phazertwo
Die Summer DIE!
So I am thinking about a WMO set up since I seem to have allot, and all of my friends seem to be happy collecting theirs for me since it will save them from trying to figure out what to do with it. I get a pretty much unlimited supply of 5 gal buckets, and 55 gal food grade plastic drums, and a limited supply of 55 gal steel drums from work. Also I give most of these drums to a company that "re purposes them" and I could get some free IBC totes as well, but I don't have the room for them. Space will be critical for this build!
I am drawing most of my insperation from two threads here from towcat, and from EMD_DRIVER.
So what I would like to do is run a 3 filter set up. Copying Most of tow cats set up using WIX filters and bases. The filters will be mounted using a WIX 24770, with these 3 filters in this order: WIX33439 (14 mic), WIX33374 (6 mic), and a WIX33674 (2 mic).
First I will strain the oil as I load it into my "settling tank" (a steel 55g drum) using a paint strainer. Than I will close the drum off and use compressed air to force the WMO through the filtration system to a plastic (clean) 55g drum above the settling tank. At this height I should be able to gravity feed the clean drum into my truck.
Problems I expect to run into: Not sure how well using air pressure to force oil through the filters will work, but it should only take 10 PSI or so to get it moving just depends on how fast the filters plug. I will have to do more research to figure out how much pressure I can force into a steel drum, but if I can use air pressure than I don't need to buy a pump to move the oil.
Also, I live in CO where it will get cold enough that the oil will not flow in the winter. After reading EMD's thread I decided that I will probably mix Kerosene in before filtering so its easier on the filters, and should make it a little easier to run in cooler temps.
Let me know what you guys think!!
PZ
Edit: In case anyone is wondering the wix part number for a filter base for the 7.3idi, and 7.3 PSD oil filters is 24746. I am considering using this as a straining filter, because straining from a 5 gallon bucket to a 5 gallon bucket through a t-shirt sucks.
I am drawing most of my insperation from two threads here from towcat, and from EMD_DRIVER.
So what I would like to do is run a 3 filter set up. Copying Most of tow cats set up using WIX filters and bases. The filters will be mounted using a WIX 24770, with these 3 filters in this order: WIX33439 (14 mic), WIX33374 (6 mic), and a WIX33674 (2 mic).
First I will strain the oil as I load it into my "settling tank" (a steel 55g drum) using a paint strainer. Than I will close the drum off and use compressed air to force the WMO through the filtration system to a plastic (clean) 55g drum above the settling tank. At this height I should be able to gravity feed the clean drum into my truck.
Problems I expect to run into: Not sure how well using air pressure to force oil through the filters will work, but it should only take 10 PSI or so to get it moving just depends on how fast the filters plug. I will have to do more research to figure out how much pressure I can force into a steel drum, but if I can use air pressure than I don't need to buy a pump to move the oil.
Also, I live in CO where it will get cold enough that the oil will not flow in the winter. After reading EMD's thread I decided that I will probably mix Kerosene in before filtering so its easier on the filters, and should make it a little easier to run in cooler temps.
Let me know what you guys think!!
PZ
Edit: In case anyone is wondering the wix part number for a filter base for the 7.3idi, and 7.3 PSD oil filters is 24746. I am considering using this as a straining filter, because straining from a 5 gallon bucket to a 5 gallon bucket through a t-shirt sucks.
Last edited: