Christopher McCann wrote:
Have such a system planned out...just waiting to move
into my new place to get it set up (much bigger
garage).
TOILET PAPER FILTERS - what is everyone talking about?
Real toilet paper or the Hengst fuel filters that look
a bit like a roll of toilet paper? If the former, how
do you do it?
Filters that use toilet paper as the filter element have been available
for at least 50 years. They are VERY effective, but must be changed
rather frequently in most situations. They CAN provide excellent
filtering for fine (in the 1 micron range) particulate. They remove soot
beautifully (Mercedes disposes off soot by changing the oil). Using a TP
filter, one VW diesel owner did not CHANGE his Mobil 1 oil for 60kmi and
when it was finally changed it was still "honey" colored and the TBN had
not dropped more than about 50%. Problem was that he had to change the
filter at least every 2500 miles or the filter would occlude, and with
each filter change, a qt of fresh oil had to be added. The actual cost
for the 60kmi was only about $10-12 less than if he had change the
oil/filter in the conventional way - and there was the labor and
disposal problems of changing the filter every 2500 miles (24 times) for
60kmi of driving.
The US military uses a great many of these filters - as almost anywhere
there are troops, there is toilet paper!
Marshall
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Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions)
"der Dieseling Doktor" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
'87 300TD 181Kmi,'87 190D 2.5 199Kmi, '84 190D 2.2 227Kmi, '85 190D 2.0
159Kmi, '87 190D 2.5 turbo 234kmi
Diesel Technical Advisor MBCA, member GWSection
http://www.dhc.net/~pmhack/mercedes/mbooth1.htm
