to make dirt and sludge drop out are unmatched. Even if it's just 10%, I still like to add some in there. I doubt it'll be too thin (our regular oil will never flow faster than diesel) but the viscosity test will tell you for sure...
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    can i burn ...

    The centrifuge would take care of it but the pump feeding the centrifuge would hate it since the filings would chew up the gears. Before centrifuging, drain off the majority of the filings (if you can) and wait long enough so that the metal has settled on the bottom of your tank. Or to be...
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    can i burn ...

    I've run it before with success and I'd run it again, my preference has always been the red/amber colored oils since it seems like they smoke less.
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    '95 7.3L starts then stals

    This could definitely be a CPS issue, that's a likely culprit. It could also be a failing IDM but those usually just go out and they don't come back. A new CPS is only $19, my advice would be to try that as it's the easiest and least inexpesive fix. If it doesn't work, you oughta keep a spare...
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    What color is your WMO?

    Good article about removing water from oil: http://www.machinerylubrication.com/Read/503/removing-water-in-oil
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    What color is your WMO?

    So last night I went ahead and put about 25 gallons of it in my truck. This was after I pumped out the pre-centrifuge holding that had 35-45 gallons in it. Even after sucking it out of my holding tank, through my trash pump, and into my disposal tote, I was able to immediately drain off free...
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    What color is your WMO?

    That's good to know, thanks!
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    What color is your WMO?

    So if you were to crack the valve on the bottom of your tank right now, what would come out? Would you get any water at all or just the emulsified oil? Once it's emulsified, have you found that settling by itself won't work?
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    What color is your WMO?

    We all agree on that but the reality is that many of us pick up WMO that has water/anti-freeze/pollutants in it. Removing it is pretty easy unless you get some "super mix" where the oil and water have completely bonded. I don't think that's what I have but it'd be reassuring to have someone else...
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    What color is your WMO?

    Up until this point, the majority of my WMO has either been jet black (diesel WMO) or had a hint of red (ATF WMO). This last batch of about 250 gallons came from a place that had their barrels outside and was a mix of hydraulic oil, engine oil, small amounts of ATF, anti-freeze, and rain water...
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    My first filtration rig... wmo processor

    I just posted the same info in another thread but my Excursion has a heating element inside the fuel bowl. I don't know what that raises the temp of the fuel up to but I haven't had any problems with vapor lock. Hopefully you have the same results with your FPHE but I'm looking forward to hearing.
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    can i burn ...

    I meant to post up a couple days ago but I realized that my Excursion has a heating element inside the fuel bowl. I don't know what that raises the temp of the fuel up to but I haven't had any problems with vapor lock.
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    My first filtration rig... wmo processor

    Subway, when you have RUG in your mix do you still run it through the heat exchanger? I've read where folks theorize that it'll vapor lock but haven't seen where anyone's actually tried it.
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    can i burn ...

    Yup, I didn't make the distinction in my last post that I'm running a PSD. My primary truck is an '01 Excursion PSD and my secondary is a 7.3IDI. I haven't seen a measured difference on either but I suppose I could pull the pressure gauge and stick a temp gauge in it's place on the Excursion and...
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    Starting to build my wmo collection/filtration setup .

    I have male and female camlocks on my hose and once I'm done pumping, I just join the two ends together and all the oil stays inside. If you have a Tractor supply near you, it's about $16 to get both the male and female. I also have a camlock on my pump and wand so that everything more or less...
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    can i burn ...

    I start and shut down on my mix, I'm not running 50/50 like you though. My preference is W80-W82, it's just slightly thicker than diesel and I've started it in the 20's with no problem. I suspect it'll work down into the teens and probably the single digits, it takes just a little bit longer...
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    Starting to build my wmo collection/filtration setup .

    FWIW, I had a foot valve too and never even put it on. After about 20 secs, my pump starts sucking fluid and away she goes. If I think the oil is thick or the weather is cold, I'll put 3 or 4 qts in my suction hose and then it'll start right up. I know a foot valve is only about $7 but with...
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    Starting to build my wmo collection/filtration setup .

    I feel for ya on the stiff hose, mine is moderately stiff partly because of the diameter and weight but it's still a pain trying to position it when I only want to suck from the high corner of a tote. The wand is great though, it makes it so I can store the hoses inside my truck (I have quick...
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    My first filtration rig... wmo processor

    Chris, If you put even just a gallon of gas into your mix, it'll thin it considerably and help you out with the cold weather starting. That said, I wouldn't put the gas directly into the tank since it'll likely make some dirt fall out of suspension UNLESS you're about to run down the road and...
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    Starting to build my wmo collection/filtration setup .

    I just checked my previous order and sure enough, I have a 108 gph 'fuge. For the last few months I've been calculating my cleaning at 65gpm so I've been cleaning at roughly double the passes that I thought! It's nice when you make a mistake in your favor every once in awhile:) My sucker is...
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    Stale RUG what experiences have you had.

    Thanks for that idea....I'm in Buffalo and tons of boats are pulled from the water and shrink-wrapped for the winter. Now you've got me thinking about how to get the gas that they probably pull from the tanks before they put them up for the fall/winter.

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