[Vwdiesel] euREKa!! WVO Eurovan!!

[David Cook]

I'm catching up a few days... sorry about that...

Anyway, I too have set up an automatic filtering
mechanism behind my house.  (Don't have a garage...)

I bought two 30 gallon drums from a recycling center
for $5 each.  I chose them because they were clear and
I could see the levels.

The top drum is sitting on its side, with an opening
facing up, and one facing down.  The lower opening
goes to a pipe, where a farm-style fuel filter is.  

The oil flows through this filter, and into the lower
drum, which is sitting on its end, with the openings
facing up.  The pipe from the filter goes into one of
the openings, and on the other opening has a
hand-crank fuel pump to get it out and into my fuel
can for transfer to the car's tank.

If you get oil from a restaurant, you don't want to
get hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oil (think
Crisco).  Not only will it plug up your blood veins,
but it will also plug up your fuel lines!

You need to make sure the oil is liquid oil when put
into the fryer, and it should still be liquid when you
get it. 

To put the oil into the top drum, I mix it approx
50/50 with regular diesel fuel.  This makes it a bit
easier to go through the filter.  (And its going to be
mixed anyway!)

It goes through a metal funnel that includes a fine
mesh screen.  This catches smaller bits to help
preserve your fuel filter.  Of course, I do have to
clean off the screen every once in awhile, but this is
better than buying filters over and over.

It doesn't take real long for about 10 gallons of this
mix to go through the filter on a warm day, maybe 3-4
hours.

My Cabriolet seems to be running pretty happily right
now on about 30% oil (estimate) though the start this
morning took a couple tries (got pretty chilly last
night).

Hope this helps,

David
--- Area31 Research Facility <stephensrw at stn.net>
wrote:
> Sandy,
> 
> Could you please describe your WVO filtering process
> in detail?  Is this the
> crud that comes from deep friers?  That is like
> greasy, oily wax at room
> temp isn't it?
> 
> You must have to heat it to filter it, or even to
> pour it..
> 
> Does what you get after your filtration dilute
> nicely and stay liquid with
> 50% diesel mixed in without adding heat?
> 
> Rob

David Cook
Red '86 Cabriolet Diesel Powered
Red '90 g60 Corrado 
Brown and White '78 Westy Campmobile "Bear"
and others in various states of disrepair
Pictures here: community.webshots.com/user/superdave5599


		
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