Reusing Press oil

[3Deep]

Got a question here, a few months ago I empty the oil from the reserve air tank on our press, (which I didn't know you had to empty in first place), would there be a problem with reusing that oil and putting back in the air dryer/oiler unit.  I didn't see any trash in it when I took it out, I'm just asking because I have a few bottles of oil sitting around.

darryl

[bimmridder]

This is 100% MY opinion. I would step back and ask myself, "Would I change the oil in my truck and re-use it?" That's just me though.

[244]

Got a question here, a few months ago I empty the oil from the reserve air tank on our press, (which I didn't know you had to empty in first place), would there be a problem with reusing that oil and putting back in the air dryer/oiler unit.  I didn't see any trash in it when I took it out, I'm just asking because I have a few bottles of oil sitting around.

darryl

Do not reuse the oil! That is a disaster waiting to happen. If you ran 24-365 you could not use enough oil to match the price of replacing all your valves!!!

[GKitson]

DO NOT RE-USE THE OIL.

Enough said, the oil provides more than lubrication in a mechanical world.  Flushing of debris both on a macro and microscopic level occur which is why oil in the sump can be submitted for lab examination to determine what parts are failing.

If you re-introduce the contaminated oil into your machine it would be kind of like taking a bath in the same water every day just because you can't see the chunks, its still dirty.

My 2 cents,

~Kitson

[3Deep]

Ok 3 heavy weights have said no, so now I guess I need to take it somewhere for recycling before I get it mix up with my new oil bottles....thanks

darryl

[mk162]

or you can use it in your cheap harbor freight pneumatics...i can't tell you the last time I oiled those.

I did know somebody that would change oil in one car and put it in the other.  Out of the Nova and into the Pinto.  He hated that car.

[jvanick]

I did know somebody that would change oil in one car and put it in the other.  Out of the Nova and into the Pinto.  He hated that car.

when I change the oil on my dually, I filter it with 2 oil filters, and then dump it back into the fuel tank, and top it off... been doing that since it was new... (2001, now with 150k miles on it)... fuel filters get changed every 15k, and don't seem to have any trouble with it either...

[Gilligan]

Well, once warmed up a diesle will run on filtered used motor oil (or any thing really).