Shifty1962
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Here you go complete with links to filters etc.
OK here we go.
This is my setup as it stands now.
I rough filter (through geotex landscape mesh to catch any nuts and bolts etc.) 180 litres of the raw oil into the oil drum and add 20 litres or a Jerry full of petrol (stale stuff is excellent for this).
I made a compressed air gizmo out of standard plumbing fittings and washing machine hoses which reaches down into the drum and stops about 4 inches from the bottom. This lets the sludge settle out. I use this to pump 50 litres of thinned oil into the blue 60 litre catch tank (£60 on eBay). No more than 10psi is needed which a standard oil drum can handle with no problems. It takes about 2 minutes to shift 50 litres. I ground everything to prevent any static sparks for obvious reasons.
Once again using compressed air (cos I'm too tight to buy a proper oil pump) I filter the oil/petrol mix through two stainless mesh filters of 100 and then 50 microns. These are not shown in these pics but they are mounted in line before the dual marine filter on the 60 litre catch tank. I'll add a picture when I take one.
Kerosene Heating Oil, Bio Diesel, Fuel Filter 15mm on eBay (end time 19-Jan-10 17:44:33 GMT)
and then through this little beauty which is a 5-10 micron marine diesel filter.
Spare filters are £1 each on eBay and they filter about 200-300 litres before getting clogged.
Twin Double Fuel Filter Lucas CAV - Diesel , Bio WVO on eBay (end time 20-Jan-10 21:29:25 GMT)
I used to use paper paint filters but this is much better and less messy.
Once its filtered it goes into a second clean oil drum from which I can use it as required.