Re: Drying tranny oil (idea)

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>



Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Ben McMillen by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <spoonman534-at-yahoo-dot-com>
> 
> Interesting idea..  Can I assume that the water will settle
> out of the oil to the bottom of the drum, or does some of
> it mix in with the oil? (almost like the oil absorbs some
> of the water).. One of the prior posts talked about mineral
> oil being able to absorb water.. this method would work for
> the majority of the water, but then I'm still left with
> what's in the oil.. Freezing the base of a 55 gal durm
> might be a problem too.. ;)
> 

Fine particulate water does NOT settle out.. I has to be either filtered
out or removed chemically.