40 microns and declining with FF-10 flushing oil. Going to run for an hour and then ballast for an hour. Then put regular vac oil in and see how we did. I wanted to do a kerosene flush but my pump has a plastic eye leve and heard it could damage it. If I get to <20 micron I’ll be. A happy man.
Update: reached 38 micron blanked off. I’m not exactly happy with it but it’s cleaned out atleast. Could be fittings, we have hooked up by the end of the week
I ran hot with oil in first, then only flushed/ran it one time for an hour because I was short on time with ballast running half the time . I will continue to flush after this run. I pulled 30 microns less after first flush. Thanks for the tips
And thanks for this kick ass cold trap:+1:
I’m just happy I’m moving forward and not backward! I’ll post 2nd run micron tomorrow after flushes.
Think it had something to do with head temperature, I wrapped it in foil and looked to be a consistent boil. I run a plug on my head so no clue.
Although my run took me around 7-8 hours, I had mantel at 215 to do a quick first pass. I got amber distillate bulk but the heat didnt seem like it helped much. might lower down to like 205 on my first passes now
It’s usually the larger the better with stirbars. I have some 2 inch ones and even a rare earth magnet one if you’re interested. I even have a great Edwards vac gauge you might want to add to your fullbore setup to allow for lower vac.
micron 85