Saving milky Hy_Tran

Wardner

Well-known Member
Don't toss it. Freeze it.

This forum once had a long-since-departed owner of a 300 Utility with milky Hy-Tran. Being on a budget, he decided to boil off the emulsified water. That process seemed kinda dangerous to me especially since he was doing it in his cluttered garage. He was happy with the results, however.

I had a bucket of the stuff sitting in my barn. Despite the mild winter, that bucket got cold enough to fractionate the water from the oil. The water froze on the bottom and the remainder was clear and I poured it off.

Maybe too late to reclaim your Hy-Tran this year. Of course, you could always put it in the freezer.

Best thing to do is to bleed off the melted ice via a drain plug if you haven't used the tractor since the last good freeze. Don't forget that a mechanical TA tractor has three drain plugs.

Hope I saved somebody some money or an incinerated garage.
 
You dont even have to freeze it, just time will seperate it. Gravity pulls 24/7. Put it in a 5 gallon bucket, cover it and wait. It will be ready for use next year.

I have been playing around with vacuum and heat to speed up the process but nothing thats really ready for prime time yet. Heat by itself works great but it needs to be almost 300 to get it nice and dry and I think thats too hot and may be breaking down the hytran at that temp.

Seems like this subject comes up a couple times a year but the search isnt that great on the site so its a constant repeat process.
 

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