Toilet Paper in Funnel tip

[terryr]

I was reading about the bypass filters cleaning the oil using toilet paper, and had rusty anti-freeze that was otherwise good.
I stuffed toilet paper into the neck of a large funnel and poured the anti freeze through. It came out much cleaner. I then packed in some fresh TP pretty tight and let it drip through overnight. It came out bright green.
Next I tried some mineral spirits that had sediments in it from cleaning parts. It stayed brown but had no sediments.
Toilet paper. It cleans everything.

 

[XS650]

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Originally posted by terryr:

Toilet paper. It cleans everything.

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Just like the Starship Enterprise, toilet paper circles Uranus knocking off Klingons.

 

[geeeman]

Just a thought...

Could you not build a "by-pass filter", ie in your garage, then drain your oil, run it through the home-built TP filter, maybe a few times...
then put that oil back in your vehicle?

If you are completely over the top with regards to oil, this might be an option...

 

[SteveD2]

Maybe I should just skip a new oil filter next time and shove some TP in my block!

 

[medic]

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Originally posted by geeeman:
Just a thought...

Could you not build a "by-pass filter", ie in your garage, then drain your oil, run it through the home-built TP filter, maybe a few times...
then put that oil back in your vehicle?

If you are completely over the top with regards to oil, this might be an option...

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Why not just buy a TP bypass filter for your car? You'll always have clean oil, not just every 3,000 miles. Change the TP and not the oil.

 

[theguru]

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Originally posted by terryr:
I was reading about the bypass filters cleaning the oil using toilet paper, and had rusty anti-freeze that was otherwise good.

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How do you know it is still good?

 

[terryr]

by taste.

Actually it was not that old, so I assume it was good. Tested at -35.

If toilet paper can be used for oil, and also for fuel, can oil filters be used for gas?

 

[XS650]

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Originally posted by terryr:
.... I stuffed toilet paper into the neck of a large funnel and poured the anti freeze through. It came out much cleaner. I then packed in some fresh TP pretty tight and let it drip through overnight. It came out bright green.....

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What was the TP like after you finished? I would have expected it to fall apart or turn to a soupy version of paper mache' because of the water.

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[sprintman]

geeman how would you replace the additive package if you re-use the oil?

 

[tom slick]

coffee filters make really good filter/strainers for those applications.