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So far I have found trying to pump and filter vegetable oil to be a highly annoying process. Here's my trial and error for pumps: 1. high capacity drill pump from Northern tool had great flow and primed easily, but broke several times with the plastic "wipe inserts" in the impeller coming off. It finally broke from too much pressure trying to pump through a .5 micron filter. 2. 12V water transfer pump from tractor supply is said to be self priming, but will not suck oil from a drum. Luckily I managed to clean it up enough to get my money back. 3. $7 drill pump from lows works, but will not suck oil to self prime and will not push oil through a filter. 4. $69 12V diesel/wvo pump sold on Ebay is complete junk. will not self prime even though it is supposed to. Motor sticks sometimes unless you rotate the shaft past the "bad spot". Will not push oil through filters smaller than 5 micron. 5. Broke down and bought a $98 pnuematic piston pump for drums. Unfortunantly my compressor doesn't put out enough air to operate. Hopefully I can clean it up enough to take it back too.
Right now I'm thinking about buying a $30 steel hand crank barrel pump and welding a socket onto the hand crank and using a air ratchet to spin it. ......................
This has been one of the more annoying experiments I've tried.
Right now I'm thinking about buying a $30 steel hand crank barrel pump and welding a socket onto the hand crank and using a air ratchet to spin it. ......................
This has been one of the more annoying experiments I've tried.