11-09-2009, 08:11 PM
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Beats me.
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11-09-2009, 08:26 PM
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...anybody remember to old STILKO "toilet-paper roll" oil filters (circa 1965-1966)?
...yes, the "filtering" process actually worked and the oil actually did look "like new," but it smelled like a bad mixture of baby-diaper and rotten eggs after the second or third "toilet-paper" replacement.
...sulpheric acids galore!
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11-09-2009, 10:04 PM
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I don't know if oil and gasoline are overpriced like they are here but there are some who are silently building stills to crack waste oil both motor and transmission into diesel fuel and to beat it all they use the waste oil to power the stille.
I'm told it is less complex than it sounds but here very illegal for the most part.
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11-09-2009, 10:08 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rmay635703
I'm told it is less complex than it sounds but here very illegal for the most part.
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...it's only illegal WHEN you get caught and convicted (wink,wink)!
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11-09-2009, 10:23 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Old Tele man
...anybody remember to old STILKO "toilet-paper roll" oil filters (circa 1965-1966)?
...yes, the "filtering" process actually worked and the oil actually did look "like new," but it smelled like a bad mixture of baby-diaper and rotten eggs after the second or third "toilet-paper" replacement.
...sulpheric acids galore!
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What about add some kind of base to neutralize the acid?
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11-09-2009, 10:29 PM
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What about add some kind of base to neutralize the acid?
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...absolutely, except neither the STILKO filter nor the necessary (and EPA approved) additives are still around much these days. |
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11-09-2009, 10:47 PM
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a four cylinder engine in a small car usually holds what 4-6 quarts? At 4 bucks (for spendy oil) is 24 dollers for a 6 quart engine. Throw in an oil filter at 5 bucks and you are looking at less than 30 for an oil change. If you go to 7000 miles on an oil change you are looking at less than half a cent per mile in oil. Oil is not much of an expense to begin with.
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11-09-2009, 11:23 PM
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If America manages to eliminate obesity, we would save as much fuel as if every American were to stop driving for three days every year. To be slender like Tiffany Yep is to be a real hypermiler...
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11-09-2009, 11:26 PM
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I went bonkers when several auto parts chains offered many many kinds of motor oils (and other stuff too) free after rebate. I think I'm set for life and the cost was the sales tax and the fooling around with rebate forms and postage (not much).  |
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11-09-2009, 11:57 PM
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MB oil filter
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Originally Posted by RobertSmalls
Does this mean bypass oil filtration won't allow extend oil change intervals?
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I just bought a very used Mercedes 300d, it's the first vehicle I've seen with factory bypass filtration. Maybe I've just had a sheltered life of US-made vehicles? The filter element sits in a housing old-school style and has two distinct sections, one for the low-pressure higher filtering media. So if it's good enough for the German engineers, it can't hurt. IMHO however, significantly stretching your oil life rarely pays off in the long term.
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