PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum - View Single Post - which handpump for recovering veggie oil, and where do i get it?

Blevinsax · #13 01-25-2007, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Frankie

Another good restaurant is Japanese. All they fry is tempura and vegetables. Easy to pick out the fried batter.

One of my sources is a Japanese restaurant and although the oil is very fresh, nice, and light, tempura batter flour is very fine and together with cold WVO creates a sludge that can clog filters pretty quickly. I've had a significant slow-down in my filtration times even here in Las Vegas due to the unusually cold temperatures we've had lately, however I am quadruple filtering my WVO: (see attached photo of my setup)

1. Large industrial coffee filter into buckets
2. 74 micron Baja filter (into 55-gallon drum)
3. 10 micron Zee-Line filter/water separator (pumped by rotary fuel pump)
4. 2 micron Racor filter/water separator (in line after previous filter)

Fortunately, I don't have to do any dumpster diving, though - after it cools a bit, they drain it out of the fryer directly back into cubies - then deliver it to my house! (Their 18 year-old daughter also drives a WVO Jetta, so they give me their used oil in exchange for filtered oil for her, too.) I would definitely encourage establishing a relationship with the restaurant owners so they will not mind helping you a little - like putting it back into cubies for you! I think that's really helpful!

This is part of my philosophy: Try to pick little mom & pop's places - the big corporate franchise/chain restaurants don't need any help - and thereby you can really stick it to the man! (At least a little!

) Try to help the little guys avoid paying to have their waste oil removed!