Can 50 oil filters make used motor oil clear again?

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    In this episode we try to find out whether pulling oil through 50 fresh oil filters can make it clean and clear is if it were new.
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  • @FerdinandFake
    @FerdinandFake 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2411

    I really expected 50 filters in series

    • @jordanthedove
      @jordanthedove 2 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Otherwise what would be the point 😅

    • @MrBistrochef
      @MrBistrochef 2 ปีที่แล้ว +200

      Now I want to see 50 in series

    • @perdomanes9494
      @perdomanes9494 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@MrBistrochef same

    • @CarlosHenriqueNoronhadeAguiar
      @CarlosHenriqueNoronhadeAguiar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      me too... i was already think of the measurements of the center thread

    • @MattyEngland
      @MattyEngland 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      There wouldn't be anywhere near enough oil in the engine to fill 10, let alone 50.

  • @skurblord3401
    @skurblord3401 2 ปีที่แล้ว +646

    One thing to keep in mind is that the oil itself darkens as it gets heated. Something to do with the smaller molecule chains gassing off. You can test this by heating new oil up to 150C+. It will darken pretty quickly. The upper piston rings get this hot and so does the oil in that area.

    • @WvlfDarkfire
      @WvlfDarkfire 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Wow! That's amazing! I've never seen such an educated response on TH-cam

    • @kitecattestecke2303
      @kitecattestecke2303 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      @@WvlfDarkfire you have Bern subscribed to the wrong channels in general then

    • @WvlfDarkfire
      @WvlfDarkfire 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      @@kitecattestecke2303 I agree. I have bern

    • @Fr3sh-Kush
      @Fr3sh-Kush 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      So one time i changed my oil and drove about 10 miles. Oil was jet black right after...

    • @skurblord3401
      @skurblord3401 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@Fr3sh-Kush That usually means that someone missed the oil change interval too much. Oil sludges towards the end of its life leaving buildup in the head, pan, and channels. Change your oil more frequently to help with that. (3-4k miles.)

  • @MrBassOutdoors
    @MrBassOutdoors 2 ปีที่แล้ว +532

    I’m so disappointed. I figured y’all would have rigged up a contraption to have all 50 of those in line, pumping back into the engine 😂

  • @TheExplosiveGuy
    @TheExplosiveGuy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +560

    Oil filters aren't meant to catch fine particulates, their purpose is to catch larger objects that might cause damage to a motor. If they were fine enough to catch everything, they would clog up after a few hours of driving if not sooner.

    • @jdoedoenet
      @jdoedoenet 2 ปีที่แล้ว +144

      Sort of like the effectiveness of surgical masks and a certain virus... ;-)

    • @dimmacommunication
      @dimmacommunication 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Even if it filtered super fine particles , still the oil would be wasted.
      Look for TBN , oil evaporation etc...

    • @TheSdasdaasdasdasdas
      @TheSdasdaasdasdasdas 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jdoedoenet :P

    • @maxb2299
      @maxb2299 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@jdoedoenet 😕

    • @brandonupchurch7628
      @brandonupchurch7628 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Full flow filters aren't, but many Heavy Duty diesels now use something like a 2 micron absolute bypass filters in addition to the full flow filters to remove soot from the suspension, the full flow protects against big stuff, and running a couple gallons per hour through the bypass cleans the soot out as to not overload the dispersant package for the long change intervals of like 30,000-60,000miles(50-100kkm) or 750-1600hrs spec'd on many class 8 vehicles now.

  • @sarhan5568
    @sarhan5568 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    When you take your car for regular oil change but mechanic tells you to wait outside and started saying "Hey there fellas"

  • @rarbiart
    @rarbiart 2 ปีที่แล้ว +177

    i hoped to see a ladzilla like pipe contraption with 50 filters on top of the motor...

  • @BrianRRenfro
    @BrianRRenfro 2 ปีที่แล้ว +159

    *everyone who watches Project Farm*
    "Man you can put brand new oil in a coffee carafe, heat it on a hot plate, and it will turn black!"

    • @jeremymurphy7320
      @jeremymurphy7320 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Winner, winner!

    • @Leroys_Stuff
      @Leroys_Stuff 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So true

    • @zachriley2341
      @zachriley2341 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Absolutely lol 😆🤣

    • @johncoops6897
      @johncoops6897 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      People who watch Project Farm would believe anything. That channel is like flypaper for the gullible.

    • @ThisLolWTFIs
      @ThisLolWTFIs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Scientific experiments you can redo in your own garage...... are for the gullible.
      Stupid makes itself known, I tell you what.

  • @computernerdinside
    @computernerdinside 2 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    I had a corolla that I just dumped some good high mileage synthetic oil into, and since it burned about a quart every 3,000 miles, I just replaced the filter and topped it off for the longest time, and it did well.

    • @Bobby-cm7vu
      @Bobby-cm7vu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      It was changing its own oil

    • @nobullshit9721
      @nobullshit9721 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@Bobby-cm7vu just a little hungry just feed the little guy lol 🤣

    • @descent8275
      @descent8275 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Ah, the good Old 4e-fe engines.

