Veg oil/fuel filter confirmation

[Harky]

How do you filter wvo?

I currently filter through 20L filter bags from Ebay, about £12 for 3 filters and you can clean them as much as you want. Wanting to try and set up a slightly more automated system though. Currently I let it settle for at least 6 weeks or so before filtering it, this lets any crap settle at the bottom and saves blocking filters, then filter it and leave it sitting in a cube, and pump from the top of it, again letting anything else settle at the bottom.

The waste stuff can often have high quantitys of animal fat in it that has a much higher gel point so is useless in this weather and so you'd have to add a much higher quantity of petrol to thin it (and this costs more money), the filters arent cheap and can clog and then need cleaning, you need a set up to filter it and that takes up space and then you have all the shite out of it you cant use and need to get rid of not to mention its a very messy operation and the actual amount of calories per liter of WVO is questionable, Ive heard people talking of getting lower MPG on waste than fresh.

All true (not sure about mpg), it certainly is a lot easier buying new stuff. But IF you can get good quality oil, and have the space (I'm lucky enough to be a farmer) then for me its a no brainer