Filtering oil and heading out!

We witness the sunrise – and the full moon still sitting on the opposite horizon – before I get to work taking the containers of oil out of the truck and placing them in the sun to warm up.

Our two fish friends are fascinated with the whole process. They stand watching, ready to help if I ask, but do not interfere, even if they might be thinking I need help.  Alma agrees to operate the plug for the pump, which is a big help as the pump doesn’t have an on/off switch.

It goes pretty quickly but still takes a couple of hours by the time I’ve sorted each container, filtered the oil first through the strainer and cloth, and then through the water filter (that is really now an oil filter).

After the best looking oil is filtered, I attempt to filter the oil that doesn’t look so great – the oil that seems thicker, hydrogenated. I’m hoping that I have enough good oil to balance out this thicker oil. We’ll see tomorrow when we hit the mountains.

I also change the little fuel filter under the cab by the engine. The old filter is pretty dirty and I want it to be in tip top shape before hitting the mountains.

Finally, all the work is done, the veggie tank filled with all the right oil, the empty containers are gifts for our friends (and a blessing for me that they want them) – the two buckets of questionable oil are back on the truck, and all the tools and hoses are put away.