10-09-2013, 04:51 PM
Ask 10 different people and you'll get 10 different answers!
Absolutely agree with the above statement.
I've been running it on and off for the last 10+ years. Tried various different methods. I've also found gravity to be your best friend when seperating the crud. I do however only settle it for a week as I place the containers somewhere warm which massively speeds up the process. I've found if you warm the oil in a big pan on top of the log-burner till it feels hot to the touch and then strain it thru a tea towel you don't need to do anything else to it unless it's winter. Contaminated petrol/diesel mix or straight petrol helps a lot then.
That's for bosch pumps obviously, I'd be far more cautious with a Lucas as I have a few friends who have suffered weeping pumps in a pretty short space of time. Interestingly, none of them have ever suffered the catastrophic failures with them that I've been reading about on the net for years.
Absolutely agree with the above statement.
I've been running it on and off for the last 10+ years. Tried various different methods. I've also found gravity to be your best friend when seperating the crud. I do however only settle it for a week as I place the containers somewhere warm which massively speeds up the process. I've found if you warm the oil in a big pan on top of the log-burner till it feels hot to the touch and then strain it thru a tea towel you don't need to do anything else to it unless it's winter. Contaminated petrol/diesel mix or straight petrol helps a lot then.
That's for bosch pumps obviously, I'd be far more cautious with a Lucas as I have a few friends who have suffered weeping pumps in a pretty short space of time. Interestingly, none of them have ever suffered the catastrophic failures with them that I've been reading about on the net for years.