    • @Techie1224
      @Techie1224 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      if it burn quart every 3k miles then just use thicker oil and your oil will be cleaner and will not burn in the cylinder

    • @tiagofigueiredo2529
      @tiagofigueiredo2529 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      100% synthetic oil tend to burn, even on new engines but in engines with a lot of miles you don't have to change it 😅 Just top it up 🤣

  • @jeremymurphy7320
    @jeremymurphy7320 2 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    I was hoping to see some elaborate 50-filter contraption.

  • @saml7610
    @saml7610 2 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    You might be removing any crud that's gotten into the oil, but I doubt you're effectively renewing the oil itself. The heat from the engine breaks down the hydrocarbons in the oil into substituents over time, and this can't really be remedied. You can't just put those molecules back together without some serious chemistry. Even if the oil is now clean of foreign debris, the lubricating performance will be seriously degraded.
    There is no replacement for an actual oil change. Your engine will thank you if you do things properly. This is certainly interesting, though. I bet this would get you a few thousand extra kilometers out of your oil if you for some reason have a crap load of filters just lying around. I'm sure you could devise a more cost effective filtration system, though.
    Either way, it probably makes more sense to just send your used oil to a recycler who actually has the equipment to remove the "worn out" substituents and fraction off the remaining good oil for further use. You could technically do this yourself, though, which could be a cool project for you guys.

    • @TrojanLube69
      @TrojanLube69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The last part are what cheap manufacturers do in third world countries.

    • @kitecattestecke2303
      @kitecattestecke2303 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The cracked long molecule providing lubrication does not get long again... So old oil is poop

    • @ladam836
      @ladam836 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Old oil to diesel.. Or just oul burner..

    • @inoahmann7542
      @inoahmann7542 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Oil lasts a lot of miles before it starts breaking down. It gets contaminated relatively fast though. On thermoking reefer units the diesel engine runs the equivalent of 100,000 miles between oil changes. I've seen some where they got forgotten about and ran for well over 4000 hours (equivalent to 200k miles)

    • @EFLO3D
      @EFLO3D 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      you dont know that

  • @AlienLivesMatter
    @AlienLivesMatter 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Garage54 needs a Lada powered centrifuge geared towards the speed of sound to physically seperate deposits out of oil.

  • @lpete2766
    @lpete2766 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    thanks for taking all that time to this . it was very interesting as always . great video guys

  • @ZebraFacts
    @ZebraFacts 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Some people in the Philippines use old used motor oil to coat and preserve wood. It actually looks pretty good, although the smell probably isn't so good.

    • @gsp911
      @gsp911 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      My grandfather always did that, but it's not that great. It "boils" in the sun and burns the wood.
      In fact, it causes the wood to dry out and crack.

    • @gsp911
      @gsp911 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      .... but there was no smell.

    • @overPowerPenguin
      @overPowerPenguin 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It isn't fire proof. I would not use oil over something more than a fence.

    • @manwiththecigar2606
      @manwiththecigar2606 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dont they use oil for railroad ties? They do give off a smell when it hits the sun

    • @Guillotines_For_Globalists
      @Guillotines_For_Globalists 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thin it with paint thinner. SixtyFiveFord the TH-cam guy showed how this is done. He stained his home made pallet shed with used motor oil.

  • @markheaney
    @markheaney 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Some fifty years ago my dad put a "toilet Paper Filter" on the car and it removed all the coloration of the oil. It used a roll of toilet paper as the filter. The problem with them was that they filtered out some of the additives that had been added to the oil such as anti-foaming agents.

    • @Ozarkprepper643
      @Ozarkprepper643 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Purchased a 59 Ford pickup in 71 someone had install a toilet paper filter on it. It seemed to work okay but we removed it after a few months noticed the toilet paper breaking down as it's meant to do last thing you want is paper clogging the oil pump pickup screen. I believe they were sold to JC Whitney LOL

    • @rossbrumby1957
      @rossbrumby1957 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@Ozarkprepper643they still sell those filters. If the paper is breaking down, youre using the wrong paper and/or leaving it too long between changes. Its supposed to be the almost shiny tightly wound stuff traditionally bought by sadists for use in public dunnies in restaurants and petrol stations to stop cheapskates stealing it.

    • @ralphwood8818
      @ralphwood8818 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Another bull shit story that comes with toilet paper filters. Everything I have had since 1963 with an oil pump ive put a toilet paper filter on. If toilet paper broke down in motor oil I would know about it. When I pull out a roll of toilet paper I expect it to be strong and tear at each sheet. Started with a Frantz oil cleaner in 1963. Went with the top loaders in the 80s. The Pontiac has a Australian Jackmaster Classic. As far as I know they are the best in production. They are all good.

