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orezok · 05-09-2008, 10:13 AM

I saw an article in last months Speedway Illustrated that some of the professional teams are starting to use external oil filtration/recycling systems to recycle their own oil. As I remember, these systems took about 24 hours running to completely filter the oil and remove all impurities. The then reuse the oil in their racing engines. I know that oil in racing engines gets used under extreme conditions of heat and pressure but is only used for a couple of hours. They determined the the cost of the machine was amortized over one season in oil cost savings.

I wonder if this might be the future?

05-09-2008, 10:13 AM	#17 (permalink)
orezok Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Mojave Desert, CA Posts: 208	Re: Ever feel like your tossing money down the drain? I saw an article in last months Speedway Illustrated that some of the professional teams are starting to use external oil filtration/recycling systems to recycle their own oil. As I remember, these systems took about 24 hours running to completely filter the oil and remove all impurities. The then reuse the oil in their racing engines. I know that oil in racing engines gets used under extreme conditions of heat and pressure but is only used for a couple of hours. They determined the the cost of the machine was amortized over one season in oil cost savings. I wonder if this might be the future?