Cleanable Diesel fuel filter.

[rogersmithiii]

Anyone know of a cleanable / reusable filter that can attach to a 15 GPM Fill-rite, fuel oil pump? I know you can buy the oil filter types, but they are disposable. I need one that I can clean out and reuse.

Thanks

 

[mike93lx]

Why do you need a cleanable one?

I would be very surprised if this existed, but if it does, it will not filter nearly as well as a good disposable.

There is a reason why disposables are the standard.

 

[Buckgnarly]

Out of curiosity, why does it have to be cleanable?

 

[WWheeler]

This where the line between frugality and futility gets crossed.

 

[65k10]

Goldenrod has mesh strainers you can use in place of the filter element on their clear bowl filter units. https://www.dutton-lainson.com/proddetail.php?prod=75064

 

[mike93lx]

Goldenrod has mesh strainers you can use in place of the filter element on their clear bowl filter units. https://www.dutton-lainson.com/proddetail.php?prod=75064

178 micron filtration? Sure, as a pre-filter, but definitely not as a standalone.

 

[Mytoolsupply]

I don't know of any cleanable filters that could be considered a primary filter. But if you happen to find something please post a link I could be curious to see the details on it

 

[rogersmithiii]

My home oil tank sprung a leak. The oil company pumped out the tank into 55 gallon drums. They can't get back to refill the new tank for two months, so I'm buying a Fill-rite pump to do the transfer. I'd like to gross filter the fuel oil so that any sludge does not end up in the new tank. I am concerned that a normal filter will plug up too fast if there is any dirt that was in the 55 gallon barrels.
I am NOT trying to cheap out filtering fuel to a diesel engine. That would be beyond stupid. Deere told me that to rebuild my 310L backhoe engine would run close to $20,000, so they advocated doing filters and water separator regularly.

 

[mike93lx]

Just buy a few filters and toss them if they get dirty. It's the right way to do it, IMO. The really nasty stuff should drop to the bottom anyway.

 

[bas157]

what about one of these? I've not used one, but could be worth looking at (read reviews, see how they work?)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000SOFLL6/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[vwpieces]

Fuel oil sludge settles to the bottom. Pump from the top. Deal with the nasty mud later. Perhaps using the basic gravity filters on most home heating tanks to deal with the bulk mud separately.
Also just for an example... a paper coffee filter will get 99% of sludge out. No where the needed flow for a pump but just saying as an example of something cheap and simple.

I have reclaimed a couple thousand gallons of heating oil from no longer used tanks. Best filters are time and gravity. Once you pump close to the mud you are spending more on filters than you get back in usable fuel.

 

[Swervyjoe]

Could use a centrifuge type filter, but it wouldnt be cost efficient.

Alternatively you could make strainers out old jeans by sewing the leg shut

 

[nadogail]

Set your suction inlet above the 75% full point of the drums, the dregs can be dealt with later.

Then consolidate the fuel remaining in the drums and repeat.

 

[Wrench97]

How many gallons of fuel are you talking?
Under 1,000 I doubt you'll have trouble, keep in mind the sludge will be on the bottom of the drum keep the pump an inch off the bottom until you can see what you have.

 

[ttpete]

The cleanable filter you are looking for is a Cuno-type filter. It has stacks of discs inside and a T-handle on top. You clean the filter by turning the handle and drain the bowl to remove the impurities. It's a somewhat coarse filter but will reduce the number of changes of the fine filters downstream from it.