    • @ralphwood8818
      @ralphwood8818 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I believe JC Whitney sold a spin on filter that replaced the full flow filter. They had a relief valve that was always open when the engine was running. Converted the full flow system to a bypass filter system. A Frantz dealer had Frantz 3 stackers all over the Gulf of Mexico on heavy duty marine engines. When the Frantz 3 stackers went out of production they were replaced with
      Filters that use Bounty big roll paper towels.Thats the Gulf Coast filter of Gulfport Mississippi. I have read aircraft oil analysis reports. Saw the FAA approved AeroFrantzs on crop dusters north of Sedan Kansas about 1980. No the filters dont remove additives unless its a solid like graphite.

  • @usp211816
    @usp211816 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My father had a shop where he worked on big diesels, all the used oil went into a big heating oil tank with a block heater in it. He would pump it through some big filters and then into a sink with a return line to the tank. Hot oil is good for cleaning parts and even gets great off your hands pretty good. He also had a filter press that would crush all the oil out of the used filters.

  • @waterfall836
    @waterfall836 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for the video of the cleaning the oil and the autopsy of the oil filter. Great work

  • @alexduke5402
    @alexduke5402 2 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    You can't do this. These filters are all the same micron so it's just cleaning deposits to to that micron level

    • @Paulman50
      @Paulman50 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yea we need a row of filters decreasing in micron size. Pump 50ltrs of waste oil through and see what we get.

    • @johnhershey4010
      @johnhershey4010 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Paulman50 Bly-Diesel

    • @denniswoycheshen
      @denniswoycheshen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Even then the oil has been repeatedly cooked so the color will never go back.

    • @Oatmealism
      @Oatmealism 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Wouldn't matter. The Color isn't from particulate suspended in the oil, the color is from being heated and cooked, oil in a pan will brown as it is subjected to heat. Engine oil is no different.

    • @Paulman50
      @Paulman50 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@denniswoycheshen the black is carbon and other waste products. If we filter them out we get back to clear. Agree ?

  • @lookingbehind6335
    @lookingbehind6335 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I had a 78 K10 with a 454 and 4 speed. We used it on the farm for years. After it started burning a quart of oil every tank of gas, we switched to 90W gear oil. Poured in two quarts of oil stop leak and called it a day. It ran for at least ten years after that. It was a great truck and would pull like a dozer. Unfortunately a tornado collapsed the barn it was in. It was beyond repair and the insurance company hauled it away.

  • @SD67AH
    @SD67AH 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I used to work in an electrical workshop where we had a filter press to recycle transformer oil.
    It used a long stack of filter discs through which hot oil was plumbed through many times.

  • @finally3984
    @finally3984 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love your videos here in North Carolina. Another way to do the experiment is to go to the salvage yard and get 50 individual filter mounting bases. Hook them all together in a long line so that oil is being filtered over and over, through each consecutive filters. Start with about 15 or 20 liters of used oil, and pump it through the chain of filters to see if the filters will clean the color of the oil at the end.

  • @Snow.Drifter
    @Snow.Drifter 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    You should try the diesel/kerosene engine flush to see how well it removes engine deposits and varnish

    • @justinriley8651
      @justinriley8651 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      it works that's an old trick. 4 quarts of new oil and a quart of diesel or kerosene diesels cheaper. if it's an old engine you'll get some crap to break loose and come out. I've done it on tractors.

    • @danbob1650
      @danbob1650 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Trans oil . Drain qt. Oil. And run for while. And change oil

    • @viperstrike3827
      @viperstrike3827 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you break that stuff up cant it clog oil passages and make things worse?

    • @tonytiger33
      @tonytiger33 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      or flush your engine with transmission fluid it is a detergent oil.

    • @tonytiger33
      @tonytiger33 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@viperstrike3827 if your enginge has sludge yes but trans fluid will dissipate that sludge or diesel fuel and kerosene

  • @kunu98
    @kunu98 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    4:30, when a Eastern European guy grunts after tightening anything, it’s def not goin anywhere

    • @LordWaldema
      @LordWaldema 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Isn't Novosibirsk pretty much central asia? :D

    • @R3Cat
      @R3Cat 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just say russian 😂

    • @kunu98
      @kunu98 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@R3Cat was going to but had relatives from general area that do same Thing lmao

    • @kalamite.enduro8426
      @kalamite.enduro8426 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I myself use exactly the same method ,little grunts for ~30nm bigger grunts for ~50nm and up.

  • @fusiondew
    @fusiondew ปีที่แล้ว

    Every time I have an idea you guys have a video for it it’s great, keep doing what you do!!

  • @TexasGTO
    @TexasGTO 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The oil breaks down over time. More filter doesn't restore that lol

  • @apachelives
    @apachelives 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    nice work on the video, also - filters have a bypass when they are blocked/restricted, and dirty oil is different from burnt oil

  • @peterschmidt1453
    @peterschmidt1453 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Many years ago I saw a story of a custom aftermarket oil filter system installed alongside the normal filter. The filter it used was an actual toilet paper roll and the fineness of toilet paper filtered out all the fine carbon and kept the oil very clean.

