RE: Drying tranny oil

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Original poster: "Loudner, Godfrey by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <gloudner-at-SINTE.EDU>

Hi Ben

The oil can he heated to a high temperature and dehydrated under a vacuum.
The vacuum process is supposed to take a long time. I would like to try this
myself, but I don't know how to operate my vacuum pump. An x-ray technician
told me that he boils a gallon or so of oil to drive off moisture when he
services a dental x-ray tubehead. I think you should look into getting the
oil purified by professional services. Particulate matter can be removed by
a fine mess screen filter.

Godfrey Loudner 

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	Subject:	Drying tranny oil

	Original poster: "Ben McMillen by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <spoonman534-at-yahoo-dot-com>


	Hi all,
	  I recently acquired 110 gallons of transformer oil..
Unfortunately, when
	I got it I had to put it into a 55 gal drum that had some water in
it
	(Bad.. I know.. but it was drain it or loose the free oil) Is there
any way
	to dry the oil (get the water out)? I was wondering if you could
maybe put
	the drum under a vacuum.. Also, the oil had alot of crud (corrosion
from
	the tanks it was in).. can this be easily filtered out? I don't want
to use
	the oil and then have problems with conductive stuff floating around
	inside.. ;)

	Coiling In Pittsburgh
	Ben McMillen