Project: PolarRAM

[Cobound]

Yeah, we got beat down to and from this trip - drove for hours turned left just to go straight. My cruise actually shut down once because the system though my steering was jacked

That said, that’s on 37s with stock gears, too!

I’m in love with this thing!

[6DoF]

i've also been burning like 2 gallons of used oil in this truck every tank. filtered before going in, and makes my trash worth $5.50 a gallon!

[xj_man_646]

Originally Posted by 6DoF

i've also been burning like 2 gallons of used oil in this truck every tank. filtered before going in, and makes my trash worth $5.50 a gallon!

That is the good thing about those old ones...you can get away with that stuff. I think you can even do a higher oil : diesel ratio if you wanted.

[6DoF]

Originally Posted by xj_man_646

That is the good thing about those old ones...you can get away with that stuff. I think you can even do a higher oil : diesel ratio if you wanted.

i've read about guys running 60:40! i don't need to go that crazy, it does smoke more. but after realizing i had over $100 in fuel sitting under my sand blaster i decided to get a filter setup and just get it all out of my way! i'll probably use it slower once i bust thru this pile of jugs so i can keep the lubricity up for every tank and not just after i change oil.

so i got a fryer oil filter set-up, 10" cone filter in a wire support. the support legs sit perfectly on a 5gal bucket, so i just filter into that and use a bucket pump into the truck. i just 3D printed a filter separator as well, so i can filter thru 2 at the same time. i'm only pouring oil that has had time to settle too, so chunks and flecks to the jug bottom. once i see anything chunky or metallic swirl i stop and leave the last 5% of the oil in the jug to throw away.

the oil goes thru the filters slow enough with gravity that it really does a great job cleaning it. the buckets is clean enough that i have no concern over fuel filter clogs at all. the 2nd filter only helped that too. you can see exactly where i pour the oil in cuz it'll be darker from carbon/stuff settling out right there on the filter. the tip will be a little metallic from tiny flecks, but the 2nd filter won't really show anything. takes a modest pour to fill the cone and get enough thru to finally empty a gallon jug, then you just let it sit there for a few minutes to finish.

[Cobound]

Yeah, I'm not doing that - bonus to you

[6DoF]

Originally Posted by Cobound

Yeah, I'm not doing that - bonus to you

old tech FTW! no way i'd run it in that new fandangled jaz

Originally Posted by wrath

Where did you find the filters and cone at affordably? I've been using furnace filter material to filter my waste oil.

We hardly drive anymore so we don't generate the oil like we used to. I used to go through a drum of Mobil1 every year, now I don't even buy drums anymore.

Amazon!

50pk filters:
https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B0018OZF...roduct_details

filter holder:
https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00C67J2...roduct_details

and i can send ya the separator .stl if interested

[6DoF]

so the other day i filtered out a bunch of oil and in the process i put like 2gal in the truck and re-filled the bucket. well i never went to top off the other 20gal of fuel in the tank and was running around on like 20+% used. that did smoke more for sure, and cold starts got slow or wouldn't catch first crank. i'm going to stick to my 10%

[xj_man_646]

Originally Posted by Cobound

Yeah, I'm not doing that - bonus to you

You definitely wouldn't want to. Your (truthfully, anything newer) diesel is picky.

[6DoF]

Originally Posted by xj_man_646

You definitely wouldn't want to. Your (truthfully, anything newer) diesel is picky.

when I TDI swap this XJ, i'm throwing a mechanical VE pump conversion on it to keep with the old pump theme.

[Cobound]

Yeah, picky indeed - that said, I definitely love the diesel. Honestly wish I had one sooner.

Sean said years ago, about the time I picked up my first truck, my '13 Ram, that once you had a truck you'll never go back. He was right - went from the Ram to a Gladiator and haven't looked back!!

I'm not sure I could go back to gas now either!! Even w/ all the new doo dads, I'm happy w/ it. I'm keeping it simple, it works - and w/ the Banks stuff, plug n play, even peppier

Excited to get out and tow more w/ it, have a trip May 20 w/ my Escapade, Memorial weekend (Shakk) and June (VA) w/ the SXS. See what it does w/o all the headwind

[Baby peez]

Nice idea for the spacer

[nblehm]

Originally Posted by Cobound

I'm not sure I could go back to gas now either!!

wait til you get a repair bill

[xj_man_646]

Originally Posted by nblehm

wait til you get a repair bill

Maybe he will plan to swap these out as warranties expire.

[Cobound]

Warranty - factory and extended.

Nothing is cheap these days, so whatever.

[6DoF]

Originally Posted by wrath

Those filters work disturbingly well when you run two of them, thanks!

Being a cheap bastard, I might just go full granpappy and go back to letting oil settle, filter it, then boil it, then reuse it in my old ****.

right! i've been pretty happy and not worried to dump it in the tank. hell, i'd actually love my fuel filter to get a little build up cuz the non-adjustable electric pump is actually putting out too much PSI

the boil it i wouldn't have expected ... trying to get dissolved water/fuel to evaporate off? after seeing so many of the VW guys sending oil samples for analysis and going 30,000 miles in a TDI before the oil would drop below the "industry standard" ... seams pretty reasonable to run it in a tractor, etc after filtering.

[6DoF]

*post moved to correct truck build thread*

[xj_man_646]

Why is this in your Yodge thread?

[6DoF]

Originally Posted by xj_man_646

Why is this in your Yodge thread?

oops ... moved

[6DoF]

on another note however ... i have been collecting Waste Motor Oil from friends, and have been getting a lot. as i got more, i started running more, and I'm up to running about 30% WMO. for my 30gal tank on the truck, i'll put in about 10gal of straight filtered WMO. it does smoke a tad more, but only where the truck is tuned heavy anyways. MPG check pending.

[xj_man_646]

That's pretty awesome. How does it feel in terms of power? About the same?

The beauty of old diesels . Trying that on a stock new truck would not end well.