    • @ralphwood8818
      @ralphwood8818 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Every engine I have with a oil pump has a toilet paper filter including the lawn mowers. Started with a Frantz oil cleaner on my Rambler American in 1963. My Pontiac Torrent has a Australian Jackmaster Classic. The other engines use Gulf Coasts. Motor Guards and a flat head Ford V8 canister filter set up to use Scott 1000. It has half a roll of Viva towels in it now. They dont like to be called toilet paper filters. Too many bull shit stories and stupid jokes with toilet paper. Jackmaster Classic comes with a high quality roll of toilet paper in a sock. They charge about 20 bucks for them. I use Great Value 1000 from Walmart in mine. To remove the used roll I use long nosed pliers. The Jackmaster Classic element has a pull ring.

  • @iiiquaziii1
    @iiiquaziii1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You guys are awesome! I'm not surprised at these test results though.

  • @AmaroqStarwind
    @AmaroqStarwind 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    That is why I use a really high-end oil filter (like one by CAT), along with an oil catch can, an oil cooler, and also a magnet to help catch any metallic particulates.
    One thing I would suggest trying is getting a chemistry setup so that you can try distilling motor oil to purify it.

    • @jaysimpson6857
      @jaysimpson6857 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Would that not separate any useful additives like detergents for example?

    • @ralphwood8818
      @ralphwood8818 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      A lot of big paper towel filters are going to the government now. Mostly the Military. I got into a debate with a NASA diesel equipment engineer on a trawler forum years ago. Now they use them. They were moving the shuttle then. Thats the Gulf Coast filter company out of Gulfport Mississippi. I told Charlie Sims of Gulf Coast filters to send someone down to Canaveral that understands big engines. They didnt need to talk about my Ford diesel truck.

  • @hippopotamus86
    @hippopotamus86 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    If the filter was able to filter out the dark colour then filters would be blocked much faster.

    • @Petrolhead99999
      @Petrolhead99999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      At first I thought this was bait... but actually you're right, it would be filtering the broken polymer chains, so no oil would flow at all

    • @hippopotamus86
      @hippopotamus86 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Petrolhead99999 It certainly wasn't intended as a bait! My point was more that if the oil is black, then it won't be able to filter it out, as it's already gone through the filter 1000's of times and wasn't filtered.

    • @chrismechanic2000
      @chrismechanic2000 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, the black is mostly carbon particles which are very small, you could use a partical filter but that would restrict oil flow unless the area of the filter was great enough.

    • @girlsdrinkfeck
      @girlsdrinkfeck 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@chrismechanic2000 carbonisation is a stain yh. Can't filter out stains

    • @theroyalcrownedtiger2946
      @theroyalcrownedtiger2946 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I've done oil changes to diesel engines that had 1 huge oil filter on it, so it's got lots of filter media surface, but the oil was still black, when it came in for service.
      I don't see how 50 clean oil filters will make black oil clean, besides even if it worked, the oil will be thinned out and won't be able to properly protect the moving parts in the motor.
      Also keep in mind, each time you remove the oil filter, you will lose some oil, so using 50 oil filters on 1 motor, with same black oil, the oil level will drop gradually, since the oil filter holds limited amounts of oil in it, with oil levels lowering, to keep the level full, it would require to be topped up.
      The price of 50 oil filters is way more costly compared to doing a oil change with 1 new oil filter, and new motor oil, 2 jugs of motor oil, and you will still have enough motor oil for top ups.

  • @Ma77riK
    @Ma77riK 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    As the engine runs it leaves more deposits for the oil to take and lift into suspension, that's one of the main functions of engine oil. Clear used oil after filtration doesn't mean the additives are working as friction modifiers anymore.

  • @goodboiflyer7575
    @goodboiflyer7575 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great effort for the video! You guys should put fine metal particles in the oil before the experiment and use 50 oil filters to see how much it takes to clean it. I always was wondering, if it is even possible.

  • @bigdaddyofalldaddies4574
    @bigdaddyofalldaddies4574 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I haven't even seen the video yet, but already know im going to like it!

  • @horiachiorean8592
    @horiachiorean8592 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I send samples to a chek lab and I forgot one around two weeks in my locker. The oil was yellow and on the bottom was some black stuff. I don't know if the clear part was good to be used again but it sure looks good. Next time I want to send them only clear oil and wait for the result.

  • @eby6114
    @eby6114 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Lol replacing the oil one filter at a time

    • @sugarnads
      @sugarnads 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Exactly

    • @ralphwood8818
      @ralphwood8818 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thats true he changed the oil. The filters did nothing. Full flow filters dont remove color. They remove only engine damaging abrasives.

  • @slybunda
    @slybunda 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    not the usual quality or ingenuity iv come to expect from this channel.

  • @SpicySpleen
    @SpicySpleen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This show is awesome thank you for making this!

  • @1artonpower
    @1artonpower 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    When he said he would use 50 filters for the engine oil, i knew that it wouldn't be possible.
    Little oil remaining in the filters adds up to litres after a while.

  • @randybarnes8454
    @randybarnes8454 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I really like the videos and attention you put into them. I'll tell you what my Grandfather used to say, he'd say oil never wears out, it just gets dirty. He'd only replace the oil filter and add the amount of oil the old filter removed. Then drive the vehicles forever.

