Sock Filters

[BSMiller]

Has anyone been cleaning the sock or bag filters?

If so what method?

 

[Msilbernagel]

I use a whole-house (spun string, looks like, about $2. 50 ea) filter, 5-microns, followed by a classic goldenrod diesel-fuel filter from the local 'farm store'.

I got impatient with the bag filters - wasn't really set up to use them and the oil takes quite a while to drain through unless you warm it up considerably.

cj may be using them - perhaps he has a laundry technique?!

Mark

 

[cj hall]

Hello

The only way to clean one would be to back flow the filter the mess would not be worth the 5. 00 the bag cost. By the bags in bulk and dont worry about cleaning them.

using a bag itself and not the filtering unit will take a lot of time to filter. but using a big pump and a bag and housing will give you nothing but problems also. the flow is rated with water so if it says the filter will flow 30 gpm @ 100 degs I would not try to flow veg oil at 30 gpm @100 degs people have tryed to do this and they will all fail.



the filtering unit (I built and use) uses a 13 gpm pump and it runs at 0 psi the filter it self will flow 20 gpm at 100 degs at a psi of no more than 125 this is all based on water. If the oil is at 50 degs I can build 50 psi in the filter and it will not flow very fast,heat the oil to 100 degs and it will pump all day long at 0 psi.

think of this type of filtering as the big bypass filter



cj hall

 

[HEMI®Dart]

Great filters...

I get them from work. We have a few different styles. They may be 10 micron or less. I had to drain the brand new lube out of my NV4500 because of a leaking filter. Let it empty through the filter to it would catch the Permetex. A life saver.