How to burn WMO ?

[Black dawg]

let settle, let settle, let settle, then filter, filter, filter. a big storage tank, and some settling time will cut your filter use in at least half.

 

[wmoguy]

Well - would it help to put the filter pump pickup on something that floated with a limit on how far it could go down? I'm thinking that stopping it from going to the bottom would prevent it form sucking up a bunch of crap and saving filter life.

oh yea it'll help. but even visually clean oil (i.e. oil clean of visible particulates) will clog filters fast. My record is roughly 9-11 gallons of WMO clogging a 3 filter setup to the point that it would NOT pass oil. That oil you visually couldn't see anything in it

 

[Fordman75]

oh yea it'll help. but even visually clean oil (i.e. oil clean of visible particulates) will clog filters fast. My record is roughly 9-11 gallons of WMO clogging a 3 filter setup to the point that it would NOT pass oil. That oil you visually couldn't see anything in it

Did you heat the oil before you filtered it? If you do it won't plug up filters as quickly.

 

[wmoguy]

Did you heat the oil before you filtered it? If you do it won't plug up filters as quickly.

yep, to 160 degrees. My collection oil is nasty dirty I'll give you that tho

 

[KyleQ]

Ok - so there is a bit of prep work involved. I've got a big (250 gallon) indoor fuel oil storage tank that I was going to use to store oil. It drains out of the bottom with a filter setup - I guess this isn't going to work well as all the sediment will come out as it's on the bottom, I'll be better off with plastic 44 gallon drums...

I was hoping to filter more oil before a filter change, but I guess not...

 

[Black dawg]

Ok - so there is a bit of prep work involved. I've got a big (250 gallon) indoor fuel oil storage tank that I was going to use to store oil. It drains out of the bottom with a filter setup - I guess this isn't going to work well as all the sediment will come out as it's on the bottom, I'll be better off with plastic 44 gallon drums...

I was hoping to filter more oil before a filter change, but I guess not...

just pump from the top of the tank, leaving the pickup a little short. Use the drain on the bottom for water, there will be some.

 

[KyleQ]

just pump from the top of the tank, leaving the pickup a little short. Use the drain on the bottom for water, there will be some.

*ding* Great idea!

 

[badaceds650]

So using used diesel oil is not recommended? I work at a shop with 15+ Pete dumps, oil changes are constant. I could get a lot of fuel from them. Is there a need for warmed fuel if it is mixed 50% WMO 50% Diesel?

my supply is almost all semi diesel oil but very clean (no particles) I have a 2 filter setup a filter around 4 micron and second one that is around a 20. I have remote filter heads that fit the primary and secondary filter on Detroit diesel series 60 motors and I just use the used fuel filters off my works trucks once they slow down I put on another set

I've put about 10,000 miles with this setup with mixes anywhere from 30% to 90% depending on weather. I feel my truck works best on 60-75%. I have mainly fresh diesel to start and stop

my coworker that talked me into buying a idi. has run the same basic setup on his truck for 4 years, and probably around 100,000 miles (his commuter vehicle), with no unusual issues.

 

[Brad S.]

Since the summer began I've been running a 20-50% WMO/ diesel fuel mix in a seperate tank behind the cab. Starting and stopping on the wmo mix, until the temps were in the 50's in the mornings.
I mix my wmo & diesel fuel together before I filter it. To mix the"fuel" first I run it through a 10 mic filter(regular engine oil filter), water filter, then through a 1 mic filter. Did start running a PAbiodiesel CF late this summer, works good.
I'm trying to filter this stuff without heating it, that maybe coming to a end with temps getting cooler.
My fuel filter light hasn't gone off yet so the process must be working.