    • @bc454irocz89
      @bc454irocz89 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Straight weight oil does not but multi weight does it contains long chain polymers that break down

    • @ralphwood8818
      @ralphwood8818 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I have a Freezer that hasnt had an oil change in over 50 years. Clean oil will last forever. The freezer wont hold it forever. My 37 Studebaker book said its not necessary to change the oil except for seasonal reasons. Change the filter when the oil looks dirty on the depth gauge.(dipstick). Seasonal reasons meant thinner oil for winter. I think they used cotton. John Frantz started putting superior 2 ply toilet paper in them in 1953.

  • @BioRuss-qr5il
    @BioRuss-qr5il 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The discoloration of the oil is in relation to the porousness if the filter medium. The best way that I can think of to clean the oil is a centrifugal filter system when the oil is spun at a high rate of speed that causes the "weight" of the "dirt/discoloration" to become extremely heavy whilst suspended in the oil due to the centrifugal force being exerted on the "weight" of the "dirt" ,in turn it will stick to the wall of the housing of the filter. This method was used on diesel trucks in conjunction with the standard oil filters back in the day when I used to work as a trade hand at a truck depot before I did my apprentice 35 years ago to become a plumber/drainlayer.

    • @ralphwood8818
      @ralphwood8818 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      My 65 Honda 305 motorcycle had a internal chain drive centrifuge. A lot of Soviet equipment used them. Also Mack trucks.

  • @bossdog1480
    @bossdog1480 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I cleaned used oil using a metal powdered milk can and 2 rolls of toilet paper.
    I pulled the centers out of the rolls and pushed them down into the tin. I had previously drilled holes about 2 cm high from the bottom in the tin. I just poured the oil down the center of the rolls and caught the much cleaner oil in a bucket that the tin was sitting over.😁

  • @MVP11489
    @MVP11489 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I think you would have gotten much better results if you used a extremely high filtration filter like a royal purple oil filter. They are like 95% efficient at 5 microns.

  • @rajgill7576
    @rajgill7576 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I was alwaya told the oil never stops lubricating, its all the additives in oil tjat run out. You need the anti-foaming and detergents topped up again

    • @garmancathotmailcom
      @garmancathotmailcom 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The long chains break down into shorter ones, reducing film strength(the thing that actually keeps the metal parts from touching each other) and lubricity. This is improved with synthetic oils but all of them have a service live regardless of additives or contamination. Edit: it also gets acidic.

    • @rajgill7576
      @rajgill7576 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@garmancathotmailcom Ah, that is exactly where all the wear occurs, when 2 metal parts touch without the oil film between

    • @ralphwood8818
      @ralphwood8818 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      First you need a filter that cleans oil. I use toilet paper filters. Then you need to change the toilet paper and add enough new makeup oil to keep the additives up to specs. For my Pontiac driven mostly highway thats a toilet paper change and a new quart of Walmart synthetic oil every 6.000 miles. Make adjustments for different driving conditions. It doesnt matter which of the toilet paper filters you use. The Australian Jackmaster Classic is the best set up to use the newer toilet paper with the bigger cores and shorter paper. The Jackmaster Classic requires a firm paper such as Scott 1000. I use Great Value 1000 from Walmart.

    • @ralphwood8818
      @ralphwood8818 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@rajgill7576 There are only two reasons for engine wear. Not enough oil between the parts and dirty oil between the parts.

  • @kwbalance108
    @kwbalance108 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great experiment! (For anyone who is new to cars and goes out and does this, your oil begins to lose it's lubricating properties.

  • @factfigures85
    @factfigures85 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Worthy to watch appreciate your efforts

  • @richardidgaf8002
    @richardidgaf8002 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I guess they missed the part of the script where he had to mention that this episode was sponsored by ‘Mad Fil: Shadow Legends’.

  • @Strike86
    @Strike86 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Some of the contamination in the oil is individual atoms of carbon from the combustion process - I doubt the filter is fine enough to capture them.

    • @exploranator
      @exploranator 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      if they are individual atoms, they will not have color. They have to be together in compounds/lumps/piles big enough to bounce or shift light wavelengths.

  • @devonmorgan9030
    @devonmorgan9030 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was a great video but now I'm curious on what it would take to actually make your oil clean again if you could make a filtering system to clean it up

  • @ralphwood8818
    @ralphwood8818 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Since 1963 my oil has always been clear on the dipstick. I started in 1963 with a Frantz oil cleaner and Standard Delo 30W. My Pontiac Torrent has a Australian Jackmaster Classic and Walmart synthetic oil. The Wix XP is to protect the engine from anything in the flow of oil to the engine large enough to damage the engine. There are no full flow filters that turn the oil clear. That requires a depth bypass filter. The depth filters than replace the full flow filters such as a Trasco or Stilco have a large bypass valve that stays open as long as the engine is running. Now you have a bypass filter system.

  • @mrPauljacob
    @mrPauljacob 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Save those filters .... They're still good!

