4x4tom
Active Member
With the filter process, why are you using drums/ tanks. Why not decant waste oil into a 45gal drum, pump it though your filters straight into the jerry can / car?
Mines exactly as you see in the picture, very simple setup ( not the best ) just to see how she ran. Straight into the drum, pump through the twin filters, straight into the tank of the car, fill with half a tank of used oil, then top up with straight diesel.
As a test i had a tractor in the other day, oil hadnt been changed in years, had a massive failure of the head gasket and there was alot of water in the oil. After letting the water settle to the bottom of a tub i sucked the oil off the top and filtered it though the drum and into the car. Abit more smoke under load but ran perfectly other than that. Did 150miles, fires straight up in the mornings no problem.
The only oil ive found to be a problem was really thick new gear oil, engine hunts for around a minute until the engines warmed up.
Mines a standard 200tdi, with no mods to the fuel system, but will be adding a heat exchanger similar to the td5s so im able to run a higher mix of used oil.
Im not here to discuss the legality of it. Just to share my results.
Mines exactly as you see in the picture, very simple setup ( not the best ) just to see how she ran. Straight into the drum, pump through the twin filters, straight into the tank of the car, fill with half a tank of used oil, then top up with straight diesel.
As a test i had a tractor in the other day, oil hadnt been changed in years, had a massive failure of the head gasket and there was alot of water in the oil. After letting the water settle to the bottom of a tub i sucked the oil off the top and filtered it though the drum and into the car. Abit more smoke under load but ran perfectly other than that. Did 150miles, fires straight up in the mornings no problem.
The only oil ive found to be a problem was really thick new gear oil, engine hunts for around a minute until the engines warmed up.
Mines a standard 200tdi, with no mods to the fuel system, but will be adding a heat exchanger similar to the td5s so im able to run a higher mix of used oil.
Im not here to discuss the legality of it. Just to share my results.