I want to use this unit to drain the 5 gallons of oil from my Diesel motor home, anyone using it for that application?
1458493
I used mine to drain the gear oil out of my rear axle. It was a little slow due to the weight of the oil but it worked just fine.
1458494
I use it on a gas motor and it works fine. I can not think of why it would not work for diesel.
1458495
Try to warm the oil a little first. The cold, thick oil makes the pump very slow.
174057
I've only used the pump once so far and it seemed fine pumping plain water. I don't know how exactly it works but I know the instructions say don't run it dry. Real heavy oil might just cause it to work too hard, overheat and burn out. It should work fine with thin oil.
68086
I used it and have had no problems. I empty my tank and run what's in carburetor out.
1318318
It would probably get clogged and take forever to drain. I would use a $35 1/2 HP electrical pump if you can.
736331
It should work fine for that. I know my spa had a bigger leak in it and it sealed fine. I was draining around 350 gallons a day and it plugged it up.
798741
Yes. Works well. Flow reduced by maybe 25% with water. Oil may be more do to viscosity.
1263562
I used it for gasoline storage and it works great. Google it and see if it approved for diesel fuel storage.
737367
My experience was that this is not a very powerful pump. I used it to pump oil to a tank at a higher level and it quickly burned out. It comes with a screen to filter out debris but if the screen gets clogged it might over-stress the pump.
448979
Newer diesels require filtering in the micron range. I would not recommend this filter for that.
778703
Yes you can, but it will drain really fast no even for five minutes of usage
1596898
I use this pump to move lite oil and it has worked fine for me. I guess it all depends on what your application is . Thanks Dan
1750655
I don't think it would work with oil. The instructions say to use with gasoline only. Not intended for use with diesel. So if you couldn't pump diesel, then I would think oil is out of the question. Just my .02
287493
Nope! I made the mistake. I put this on a 5kw generator with 11hp motor. The flow with gravity feed is such a slight trickle that the unit starves for gas in just a few minutes. It's obviously for a system with a fuel pump. It does however appear to be better made than similar filters I've used on pumped systems so the few I bought won't go to waste.
1606351
What would u like to know. I have purchased this unit to conduct leakage test of dc current in the auto motive field
1920481
5 watts is about .007 horsepower, so it is not going to offset the drain of a trolling motor. It might run a small water fountain pump, to give an idea of how much water you could push with it. I use it on a farm use truck that is not used often enough to keep the battery charged. It is a lot better in that role than one of the cheap "battery maintainer" panels you might see in the stores.
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Is should work fine. It does hold a lot of oil. Again my only complaint is the the sprayer sprays in a horizontal line rather that a circular.
918213
yes-I manage my water heater for time of use and it works perfect.The only thing you might want to check if your amperage draw isreal high . I doubt your pump motor is over 5 HP so it would be it would be more than adequate.