    • @ralphwood8818
      @ralphwood8818 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      True they are still clean. All he did was change the oil.

  • @tallpaul9475
    @tallpaul9475 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    What product(s) would you suggest for cleaning the inside of a used car's engine, particularly the areas the oil is going through?

    • @kitecattestecke2303
      @kitecattestecke2303 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      New filter + Fresh cheap 0W30 or 5W40 synthetic "hc" hydrocracking oil where the manufacturer openly marked it on the label with clean engine + Long distance, fast travel with hot hot hot engine = immediately oil change with hot oil and everything dispersed still in it
      REPEAT the above again..
      Then expensive good pao fully synthetic based oil
      Always do oil changes in lower frequency to "wash" away the old dirt from owner neglect before!
      Do not use oil cleaning additives as every bit of trash goes through the engine and it give immediate high wear and can kill engine
      If you hate Lady use sand as oil

    • @tammylott921
      @tammylott921 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      DIESEL / TRANS FLUID MIX.. 2 QTS

    • @Enjoymentboy
      @Enjoymentboy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      1/2 can of seafoam 300kms before oil change.

    • @sthenzel
      @sthenzel 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      80% diesel fuel + 20% engine oil, new filter, run for 10-15mins, maybe drive around the block, but no high revs, temps or load.
      Then a normal oil change.
      Did this more than once, the engines´ insides went from dark, sludge covered surfaces to shiny metal again.
      All except one are still doing well, and that one went with car when that started to rust faster than I could weld.
      There´s just one downside, but that applies to professional products as well:
      If there´s a gasket in the engine which just still seals because of accumulated residue...

    • @user-vc8lu9eb1l
      @user-vc8lu9eb1l 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Vodka.

  • @trevormurphy7041
    @trevormurphy7041 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was kind of expecting you guys to put all the filters together and filter the oil all at once can’t wait for the next video I watch out the car companies might come after you

  • @tymoteuszmuzyka
    @tymoteuszmuzyka 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    U guys above everything!

  • @auggietorres654
    @auggietorres654 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Make an oil filter rig that allows you to put like 5 or 6 filters in a line and run them all at once and a circulation pump to move all the oil

    • @pinzgauernorcal
      @pinzgauernorcal 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      the oil pump only has so much force, it might do more harm by starving the engine of oil pressure.

    • @ralphwood8818
      @ralphwood8818 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      6 filters in parallel will clean better than 6 in series. A big filter will clean better than a small filter.

  • @sweettooth7124
    @sweettooth7124 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I read this and was like hmmm. Ive heard of oil testing and if it was still good the farmers would pour the oil into their tractors as a way to recycle the oil until it was thoroughly done for or consumed.

    • @majorva2653
      @majorva2653 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      how do you assume a tractor needs less good oil than a tractor... also its needs a different viscosity

    • @sweettooth7124
      @sweettooth7124 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@majorva2653 it was an old tale I've heard of farmers using over the years. My source...an old farmer.

    • @majorva2653
      @majorva2653 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sweettooth7124 maybe thats the problem xD an old farmer not an engine builder sure it still works but why put unnecessary stress on the engine if it would last a lot longer with just fresh actually correct oil

    • @ralphwood8818
      @ralphwood8818 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      When I was selling Gulf Coast filters a guy brought me a Dodge Cummins. He said put this Amsoil in and install a Gulf Coast filter. I asked what was in the truck. He said Shell Rotella 15 w40. I said yes sir. I had a new drain pan.

  • @boobrowsky
    @boobrowsky 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Some good lab filtering paper or even coffee filter under a vacum can claean it somehow. I sometimes use them to clean solvent that i have for cleaning parts. Coffee filter can stop a sot from old diesel at least from mineral spirits. It's never perfect again but allows to be bit more eco friendly in workshop

  • @jackhughman282
    @jackhughman282 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ah, yes, the question we've all been asking 😁. I love this channel.

  • @GumbootsOnBackwards
    @GumbootsOnBackwards 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Glad to see Vlad is back at it!! I wish him happiness and health!

  • @nathancreel9866
    @nathancreel9866 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It would just clean the dirt and debros out of the oil its still broken down and discolored from the heat.

  • @will24655
    @will24655 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I left some oil in the drain pan for a good few weeks once, when I looked at it again, the contaminants had sunk to the bottom and the oil on the top had gone back to golden brown.

  • @AlarakTheHighLord
    @AlarakTheHighLord 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've been asking my self this question for a long time!

  • @member57
    @member57 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I thought I remember hearing that ships use some type of centrifuge to filter or renew oil.

    • @zhopka77
      @zhopka77 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You are correct. Just search "oil centrifuge" on YT.

    • @aeroflopper
      @aeroflopper 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      alot of small 4stroke engines use a centrifugal oil filter system

    • @izwanizi
      @izwanizi 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lube oil purifier.

