Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on May 6, 2015 17:49:33 GMT -5
Changing the oil out on the 14" saw-was recycling it,but after this go around,I finally decided to just get rid of it all and buy fresh!!!!!! Not worth the hassle for a half gallon recovery!!!!!!! I will just buy three gallons and call it good,start fresh!!!!!!
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Post by captbob on May 6, 2015 21:46:07 GMT -5
That's the way to do it! Found out Jiffy Lube will take my old oil, even though it's mineral oil.
I bought a 55 gallon barrel of food grade mineral oil when I got my 24" saw. I'll never filter oil for as long as I own the saw, and probably still have some left over when I check outta here.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on May 7, 2015 10:04:33 GMT -5
It's a nasty job! Plus time consuming!! Not worth my time anymore..Thumbs down..My oil,when I change it,is just about like a thick chili base soup-LOL... Will Jiffy Lube still take it??? We have a recycle drop off here in town,but I think its for motor oil only(Might have to investigate it further though)..
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rxscram
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Post by rxscram on May 7, 2015 10:38:36 GMT -5
I always filter and reuse my oil... I find it only takes about 30-45 minutes for me to scoop out all of the old oil and put it in the filter bag-and-bucket arrangement, scrape out all of the crud (also putting it in the paper bag), wipe everything down so it's quite clean, and refill. After a few days, the filtered oil fills about 3 gallons of the 5 gallon bucket I'm using, and is just as good as new. I do stir the sludge in the paper bag after a day or two to break more of the liquid loose.
Maybe I have an advantage where I don't wait for all of the oil to turn into sludge first... basically, once the oil is more than half full of sludge, I start thinking about cleaning it out. After another week or two, I'm at the point where I can't stand it anymore and clean it out.
Anyway, the filtering works out great for me, because it means I only have to buy oil 2 out of 3 cleanings. That's a pretty big savings for me, all for the cost of a paper bag.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on May 7, 2015 11:02:02 GMT -5
I have only been getting a 1/4 of a gallon return off of three gallons of oil,just not worth it to me... Sounds like you have a good system going on your clean out "rxscram"...Thumbs up
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snuffy
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Post by snuffy on May 7, 2015 11:45:09 GMT -5
If some one has the space,you can get a large plastic trash barrel,fill it half full of water,and throw your sludge bags in it.Oil will ooze to the top over a long period of time,to be scooped off.Been doing this for years.Sometimes after letting the cleaner oil drain out the plug,I just dump all the sludge in the barrel without filtering.
snuffy
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Don
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Post by Don on May 7, 2015 11:52:15 GMT -5
just make a big one of these:
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on May 7, 2015 13:12:23 GMT -5
If some one has the space,you can get a large plastic trash barrel,fill it half full of water,and throw your sludge bags in it.Oil will ooze to the top over a long period of time,to be scooped off.Been doing this for years.Sometimes after letting the cleaner oil drain out the plug,I just dump all the sludge in the barrel without filtering. snuffy If I still lived in ND,I would try that-had lots of land...Living in Oregon now in a smaller city,no space,kind of sucks..LOL
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