Water in Drive Oil

[savetexomabeaches]

Well, I have a 5 gallon bucket of drive oil, about 2 gallons full of oil.. It rained and water somehow got into the bucket.. Ideas on how to get the water out of the oil so Im not tossing 2 gallons of drive oil?

 

[BRICH1260]

I`d toss it all, properly, and go buy new.

 

[shrew]

I wouldn't leave motor oil or drive lube out in an open bucket at all. If I did for any length of time I would toss it. How do you prevent debris, condensation, rain water, or particulates from contaminating the oil? Dust falls, leaves fall. That seems very unusual to me.

 

[JASinIL2006]

I'm guessing he had some sort of lid on the bucket, but water got in anyway...

 

[savetexomabeaches]

I had a factory lid on it, with the pour spout. Spout leaked I guess. Anyways, I poured it all into clear gallon jugs. Not worth saving, too much water.

 

[QBhoy]

I'm confused....but to be fair, I'm just in from the pub !
Do you mean that you have a drum of gear oil that you left open and rain water got in ?
Or do you mean you drained the gear oil into a bucket and planned to re use it...but water got to it ?
Personally, under both circumstances, I'd be using fresh gear oil.

 

[savetexomabeaches]

I bought a 5 gallon bucket of gear oil, has a lid and a pour spout. It got left outside in the rain, and water leaked into it. Brand new gear oil, never reuse old.

 

[QBhoy]

Ah....ditch it then.

 

[QBhoy]

Unless you happen to have an Alpha laval centrifugal purifier handy and have the plates set for the right SG rating....haha.

 

[savetexomabeaches]

Yeah, I tossed it. Not worth risking it