    • @zhopka77
      @zhopka77 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@izwanizi ohh baby say "lube" again, PLEASE

    • @ralphwood8818
      @ralphwood8818 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@aeroflopper yes my 65 Honda 305 motorcycle had a internal chain drive centrifuge. My Honda 500 Custom had a Frantz oil cleaner upside down back behind a saddle bag.

  • @warrior8154
    @warrior8154 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Now this is gonna be some interesting stuff
    Like always ofcourse!

  • @jashan5abi
    @jashan5abi 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was thinking about something Like that great video fellas ...

  • @curtbarile
    @curtbarile 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great thought here but over time the oils properties will break down and will thin out like water and the oil pressure will diminish causing damage to the bearings, this can't be reversed using filters and you must change the oil. I really like watching your show and keep up the great work and testing here. THANKS

    • @ralphwood8818
      @ralphwood8818 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Oil will last as long as you can keep it clean. I gave up allowing the oil to get dirty then draining it in 1963. In the 60s we changed the Frantzs and Motor Guards about every 2.000 miles and added a quart of new oil. Preferably single weight because multi grade didnt hold up for extended use. Couldnt use multi grade in a diesel. The Walmart synthetic is beautiful with my Australian Jackmaster Classic My Motor Guards My Gulf Coasts and the flat head Ford V8 canister on the Diesel tractor. I expect the oil to get black in a diesel and be amber in the gasoline engines.

  • @elit3darkness
    @elit3darkness 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    all things considered.. that engine sounded really smooth!

    • @shiv5927
      @shiv5927 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Toyota 3s. Came in the rav4 aswell

    • @teem5642
      @teem5642 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's japanese engines for you

  • @elit3darkness
    @elit3darkness 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Hope no customers needed one of those filters for their oil change lol

  • @hotratz69
    @hotratz69 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You can do a simple oil analysis for contaminants using some card stock (blank business card works great) Put one drop of oil in the middle of the card stock on a level surface. The oil will spread out in a circle after about an hour. All the contaminants will settle out in rings withing the circle like growth rings on a tree. These rings will settle out with heavy material in the center (metal) then other contaminants and finally the outer ring will be the soot load. This is called a blotter test. You can compare these cards at different mileage intervals to determine when to change.

  • @partsshooter
    @partsshooter 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This answers my questions.... I just knew that the oil was gonna get clearer... I blame the filters, they weren't tighter in the mesh.

  • @dafuq2165
    @dafuq2165 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Ah yes Toyota the lada of japan

  • @Aleks_Mechanics
    @Aleks_Mechanics 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Notification squad!👍🏻

  • @patrickfreeman3579
    @patrickfreeman3579 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The city of Memphis didn't experiment back in the seventies or eighties with their trucks change the oil regularly and half and just change the filter and added on the others then they tore both engines apart and no damage they both look identical

    • @Alucard-gt1zf
      @Alucard-gt1zf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No shit seventies trucks were built to survive the nuclear apocalypse of course there wouldn't be damage

    • @patrickfreeman3579
      @patrickfreeman3579 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Alucard-gt1zf this is true

  • @evilcanofdrpepper
    @evilcanofdrpepper 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I want to see the same thing but with coffee filters! and you might be able to clean it up a bit with a centrifuge depending on what the contaminates are...

  • @YellowCab2008
    @YellowCab2008 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Make Oil great again ‼️‼️

  • @collinhopper7542
    @collinhopper7542 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Need a filter with a lower micron rating. Then see what happens.

    • @juhajuntunen7866
      @juhajuntunen7866 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      First coarse filter and then finer and finer.

    • @laharl2k
      @laharl2k 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      yeah but old oil is still old oil, even if you filter it good enough that it becomes clear again.
      Its not just micro particles, its also the properties old the oil that degrade over time and use, and thats way more important than the particles themselves. The main issue is that oil loses its viscosity and so it starts causing an accelerated wear on the parts. Its like trying to use water instead of oil. Water is thin and so it doesnt have enough strength to keeps the parts from rubbing against each other.

    • @kitecattestecke2303
      @kitecattestecke2303 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@laharl2k this engine is gasoline so water also stays inside...
      50 Filters price more$$$ than new oil :-)
      And all the 'acid' stuff that comes from combusting byproduct inside the engine

  • @inverseuniverse5727
    @inverseuniverse5727 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The fun never ends at Garage 54 .

  • @foxhazhax4845
    @foxhazhax4845 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You know this was a super interesting experiment. Very cool 😎.

  • @SARDARGAMING-ny7tm
    @SARDARGAMING-ny7tm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Connect exhaust manifold to the intake manifold and run the car

    • @nicostenfors5690
      @nicostenfors5690 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It won't run or atleast not more than a few seconds. EGR valves add exhaust gasses to the intake but only in small amounts.

  • @kingofsludge7262
    @kingofsludge7262 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When he poured the oil out of the first filter I caught a whiff of oil somehow

  • @usernamwdrama
    @usernamwdrama ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome stuff, sand is a good filter, would be interesting to see it filtered through that.

