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montrose818

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Whats everyone using to transfer and for storage of used oil?

Since we got 4 trucks that use like 7.5 gallons each, this is a bit of a headache.

Barrel and transfer pump? what kind?
 
A 275 Heating Oil tank is perfect for waste oil. Bonus points for plumbing a stinger a couple inches off the bottom with with a 2” cam lock fitting and the oil driver will be happy.
 
Etyler2 said:
A 275 Heating Oil tank is perfect for waste oil. Bonus points for plumbing a stinger a couple inches off the bottom with with a 2” cam lock fitting and the oil driver will be happy.
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He's in commiefornia. He's not gonna be picking up a free/cheap oil tank.
 
montrose818 said:
Is there a pump suggested for pumping from the tray into the barrel?
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Pump? You pour it right back in the hole upon which the oil came out of (you should be buying drums of 15w40 at this point). I use a pan similar in design to these. Shove neck in hole, pop air relief plug by handle, walk away.

I have another open top drum full of filters that the same company will pick up.

I've been changing oil in large trucks for as long as I could remember. How I spent every sunday of my childhood. I'm sure theres a Milwaukee tool that will do the job for you now. YMMV

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TRINDU said:
Pump? You pour it right back in the hole upon which the oil came out of (you should be buying drums of 15w40 at this point). I use a pan similar in design to these. Shove neck in hole, pop air relief plug by handle, walk away.

I have another open top drum full of filters that the same company will pick up.

I've been changing oil in large trucks for as long as I could remember. How I spent every sunday of my childhood. I'm sure theres a Milwaukee tool that will do the job for you now. YMMV

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We use an open tray. What am I missing? The first time I used one of the ones in your pics, with an even bigger drain hole, the oil came out of the truck so fast, the hole could not keep up and it overflowed, so I use an open tray now. But picking up a large open tray with 7 gallons of oil not that easy without spilling, hence why Im thinking of using a pump.

You dont have an issue with oil coming out too fast?
 
montrose818 said:
We use an open tray. What am I missing? The first time I used one of the ones in your pics, with an even bigger drain hole, the oil came out of the truck so fast, the hole could not keep up and it overflowed, so I use an open tray now. But picking up a large open tray with 7 gallons of oil not that easy without spilling, hence why Im thinking of using a pump.

You dont have an issue with oil coming out too fast?
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Nope, there are bigger ones designed for tractors that you're not going to find at walmart and autozone.

You need to open the spout too when draining. Not just the little air relief. Then button it all back up when moving around
 
I have one of the bigger ones, but I didnt open the spout, I will try that. Thanks
 

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I use a double diaphragm air powered pump to move fuel, and oil With a 1 inch pipe that goes into the drum or other reservoir or container and a hose out of the pump to drum.

Forgot to add use a air regulator to reduce air pressure to 5-10 psi.
 
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Since my new house/shop came with a lift, which is a first for me, I picked up a cheap pneumatic oil drain. Works awesome to get the pan right up under the drain hole and eliminate and splatter. Holds 20 gallons and when you want to empy you just hook up the air line, which pressurizes the tank. Open the discharge valve and it pumps the waste oil out in to whatever bigger container you're using.

Best $140 I've spent on the shop so far.
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If you're a heathen that works on the ground, they have a similar cart one. They have an air operated one in our shop at work but I can't seem to find it online now. Looks like you can easily find them with a hand crank pump or an electric pump though.

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We have a manual bilge-pump looking thing on each generator sump so we can do the bucket program.

Double-diaphragm pump and/or a barrel pump (via camlock hoses) for the larger engines.
 
PAE said:
I use a double diaphragm air powered pump to move fuel, and oil With a 1 inch pipe that goes into the drum or other reservoir or container and a hose out of the pump to drum.

Forgot to add use a air regulator to reduce air pressure to 5-10 psi.
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Otherwise known as "Pucka Pucka" pumps, due to the sound they make.

