A friend of mine is about to change his ATF. I've run ATF before, but it was new (been sitting around, sealed in bottle). So my question is.. Is there an easy way to filter it out for occasional use? I dont want to buy an elaborate contraption because I wont use it often. Just curious if there is a feasible way to do it.

Its only about 8 quarts, but its more for the fun of saying "Yeah sure.. I'll take your ATF"

 

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You can gravity feed the filter so you don't need a pump.

A cheaper way would be to find a WVO guy in your area that has a centrifuge and pay him a small fee to run it through his centrifuge.

 

There is no cost effective way to filter such a small amount. Your only saving $7.50 in fuel, not many ways to filter it cheaper than that.

 

boil it to get any water out...then filter 3x times or more through a 1 micron filter.......

 

there is not a cheap way to do it right needs to be cleaned or it can wast a injector.

 

I found a pump that will also accept a spin on filter. Will that be sufficient? I was thinking a 3 micron filter would be fine.

 

i would do 1 micron 3 times there is a lot of clutch in there.

 

I would think 3 micron would be fine. The stock fuel filter is 10 micron. You should be able to find a WVO guy that will run it through his centrifuge for 50 cents a gallon, or maybe beer.

 

A 1 micron filter is going to filter to 1 micron. Whether you run it through once or twenty times, 1 micron. Unless of course the filter starts plugging, then it will filter finer than that.

 

Get a pair of jeans. Tie a knot in one leg. Hold it over a "fuel" container. Pour the oil into the leg and let it drain through and into the container. Pour it into your truck.
These trucks are tougher than you guys give them credit for. The fear of damaging the injectors is so overstated.

I pump my "fuel" through two 10 micron filters after letting it gravity settle.

The worst thing that might happen is you clog your trucks OEM fuel filter prematurely.

 

Im going to get a pump with a spin on 3 micron filter then a 1 micron filter. Or maybe just the one micron.

 

How much are you spending on filters to filter 8 quarts of ATF?

 

A 3 micron filter is about $15. They last a while.

 

That's just stupid.

And they don't have a Pre-Pump OEM fuel filter. They do have "screens" that frequently get plugged from contaminants in the fuel.

 

Where is the stupid part?
The OEM filter is inside the fuel bowl (at least mine is). I hope the screens have already been removed with the Hutch mod.