Water in hydralic fluid

One way to test for water in oil is to take a sample of the oil which to the naked eye has no water contaminant in it and put it in a container over an open flame. THIS IS NOT RECOMMENDED. Professional laboratories bring the temperature up over 212 degrees Fahrenheit and watch for water being vaporized from the oil. This is very dangerous and is not recommended for amateurs and should only be done in an open flameproof / explosion proof area, or separate building away from other non-hazardous areas and people, and with everyone being a safe distance away from the container. The operator should be dressed in a fireproof suit and fire fighting equipment should be at the ready. Once the water vaporization temperature is reached all HE double L will break loose and the steam will cause a violent reaction in the oil. This is not recommended for amateurs and if you have ever seen it done you will have a lot of respect for the danger of water in oil in a high temperature system or those above 212 degrees Fahrenheit. Water in automotive automatic transmissions will boil and cause the oil to be burped out of the fill tube onto everything under the hood. Then a fire will ensue.

I drained mine into 5gal buckets and covered them for a year, then went back and ran the oil thru a strainer into clean containers.

I was shocked to see how clean the oil was, just like new. I recovered about 4.5gal from every container.

For my backhoe/loader that gets used 12 times year it works for me.

T_Bone

I first tried a coffee filter and it filtered to good as it was slow. After about a gallon I didn't see anything that would hurt in the filter so I switched to like a cheese cloth type rag.

Flitered the oil much faster and didn't get too much junk. As I said after sitting for along time the oil was very clean. Now the bottom of the pail was terrible as it had water, metal shavings, chucks of old gasket, etc; I stopped at about 4.5gal and thru away the rest out as there wasn't much oil but alot of trash.

T_Bone

He works for NH ford dealer and all the "oldies" in this area and I trust him on all four of my oldies

Heat will mix gas & water, so as you burn off the gas, the tiny bits of water passes through the engine & out the exhaust as water vapor - instead of stratifying in the fuel system & causing problems with a big bubble of water.

In the hyd system, the Heat might mix the water into tiny bits, but where do the water particles go????? ?

--->Paul

--->Paul