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bgaidan said:
Since my new house/shop came with a lift, which is a first for me, I picked up a cheap pneumatic oil drain. Works awesome to get the pan right up under the drain hole and eliminate and splatter. Holds 20 gallons and when you want to empy you just hook up the air line, which pressurizes the tank. Open the discharge valve and it pumps the waste oil out in to whatever bigger container you're using.

Best $140 I've spent on the shop so far.
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If you're a heathen that works on the ground, they have a similar cart one.
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Friend of mine has one, wasnt paying attention and knocked the drain off the top. 20 gallons of used oil siphoned on the floor. That's a mistake you only make once.

You have a 30k lift to put a tractor on? :eek::flipoff2:
 
TRINDU said:
Friend of mine has one, wasnt paying attention and knocked the drain off the top. 20 gallons of used oil siphoned on the floor. That's a mistake you only make once.

You have a 30k lift to put a tractor on? :eek::flipoff2:
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Shop at work has these.

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Or for a mere $26k you can get a 4 poster
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around here: ibc tote
in CA: prolly a 55gal drum inside a cut in half IBC tote for "containment"

if you've got any non-emissions diesels, the fuel tanks of them work great, just get yourself some sock filters to catch any crap
 
TRINDU said:
Nope, there are bigger ones designed for tractors that you're not going to find at walmart and autozone.

You need to open the spout too when draining. Not just the little air relief. Then button it all back up when moving around
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montrose818 said:
I have one of the bigger ones, but I didnt open the spout, I will try that. Thanks
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I just drilled a bunch of holes in the top, so when it filled up past the spout and i forgotten to put the cap back on it didnt go anywhere...
 
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around here: ibc tote
in CA: prolly a 55gal drum inside a cut in half IBC tote for "containment"

if you've got any non-emissions diesels, the fuel tanks of them work great, just get yourself some sock filters to catch any crap
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explain? I can pour waste oil (filtered) right into the fuel tank? define non-emissions - is egr ok without dpf def etc, or pre egr all together?
 
montrose818 said:
explain? I can pour waste oil (filtered) right into the fuel tank? define non-emissions - is egr ok without dpf def etc, or pre egr all together?
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egr is fine
catalyst will be damaged by the metal in the oil
DPF stuff will surely be wrecked

other than that, yeah it runs fine, in my shit I run used hydraulic oil straight. Smokes white bad at low load, but hey free fuel. Put 800 gallons through a jetta so far, its nozzles are getting a little tired at this point but they're $30/set for cheap ones

mixed with diesel at 25% or less, there's no way you'd be able to tell without looking at the color and oilyness of the fuel.
 
montrose818 said:
explain? I can pour waste oil (filtered) right into the fuel tank? define non-emissions - is egr ok without dpf def etc, or pre egr all together?
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pre egr id say. and yes 12v, idi and 6.5 diesels burn it like regular fuel, cut with some diesel.

IDI i know for sure benefits from it due to loss in lubrication when everything switched to low sulfur diesel
 
Ok, so 25% used oil, 75% diesel? shit thats awesome news. We have a yard truck that idles the whole day, go through a full tank every few days, this will be perfect.

these are dt466

fucking genius, you guys.
 
montrose818 said:
Ok, so 25% used oil, 75% diesel? shit thats awesome news. We have a yard truck that idles the whole day, go through a full tank every few days, this will be perfect.

these are dt466

fucking genius, you guys.
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dt466e?
 
A_G said:
dt466e?
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E should be fine, same injector setup as the 7.3 DI, and there's a guy on here that's run thousands of gallons through his of those
montrose818 said:
Ok, so 25% used oil, 75% diesel? shit thats awesome news. We have a yard truck that idles the whole day, go through a full tank every few days, this will be perfect.

these are dt466

fucking genius, you guys.
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might wanna go a little lighter on the oil than 25% if it's just gonna idle all day

it seems to work best at higher load, otherwise it builds up a bunch of coke in the combustion chambers that does knock loose the first time you beat on it a little
 
montrose818 said:
explain? I can pour waste oil (filtered) right into the fuel tank? define non-emissions - is egr ok without dpf def etc, or pre egr all together?
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From my experience, HEUI and high pressure systems dont like it. IDI, 12v, and the like seems to benefit from it.
 
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