[Vwdiesel] 150000 milestone

Tue Oct 10 10:17:49 EDT 2006

FWIW, here is how I do it:

I also let my oil sit and settle out, although at
least part of that is because of the time factor...

Anyway, I built my filtering system out of two 30
gallon drums.  One sits on its side on a shelf, with
one opening facing up and one opening down.  Oil gets
dumped into the first opening, then drains out the
lower opening through a farm-style fuel filter.  Then
it flows through there to the other 30 gallon drum
where it is stored until I want to use it.  I have a
hand crank pump in the second opening on the second
drum.

As I said, I let the oil sit for at least a few days
before pouring it into the first drum.  As I do that,
I pour it through a screen to help keep the big chunks
from going in.  Then, I let it sit in the upper drum
for a couple days to let it settle again.  I've got a
on/off valve to stop the flow.  (There is about 2
inches of the barrel's capacity that can't drain out,
so the particles collect there.  I clean it out
periodically.)

When I'm ready to use the oil, I pump it out into a
gas can and dump it into the tank.  I don't do it very
scientifically really, just look at the fuel gauge and
decide what percentage oil I want to burn (based on
temperature) and dump approximately the appropriate
amount of oil in the tank.  Then I drive over to the
local fuel supplier and top off the tank with diesel.

To keep from having to change out expensive VW fuel
filters, I have a cheap in-line fuel filter to catch
any stray particles.  I also keep a spare in the
trunk, but have never had to use it.

David

--- Hayden Chasteen <dieseltdi at verizon.net> wrote:

