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Lousy oil filtration; not so lousy?

Yesterday I was speaking with someone who has been driving a diesel on WVO for four years while barely filtering his oil. He pours it once through a T-shirt and calls it a day. He held up the shirt and it was like looking at a constellation; lots of little pinholes of light.

He does say that he changes his filter and pre-filter every couple of tankfulls, but at a couple of bucks a pop it seemed easier to him than filtering down to 5 microns.

If filtering is so important, why isn't this guy's car a mess!?

Also, he doesn't have a two-tank system. He pours straight WVO into his regular tank if night temperatures are anything above freezing. When it's colder he blends 50/50.

Thoughts?

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