  • @yurmimgiey2857
    @yurmimgiey2857 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Every time I see wild test theories about something engine or car related in the title.. I instinctively know garage 54

  • @dolphhandcreme
    @dolphhandcreme 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Would be very interesting if a chemist filter (the ones that look like coffeefilters) would do the trick! Also there's an active coal filter unit for the gasoline tank fumes that maybe works!

  • @robertheinkel6225
    @robertheinkel6225 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The trucks we used on the flightline, ran 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They mostly idled, but could get up to 15 mph at times. The motor pool changed oil based on mileage, not hours. That was some nasty looking oil, after a couple of weeks.

    • @Ozarkprepper643
      @Ozarkprepper643 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I've driven over the road for different trucking companies most would push the trucks 30,000 miles before an oil change considering they work almost every mile they run the engine still go 700,000 before a rebuild. I averaged 120,000- 130,000 miles a year.

  • @christophergreen2736
    @christophergreen2736 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is the nicest looking Lada I've seen on this channel so far. Not a bad looking car.

  • @opexo
    @opexo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    what can you say about adding kerosene (lighting gas) in the oil before this experiment or when changing oil?
    Or... experiment how long a motor would run at idle with only kerosene before it locks or before it starts destroying the bearings and see metal shavings in the filter?

  • @walsakaluk1584
    @walsakaluk1584 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The oil in my Australian 4 litre Ford Bara engine with factory fitted LPG never turned black. Always looked like new. The recommended oil change interval was shorter but as others have said the friction modifiers deteriorate regardless of the oil colour.
    I was surprised to find the oil never turned black.

  • @robertforget6369
    @robertforget6369 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    that was cool kinda fun keep up the good work

  • @kiqnkf
    @kiqnkf 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's pretty good, but I expected exactly this. Have you got some super-fine filtration system?

  • @13r4nd0
    @13r4nd0 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pretty much figured this. That's all that the filter does really, is just keeps contaminants from circulating. It was run in an engine that seems used so, even then the old oil on the walls would keep the oil darker anyways. If the old oil was ran through a filter contraption without an engine, I beleieve the results would have been more interesting, but still closely the same.

  • @pauldunn7000
    @pauldunn7000 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    We used some recycled oil about 40 yrs ago and a machine that had a pump and vessels full of rags《 many 》 and they just ran the oil through the rags untill it was cleaned to there specs it didnt look like new oil more like, light brown but a little milky from black used oil. Old trucks had a luberefiner on them in the usa.

  • @user-vh7ki7xu7o
    @user-vh7ki7xu7o 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You can get lab glass for filtration it has a glass filter that you put whatever size filter you need then the top is clamped on and using a vacuum pump the oil can be drawn through the filter. Just need a really fine one and it will take a lonely time

  • @Thunderstormworld
    @Thunderstormworld 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Here is a idea you can do as I did it many years ago. I took a 20 liter steel drum filled it with used engine oil, the cap I drilled a hole in with a pipe welded on and another small pipe welded on for air pressure. On the cap with the pipe I welded a expanded metal pipe on with the end capped, then took toilet paper and rolled it around the expanded pipe many times and put it in drum and pressured the drum, at first the first 2 liter oil was slightly clearer but getting to 10 liter it became clear.
    I won't recommend engine oil as combustion process changes the chemical properties but gearbox oil can be used over again.

  • @thomasbarlow4223
    @thomasbarlow4223 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If you want to make a good filter all you need it's a piece of pipe with a cotton rope inside of it jamed tight. Filter the oil through the cotton rope it will come out clean on the other side

  • @kittty2005
    @kittty2005 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    There is a by pass valve in the engine or filter bracket that allows the oil to by pass the filter till it reaches 100 C so it flows correctly.

  • @MoisesFialkoPantil
    @MoisesFialkoPantil 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello from Guatemala City. Try doing the technique @ 8’04” for 10, 20, 50 times (New filter element each time), to avoid engine heat. Good luck.

  • @Bustymoosenuckles
    @Bustymoosenuckles 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Could you guys please try cutting several holes in your exaust using a drill bit and see if it makes it louder and if it sounds nice

  • @jzaska6734
    @jzaska6734 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    love these videos, even know there in Russian, always dose something different to the other car channels i watch, always a good watch

  • @phillipyannone3195
    @phillipyannone3195 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    In Italy they use a centrifuge. Carbon particles can be infinitely small so will easily pass through a filter thus color will not change. Check out the Italian centrifuge.

  • @blazingtrailsrc396
    @blazingtrailsrc396 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    for an idea on how to clean the oil try a 5 micron water filter. you may have to pump it through somhow as its a very fine filter and oil is pretty thick in comparison to oil.

  • @dogyouare
    @dogyouare 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Some oil filter has bypass valve. Also the black is from carbon. Carbon is so small ot won't harm the metal and just flow though filter.

  • @markcole6475
    @markcole6475 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You’d have to run that oil through a much finer micron filter system…..then maybe include some additives to revive the oil.
    I worked at a shop where we did this with anitfreeze…..filtered the fluid through a series of high micron filters in series …then added a pint of coolant concentrate to revive the freeze protection and acid levels….