ORIGINAL: rolsen12
Did you ever see the big fuel filters that they use on diesel trucks? There is a reason for that, Diesel is got a lot of junk in it....
That pretty much applies to any bulk petroleum products. You'd be amazed how much crap is in typical oil drums. All of the oil and diesel we use for transmission and engine testing at work gets filtered before we use it. We just have tooo many problems if we don't. I think this is part of the reason aviation oils and fuels are more expensive as well - you're paying for the extra refinement/filtering.
PaulD