I just did my first oil change (crossing my fingers that I didnt jack it up) and would like to just burn it with some diesel but I have no idea where to start on the filtering, if thats even a good idea. I have no experience with all these fancy setups/stills you guys have. Anyone have a good simple method for small-scale filtration? I dont have a shop/man sanctuary where I can setup some big pumps/55 gal drums. Thanks
Use a piece of an old pair of jeans as a filter. Pour the oil through the material and it will catch most of what you want to catch. I keep a set of fuel filters in the cab with me "just in case" but so far, she has not left me stranded. I burn alot of WMO in my deuce with no issues.
If its straight from the truck black gold, you can get away with just caring a set of extra filters. Read the post that are all over this subject and spend some time and money a good filter setup to handle large volumes of UMO if its available to you.
As a Noob Deuce owner I have been reading the posts on this and feel I am in the same boat as you. I am wanting to change the oil, but before I do I want to better understand the re-using of the UMO and the filtering of it, the replies here have been helpful. Regarding the filters, did you purchase them online from a military parts site or did you find an equivalent part say at Autozone or O' Reilly's if that is even possible. Thanks.
I invested in a centrifical filter to filter my WMO, and am glad I did.
I sill have not gone through the tank of Diesel that came with my truck.
But my friends are burning through the oil as fast as I can filter it.
They are running straight filtered WMO in their Deuces and have not had any problems.
as an alternative to filtering, if you fill a 55 gal drum and let it sit for a couple of days in the sun, most solids should fall to the bottem. Then draw you used motor oil out about 3-5" from the bottom of the barrel.
My oil sits several days to a week before it gets filtered and I get very little crud in my filter, but I like the piece of mind I get with filtering the oil.
Looking at your avatar (someone on a C-130 wing), are you an Eng or Crew chief? I am an ex-C-130E Flight Engineer (14 missions in Iraq/Afganistan, 2003/04).
They are running straight filtered WMO in their Deuces and have not had any problems.
You need to mix some diesel or reg gasoline in with it to thin it down.....straight motor can lead to coking up the injectors. I run 50/50 UMO and gasoline or 30 WMO/30 VEGGIE/40 Gasoline....the dueces love it.
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