snuffy
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Post by snuffy on Jan 1, 2011 9:56:26 GMT -5
A lot has been posted on filtering oil. This works better for me than the large grocery bags. Each double lunch bag holds about a gallon. When most of the oil seeps out,about a half gallon of muck remains. Then I place them in another bucket of these muck bags. A 5 gal. bucket will hold about 9 of these and will continue to drip oil for a long time.Very easy to handle opposed to the large bags.Maybe this will help someone new. snuffy
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rockhound97058
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Post by rockhound97058 on Jan 1, 2011 13:01:09 GMT -5
Snuffy - Great post for the newbies - However I have one suggestion to ad as well. This trick works great for reclaiming oil from the sludge, however I use two containters. I find something that only slides into a 5 gallon bucket about half way and drill holes in the bottom. This way your sludge is suspended and can drip through the holes into the bottom bucket and after a couple weeks you can toss the sludge, and it's reclaims as much oil as possible.
My problem is I use diesel for a coolant, and it's not something you can just toss into the garbage, So I have buddies who do slash burning on their property and the sludge makes a great fire starter lol
Jason
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rockhound97058
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Post by rockhound97058 on Jan 1, 2011 13:03:43 GMT -5
Ooops scratch that other post - Now that I look at your pictures closer I do see you have two buckets with holes drilled! Sorry about that! Not a good way to start the new year with a doop dee doo moment LMAO!
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snuffy
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Post by snuffy on Jan 1, 2011 13:18:20 GMT -5
I guess I should have added a couple pics of the setup. Idrilled 4 holes opposite each other a little over half way up the bottom bucket and put a heavy gauge wire through them. Drilled about a 100 holes in the bottom of the top bucket,it sits inside the bottom one. snuffy
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Post by roy on Jan 1, 2011 13:49:09 GMT -5
great info snuff
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rockhound97058
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Post by rockhound97058 on Jan 1, 2011 14:29:33 GMT -5
Well done Snuffy! That really explains it for the new folks.
Jason
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Post by gr on Jan 1, 2011 15:35:11 GMT -5
If you drill about 4 holes close to the edge, in the bottom of the top bucket and put a piece of 3/4" plywood under the bottom bucket on the other side -- makes it easier to clean out the bottom when the sludge bags are gone. Or not
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Post by Woodyrock on Jan 2, 2011 1:40:42 GMT -5
Snuffy, you have to be the spick and pan clean king of rock saw cleaners..............I could not get three bags of muck that clean for love nor money!
BTW, when I change oil, I drain the oil through the fitting on the bottom after letting it settle a couple of days. The first bucket is mostly coloured oil, and draind through the bags pretty quick. The second bucket full, I have to push to the drain, and it is thick, and takes weeks to seperate through the bags. Woody
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Post by johnjsgems on Jan 2, 2011 8:24:46 GMT -5
When I was selling my house I drained my saw and scooped the sludge into a bucket. I didn't have time to deal with it so left it in a bucket with a lid. About every week I found an inch or so of oil on top and poured it off. It isn't lazy it is "passive filtering".
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