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    Centrifuges- oil pressure type vs motor driven

    I was just about to post the nearly the exact same question; I'm wondering if anyone has both and has ever got the oil "clean" with a pressure driven and then run it through it a motor driven to see if anything else comes out? I have a pressure-driven, have been using it for a number of years...
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    Jesus Freak's WMO IP thread

    Looks like y'all might call it alpine diesel... https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=does+australia+have+winter+diesel#ip=1
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    Jesus Freak's WMO IP thread

    Over here in the US, and depending on the state, we have what's known as winter diesel and summer diesel. Diesel fuel is prone to waxing or gelling in cold weather; both are terms for the solidification of diesel oil into a partially crystalline state. Below the Cloud Point the fuel begins to...
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    Jesus Freak's WMO IP thread

    That's interesting, I have a Pierce fire truck running on WMO and I switch to diesel when I get in the neighborhood. That's only 2 miles though so maybe I oughta up it a bit just for piece of mind...
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    Jesus Freak's WMO IP thread

    I can't give definitive proof since I'm not logging my miles publicly or with a third party for verification, but I can say this; -Ford Excursion w/7.3 - 65k miles on centrifuged W85. Single tank with 80% W85/20% diesel, replaced one set of injectors that already had 200K+ miles on them, no...
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    Jesus Freak's WMO IP thread

    If you were starting/stopping on diesel, I wonder what made starting difficult and gave your glow plugs a hard time? I'm not quite seeing the correlation...
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    Jesus Freak's WMO IP thread

    With my centrifuged fuel and 2 micron fuel filter, I haven't experienced any premature noticeable wear. Sure, maybe it does wear components faster than fuel but if that means that I only get 150k out of injectors instead of 155k, I'm OK with that. Same for IP's and other related fuel system...
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    Running new motor oil vs waste motor oil?

    There's always the option of paying the fuel tax and keeping the receipts so that if you get inspected, you have proof that you're not running illegally. That said, I have a decently large circle of diesel friends and none of us have ever been stopped or dipped in our private vehicles and we run...
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    Running new motor oil vs waste motor oil?

    I would happily come pump that tank for them, remove it, and knock out any other pending chores they might have around the house
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    Actually retrieving WMO

    I obsessively clean mine and figure at 100 passes which is about 68 hours running a 400w motor, I'm using about 27kw of power. I'm curious how the single passes work and if they get as clean as mine than you're right, that's a heckuva lot more efficient!
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    Actually retrieving WMO

    Hahaha....we're birds of a feather on that one. While you're in the process of building the new one, maybe adjusting your pickup will help? Mine sits on top of a 300 gallon tote and the inlet pulls from 2-3" off the bottom and then deposits right back on top. I go at least 100 passes and once...
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    Actually retrieving WMO

    Just curious why you're moving away from the PA Biodiesel fuge? I have the 208 GPH vers and it's been pretty consistent at cleaning my oil.
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    Actually retrieving WMO

    I'm going to start watching the used market for a diaphragm pump, thanks for the tip. Mine is easy to prime but rarely needs it so no check valve for me...not to mention a check valve would restrict flow and I use a 2" piece of PVC pipe as my hose wand to move fluid as quickly as possible. On...
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    Actually retrieving WMO

    I was intrigued until I saw the sprice tag of $2k. For the value, I'll stick with a trash pump since it'll move more oil for a fraction of the cost. Other than replacing the pump gasket and cleaning the carb after it sat for 5 years, I haven't done a thing to it...
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    Actually retrieving WMO

    No but I'll have to get some after I install the new hose and get it setup like I want.
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    Actually retrieving WMO

    It's a Harbor Freight model that I picked up a number of years ago and still starts on the first or second pull. I mated up some gator quick couplings so I can swap between hoses and it's been a reliable setup.
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    Actually retrieving WMO

    How fast does that double diaphragm pump move oil?
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    Actually retrieving WMO

    I use a 2" gas powered trash pump that'll suck a 55 gallon drum of oil in 60-90 seconds. On my last pickup, I had a hose burst and you can imagine how much oil sprayed around the shop that I was picking up from (looked like the second coming of the Exxon Valdez). The owner wasn't happy at all...
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    Waste Motor Oil Distillation?

    I've heated oil to the point of condensation before and the carbon still didn't fall out of it. When I think of water distillation, if you let water sit for long enough the dirt will eventually drop out so distillation just speeds up the process whereas if you let black oil sit for years and...
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    Waste Motor Oil Distillation?

    I'm pretty skeptical as I've been screwing around with oil for quite some time and this seems too good to be true. I'd be happy to be proven wrong but I just don't see it happening. If they wanted an independent tester though I'd be game.
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    Gear oil as fuel

    I've never experienced that and I've also almost never experienced odorless wmo burning. Are you the one burning it or someone else?
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    Gear oil as fuel

    I'm at just shy of 60k miles on waste oils in my IDI and the fuel savings have paid for a new engine several times over. I haven't had to pull the head yet but have looked through the injector bore and haven't seen anything abnormal. This is ATF, motor oil, gear oil, transformer oil, hydraulic...
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    Gear oil as fuel

    Can you expand on that? What deposits were you seeing in the combustion chamber and what oil were you running?
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    Gear oil as fuel

    I'm not sure what you mean by lots of ash deposits bc when I pulled my injectors, there wasn't very much carbon, if any, at all on them.
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    Gear oil as fuel

    I've used both gear oil and Atf, but admittedly a lot more Atf, with great success. I centrifuge for 48 passes, make sure it's water free, and mix in 20% gasoline to get the correct viscosity. Neither are designed to be burned like diesel but it can be done, and successfully, if it's clean. As...

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