Gathered all my components to make a filter system for my waste oil so as to use it as a fuel additive for my inherited 7.3 diesel, and lo and behold I forgot I had to throw away my pvc glue last year because it had dried up in the can. I think I’m

Gonna have to vacuum seal this new can once I use it for this project because it’ll probably be 3 years before I need it again and I’m tired of buying the shit lol.

Also on the agenda today, I cut a couple pieces of plywood last night to stretch across the bed rails of the truck. Going to coat those in waste oil here in just a few and then at some point bolt them to the truck just behind the cab and grab some of the Milwaukee packout mounting plates and a packout cabinet on each side as a quick way to have tool storage. I did the math and I’ll be spending about the same money as if I went and bought some truck boxes, but this way if/when I get around to building my flatbed dream I can reuse the mounting plates and packout boxes instead of having truck boxes laying around.

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Just FYI, this anon appreciates reading your posts and I am looking forward to seeing a pic of the filter system in action and hearing how it goes.

I appreciate the appreciation. I mostly just post the stuff because it helps me stay on track and not get off on another new project lol. If you couldn’t tell, I have too many ideas and too much time to come up with them.

To satiate some curiosity, my filter system will be relatively simple. I have the Bauer 20v/120v transfer pump which will have some kind of screen or cheesecloth over the intake to mitigate large debris. It will then push the waste oil into a fuel filter/water separator, which will be the ones I replace on the truck itself (coming off the truck and going on the filter system, just to save me some moneys). The fuel filter filters down to 14 micron and of course pulls out any water. From there it’ll go to a simple whole house sediment filter which filters particles down to 5 micron, and from there it’ll go into either a clean jug (oil jugs from changes) or straight into the tank. I’ll be connecting the two filters with 3/4 pvc so I have something solid to hold on to while pumping. Some folks filter down to 1 micron out of an abundance of caution but the factory fuel filter is only 14 micron so I figure 5 oughta be a plenty.

All in the components have cost me about $70 not including the transfer pump, which is only about $100 when on sale. I have 3 vehicles including the one diesel so I have a fairly large amount of waste oil, and I have a couple buddies that tend to keep their waste oil as well (we all use it for treating wooden tool handles and other such things like fences or trailer boards) and they tend to accumulate it faster than they use it. My one buddy probably had 30 gallons waiting for me.

I intend to only run a few gallons per tank of diesel, mostly just so I don’t have to keep buying $13 bottles of diesel kleen lol

I appreciate the appreciation. I mostly just post the stuff because it helps me stay on track and not get off on another new project lol. If you couldn’t tell, I have too many ideas and too much time to come up with them.

To satiate some curiosity, my filter system will be relatively simple. I have the Bauer 20v/120v transfer pump which will have some kind of screen or cheesecloth over the intake to mitigate large debris. It will then push the waste oil into a fuel filter/water separator, which will be the ones I replace on the truck itself (coming off the truck and going on the filter system, just to save me some moneys). The fuel filter filters down to 14 micron and of course pulls out any water. From there it’ll go to a simple whole house sediment filter which filters particles down to 5 micron, and from there it’ll go into either a clean jug (oil jugs from changes) or straight into the tank. I’ll be connecting the two filters with 3/4 pvc so I have something solid to hold on to while pumping. Some folks filter down to 1 micron out of an abundance of caution but the factory fuel filter is only 14 micron so I figure 5 oughta be a plenty.

All in the components have cost me about $70 not including the transfer pump, which is only about $100 when on sale. I have 3 vehicles including the one diesel so I have a fairly large amount of waste oil, and I have a couple buddies that tend to keep their waste oil as well (we all use it for treating wooden tool handles and other such things like fences or trailer boards) and they tend to accumulate it faster than they use it. My one buddy probably had 30 gallons waiting for me.

I intend to only run a few gallons per tank of diesel, mostly just so I don’t have to keep buying $13 bottles of diesel kleen lol

Sorry for the double post lol