From: Mel Miller (nourmahal@att.net)
Date: Tue Mar 18 2003 - 08:06:01 PST
Howdy Fred,
For over at least forty years there have been bypass filters using rolls of
toilet paper or paper towels to filter crankcase oil. If they are correctly
engineered they work very well.
I would not consider putting such oil back into an engine unless your engine
uses a lot of oil and you have to constantly replenish. The trace elements
of oil additives in the petroleum companies 'formula' for that oil may have
been consumed. One way of determining whether or not you should reuse the
oil for its intended purpose would be to send a used and new sample of the
oil to an analysis company and ask them to see if the 'additive package' is
still intact in the used sample.
Good Luck!
Mel Miller
Corpus Christi, TX
361-937-3317
M725
> From: Fred Martin <mung@in-touch.net>
> How are you guys filtering the cooking oil? I read about a fellow
> (somewhere) that made up a pipe or tube assembly that had several rolls
> of toilet paper inside (fit the I.D. of assy.) Had a small valve
> installed at the bottom...poured his used engine oil in top and when it
> filtered through to the bottom...opened valve and the oil coming out
> looked like it came out of a new can. (his description) Probably have a
> snug fit tube in center to keep it from running down center hole. Anyone
> else know anything about this method of filtering oil? Could or would
> you use it in the crankcase again? Fred Martin
>
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