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Morning Everyone... i have been offered a supply of oil from a couple of local pubs... they only fry chips in one and fish in the other... my question is...
Do i have to wash it?
if so how do i do it? i have tried to search on here to no avail to find the info.... so any help would be appreciated....
BTW been running on Veg oil 50 - 50 for a couple o weeks now and.....
FANTASTIC!!!! i have never been so pleased to smell like a chippy!
My truck is green in more ways than the colour now .,... lol
Stuhttp://www.manicgamer.net
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Originally posted by amethystMorning Everyone... i have been offered a supply of oil from a couple of local pubs... they only fry chips in one and fish in the other... my question is...
Do i have to wash it?
if so how do i do it? i have tried to search on here to no avail to find the info.... so any help would be appreciated....
BTW been running on Veg oil 50 - 50 for a couple o weeks now and.....
FANTASTIC!!!! i have never been so pleased to smell like a chippy!
My truck is green in more ways than the colour now .,... lol
Stu
You don't need to wash it. That's only when producing Bio-Diesel.
I get Waste Veg from my staff canteen and put it through 2 water filters with 25 & 5 micron filters. This gets all the bits out and any sludge leaving just golden coloured oil.
One of the guys on here, TonyN I think, uses an old pillow case to filter his WVO and says it worls fine.
If you want details of my filter set up, send me a PM and I'll give you the details.
DaveJust Vegging Out
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Hi Dave,
I got my filters from the following ebay seller
Meare Solutions
He also supplies the polypropelene filters of 25 & 5 microns.
I used copper pipe to connect the filters and have the below transfer pump from
Machine Mart
I have the drum of WVO being drawn into the first 20 micron inline filter via the transfer pump, then straight in to the 5 micron filter and then into a collection drum.
It takes about 15 minutes to filter about 30 litres of oil.
I could probably get it working faster if I used larger copper pipe (using 15mm at the moment).
When I first get the oil, I let it sit for about 2 weeks until it settles. You get a thick gloop at the bottom (depending on how well used the oil is) and golden coloured oil at the top with bits floating in it.
I only filter the golden stuff. The gloop is kept aside and can settle out again. Warmer weather will thin the gloop out a bit too, so you can use a bit of it in the summer, but mostly the gloop goes on the compost or to oil collection bins at the local tip.
Then I put the WVO through a sieve to get any big bits out, and then bung it all though the filter system.
I've used about 80 litres of WVO in a 50/50 ratio. I've just changed my fuel filter after about 500miles of using WVO & SVO.
The truck runs fine. I actually put in straight diesel the other day and found it felt rough, so I topped up with Oil and it felt fine again.
Hope this info helps. Any other queries, give me a shout.
DaveJust Vegging Out
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Originally posted by The HoffmeisterHi Dave,
I got my filters from the following ebay seller
Meare Solutions
He also supplies the polypropelene filters of 25 & 5 microns.
I used copper pipe to connect the filters and have the below transfer pump from
Machine Mart
I have the drum of WVO being drawn into the first 20 micron inline filter via the transfer pump, then straight in to the 5 micron filter and then into a collection drum.
It takes about 15 minutes to filter about 30 litres of oil.
I could probably get it working faster if I used larger copper pipe (using 15mm at the moment).
When I first get the oil, I let it sit for about 2 weeks until it settles. You get a thick gloop at the bottom (depending on how well used the oil is) and golden coloured oil at the top with bits floating in it.
I only filter the golden stuff. The gloop is kept aside and can settle out again. Warmer weather will thin the gloop out a bit too, so you can use a bit of it in the summer, but mostly the gloop goes on the compost or to oil collection bins at the local tip.
Then I put the WVO through a sieve to get any big bits out, and then bung it all though the filter system.
I've used about 80 litres of WVO in a 50/50 ratio. I've just changed my fuel filter after about 500miles of using WVO & SVO.
The truck runs fine. I actually put in straight diesel the other day and found it felt rough, so I topped up with Oil and it felt fine again.
Hope this info helps. Any other queries, give me a shout.
Davehttp://www.manicgamer.net
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Originally posted by The Hoffmeister
One of the guys on here, TonyN I think, uses an old pillow case to filter his WVO and says it worls fine.
Cos if it is and it works with no probs at all i can get my hands on loads of waste veg from two chippies just down the road from me.
I was on the understanding it has to be filtered properly??
kev.Regards
Kev.
2.4 black beast
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Originally posted by falconerOnce filtered with a piece of cloth surly the fuel filter will do the rest??
kev.
Yes, the fuel filter will catch a lot of excess.
Yes, you will be replacing your fuel filter more frequently.
Yes, you do run a heightened risk of knacking something
else.
Yes, it is a quick and pokey method.
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Originally posted by The HoffmeisterHi Dave,
I got my filters from the following ebay seller
Meare Solutions
He also supplies the polypropelene filters of 25 & 5 microns.
I used copper pipe to connect the filters and have the below transfer pump from
Machine Mart
I have the drum of WVO being drawn into the first 20 micron inline filter via the transfer pump, then straight in to the 5 micron filter and then into a collection drum.
It takes about 15 minutes to filter about 30 litres of oil.
I could probably get it working faster if I used larger copper pipe (using 15mm at the moment).
When I first get the oil, I let it sit for about 2 weeks until it settles. You get a thick gloop at the bottom (depending on how well used the oil is) and golden coloured oil at the top with bits floating in it.
I only filter the golden stuff. The gloop is kept aside and can settle out again. Warmer weather will thin the gloop out a bit too, so you can use a bit of it in the summer, but mostly the gloop goes on the compost or to oil collection bins at the local tip.
Then I put the WVO through a sieve to get any big bits out, and then bung it all though the filter system.
I've used about 80 litres of WVO in a 50/50 ratio. I've just changed my fuel filter after about 500miles of using WVO & SVO.
The truck runs fine. I actually put in straight diesel the other day and found it felt rough, so I topped up with Oil and it felt fine again.
Hope this info helps. Any other queries, give me a shout.
Dave
Hi m8... just out of interest qwhat containers do you use? are they transparent plaggy ones? just wondering as how do you know the level of "gloop"
Stuhttp://www.manicgamer.net
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