yea i was thinking of making a rig to filter oil with rolls of toilet paper. i have some atf and various other fluids sitting around with low miles/break in miles on them.
used oil thats been sitting..re-use
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Coffee filter is perfect for most of the small particulates
If it's good enough to even contemplate putting in the old Saturn, just rudimentary filtering and do it
If it's good enough to even contemplate putting in the old Saturn, just rudimentary filtering and do it
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in that case how long is oil good for brand new in sealed container? there's an old quart of mobil 1 i have from the 80's.
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then what about a car that sits for long periods, change oil every year?
IIRC there was a post on here a while ago that reckoned three years as a conservative time limit for mileage well below the severe service limit, basing this on UOA data, though they didn't present the data that I recall. Don't think the oil-type was specified, but presumably synthetic would be longer than mineral.
in that case how long is oil good for brand new in sealed container? there's an old quart of mobil 1 i have from the 80's.
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Originally Posted By: jmaster
then what about a car that sits for long periods, change oil every year?
IIRC there was a post on here a while ago that reckoned three years as a conservative time limit for mileage well below the severe service limit, basing this on UOA data, though they didn't present the data that I recall. Don't think the oil-type was specified, but presumably synthetic would be longer than mineral.
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Originally Posted By: lubricatosaurus
. Shake up the container in case some additives settled out is all.
I'd say DONT shake up the container in case some wear metals settled out.
That because I've actually seen wear metals settle out, and I've never seen additives settle out, and rather doubt that they do.
That's just me though. Your wear metals (and additives, I suppose) may vary.
I've heard of calcium sulfonates (detergents) settling out, maybe some heavy ZDDP (AW) too.
You do have a good point. I'll say go ahead and shake it up, then let a good oil filter get rid of the small metal wear particles, but make sure you use a MicroGreen oil filter or Fram Ultra for that. And a magnetic drain plug (those are awesome).
Originally Posted By: lubricatosaurus
. Shake up the container in case some additives settled out is all.
I'd say DONT shake up the container in case some wear metals settled out.
That because I've actually seen wear metals settle out, and I've never seen additives settle out, and rather doubt that they do.
That's just me though. Your wear metals (and additives, I suppose) may vary.
I've heard of calcium sulfonates (detergents) settling out, maybe some heavy ZDDP (AW) too.
You do have a good point. I'll say go ahead and shake it up, then let a good oil filter get rid of the small metal wear particles, but make sure you use a MicroGreen oil filter or Fram Ultra for that. And a magnetic drain plug (those are awesome).
Originally Posted By: Ducked
Originally Posted By: lubricatosaurus
. Shake up the container in case some additives settled out is all.
I'd say DONT shake up the container in case some wear metals settled out.
That because I've actually seen wear metals settle out, and I've never seen additives settle out, and rather doubt that they do.
That's just me though. Your wear metals (and additives, I suppose) may vary.
Well, if you shook it up real well and then let them sit a few days I'd think the metals would still settle while the additives would still be blended it, right?
Originally Posted By: lubricatosaurus
. Shake up the container in case some additives settled out is all.
I'd say DONT shake up the container in case some wear metals settled out.
That because I've actually seen wear metals settle out, and I've never seen additives settle out, and rather doubt that they do.
That's just me though. Your wear metals (and additives, I suppose) may vary.
Well, if you shook it up real well and then let them sit a few days I'd think the metals would still settle while the additives would still be blended it, right?
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Originally Posted By: Ducked
Originally Posted By: lubricatosaurus
. Shake up the container in case some additives settled out is all.
I'd say DONT shake up the container in case some wear metals settled out.
That's because I've actually seen wear metals settle out, and I've never seen additives settle out, and rather doubt that they do.
That's just me though. Your wear metals (and additives, I suppose) may vary.
I've heard of calcium sulfonates (detergents) settling out, maybe some heavy ZDDP (AW) too.
You do have a good point. I'll say go ahead and shake it up, then let a good oil filter get rid of the small metal wear particles, but make sure you use a MicroGreen oil filter or Fram Ultra for that. And a magnetic drain plug (those are awesome).
I have a mag plug but only an AC-Delco filter. This probably isn't anything special but is the "best" (as in, known-brand) I've found locally.
I still get fine wear metal settling out of the oil.
Originally Posted By: Ducked
Originally Posted By: lubricatosaurus
. Shake up the container in case some additives settled out is all.
I'd say DONT shake up the container in case some wear metals settled out.
That's because I've actually seen wear metals settle out, and I've never seen additives settle out, and rather doubt that they do.
That's just me though. Your wear metals (and additives, I suppose) may vary.
I've heard of calcium sulfonates (detergents) settling out, maybe some heavy ZDDP (AW) too.
You do have a good point. I'll say go ahead and shake it up, then let a good oil filter get rid of the small metal wear particles, but make sure you use a MicroGreen oil filter or Fram Ultra for that. And a magnetic drain plug (those are awesome).
I have a mag plug but only an AC-Delco filter. This probably isn't anything special but is the "best" (as in, known-brand) I've found locally.
I still get fine wear metal settling out of the oil.
I did that once, but not on purpose.
Needed some oil for the tractor and grabbed my bottle of supertech and started pouring. Nice clean new oil till I got to the bottom of the jug.
That's when I realized I had grabbed the oil I had forgotten to recycle. Must have been a year old or more just sitting there.
I'd probably use it.
Needed some oil for the tractor and grabbed my bottle of supertech and started pouring. Nice clean new oil till I got to the bottom of the jug.
That's when I realized I had grabbed the oil I had forgotten to recycle. Must have been a year old or more just sitting there.
I'd probably use it.
I'd use it in a beater or oil burner. If you're worried there might be some junk in the oil, go to Home Depot and grab a paint strainer shake the oil up and pour it through the strainer into a clean jug. Then use the oil.
Don't stress. Just shake it up, pour it in. Anything particle of any relevance that "might" be in there will be filtered out on the first pass around.
Folks, your vehicles and their engines are much, much tougher that is given credit for.
Folks, your vehicles and their engines are much, much tougher that is given credit for.
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