> I got the filter on ebay for about $30.  So yes it
> is worth it.  I do intend 
> to pick up some of the 1 -5 micron sock filters
> however.  I actually do all 
> the mixing outside of the tank.  Hayden
> 
> "Those who would sacrifice Liberty for Security,
> deserve neither Liberty nor 
> Security." B. Franklin
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "mikitka" <mikitka at earthlink.net>
> To: <dieseltdi at verizon.net>
> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 9:40 AM
> Subject: RE: [Vwdiesel] 150000 milestone
> 
> 
> > Wow, you have an expensive filter there.  I looked
> up the Oberg and it is
> > $244.  That thing better filter well and last a
> long time for that price.
> > Amazing. I'll have to use sock filters I guess.
> Didn't think to mix some
> > diesel with the oil to help it flow and filter
> better since it is just 
> > going
> > to mix in the tank anyway. Makes sense.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Nick
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dieseltdi at verizon.net
> [mailto:dieseltdi at verizon.net]
> > Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 8:13 AM
> > To: mikitka
> > Cc: VW diesel mail list
> > Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] 150000 milestone
> >
> > I let it settle for a few days first, you would be
> amazed at what
> > will settle out of oil that looks "clear".  Then
> it goes through a
> > fiber restaurant filter cone, then an Oberg 600 
> 28 micron screen
> > filter and finally, after mixing with the diesel,
> through a 10 micron
> > fuel filter and then into the tank where it is
> filtered one last time
> > by the on board filter.  Hayden
> >
> > On Oct 9, 2006, at 5:10 AM, mikitka wrote:
> >
> >> How have you been filtering your WVO?  I have 36
> gallons of it
> >> sitting in
> >> the garage right now and still don't have my
> processor done. I just
> >> need to
> >> finish that up and get my meth. But I have run
> some WVO that I got
> >> from
> >> individuals that bought the 5 gallon peanut oil
> fried a turkey and
> >> then
> >> wanted to get rid of the oil. So it was easy to
> filter since it
> >> looked brand
> >> new. So I just poured it in my tank running about
> that 5 gallons to
> >> a 3/4
> >> full tank of diesel.  I was just curious as to
> how you filtered the
> >> nasty
> >> restaurant stuff.
> >> Thanks,
> >> Nick
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com
> [mailto:vwdiesel-
> >> bounces at vwfans.com] On
> >> Behalf Of dieseltdi at verizon.net
> >> Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 8:31 PM
> >> To: VW TDI Mail List; VW diesel mail list;
> Audi-VW-diesels Mail list
> >> Subject: [Vwdiesel] 150000 milestone
> >>
> >> Well my 98 reached the 150000 mile mark last
> Sunday, 90000 of it my
> >> own.  Since this is such a momentous occasion, I
> figured I would sit
> >> down and figure out what I have purchased to keep
> the car on the road
> >> (not including oil and diesel).  So my list looks
> like this:
> >>
> >> 2 sets of tires (second set I went to 15" wheels
> and tires the old
> >> 14" wheels and tires are on my Caddy)
> >> 2 sets of brake pads/shoes
> >> 1 set of drums and 1 set of discs
> >> 2 sets of struts and shocks (first set was a used
> set from a GLI so I
> >> could get stiffer springs, just replaced them
> last week)
> >> 1 N75 valve
> >> 1 turbo (see my web page for what a turbo looks
> like when they come
> >> apart at speed)
> >> 4 turbo oil supply lines and 4 oil supply line
> brackets (guess what
> >> happens  to the supply line when the bracket
> breaks?)
> >> 4 fuel filters
> >> 9 oil filters
> >> 2 timing belts, serpentine belts, tensioners and
> V belts
> >> 2 intake cleanings (60000 and 120000 at the same
> time as timing belt)
> >> 1 K&N air filter
> >> 1 glow plug harness
> >> 1 glow plug relay
> >> 4 glow plugs
> >> 4 injectors (didn't really need to replace them
> but I got a good deal
> >> on new ones)
> >> 1 diesel geek oversized oil cooler
> >> 1 set of Wetteraur speed chips
> >> about 10 feet of vacuum hose
> >>   1 drivers side head light assembly
> >> full set of gauges - boost, EGR and oil temp
> >> removed EGR cooler due to fractured exhaust flex
> pipe fittings now
> >> runs like a 1Z
> >> and probably a few other things if I thought
> about it!
> >>
> >> Car still runs great, averages 34-36 mpg in my
> short run back and
> >> forth to work and mid 40's on the highway.  I
> normally run biodiesel
> >> but have lost my methanol supplier so lately I
> have been running a
> >> 50/50 mix of filtered WVO and diesel.  Actually
> gets better mpg than
> >> on biodiesel.   Car has been through 2 Texas
> hailstorms so it is a
> >> bit ugly but it still serves it purpose.  I am
> hoping to keep it up
> >> and running so that I can take delivery of a 2008
> CDI Jetta in the
> >> Fall of 07 or spring of 08.  Hayden
> >>
> >> " Those who are willing to sacrifice Liberty for
> Security, deserve
> >> neither Liberty nor Security."  Ben Franklin
> >> "Dictatorships all have common factors:  a
> government controlled by
> >> one party, a leader who claims to have special
> powers outside the law
> >> to keep the country "safe", secret prisons where
> people are locked up
> >> without charges or trial and government opponents
> are branded as
> >> unpatriotic and charged with aiding the enemy."
> >>
> >> Visit my website at: 
> http://mysite.verizon.net/resosxp8/
> >> mydieselpages/
> >> Proud owner of:
> >> 2004 Passat TDI GLS, 2.0l, 8 valve, 134 HP, 247
> lb/ft of torque
> >> (making 150 hp with Diesel Power Tuning Box),
> Blue Graphite,
> >> Anthracite leather interior, ABS, ESP.
> >> 1998 Jetta TDI (Wetterauer Chipset, 2 1/2"
> exhaust, K&N Filter,  140K
> >> + miles, and running biodiesel)
> >> 1981 Rabbit Pickup -Awaiting a TDI engine swap
> with a 96 Passat 1Z
> >> engine.
> >> And many, many, many VWs; from a 1946 Beetle (11
> Beetles total), to
> >> Vans (5 - 3 splitties, 2 bay window), Rabbits
> (3), Karmen Ghia (1),
> >> Jettas (5), Passat (1), Dasher (1), New Beetle
> (1), and Rabbit
> >> Pickups (3) most now gone but not forgotten.
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >>
> >>
> >
> > " Those who are willing to sacrifice Liberty for
> Security, deserve
> > neither Liberty nor Security."  Ben Franklin
> > "Dictatorships all have common factors:  a
> government controlled by
> > one party, a leader who claims to have special
> powers outside the law
> > to keep the country "safe", secret prisons where
> people are locked up
> > without charges or trial and government opponents
> are branded as
> > unpatriotic and charged with aiding the enemy."
> >
> > Visit my website at: 
> http://mysite.verizon.net/resosxp8/mydieselpages/
> > Proud owner of:
> > 2004 Passat TDI GLS, 2.0l, 8 valve, 134 HP, 247
> lb/ft of torque
> > (making 150 hp with Diesel Power Tuning Box), Blue
> Graphite,
> > Anthracite leather interior, ABS, ESP.
> > 1998 Jetta TDI (Wetterauer Chipset, 2 1/2"
> exhaust, K&N Filter,  140K
> > + miles, and running biodiesel)
> > 1981 Rabbit Pickup -Awaiting a TDI engine swap
> with a 96 Passat 1Z
> > engine.
> > And many, many, many VWs; from a 1946 Beetle (11
> Beetles total), to
> > Vans (5 - 3 splitties, 2 bay window), Rabbits (3),
> Karmen Ghia (1),
> > Jettas (5), Passat (1), Dasher (1), New Beetle
> (1), and Rabbit
> > Pickups (3) most now gone but not forgotten.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 
> 
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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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