Applying an air vacuum for RC purposes.

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Troopermaniac

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I have this air vacuum for mold making however I got the idea today "since I'm working on my shocks" to use it for getting the air out of the oil. Here's my results
https://youtube.com/shorts/6sDI8UXgsfY?feature=share
I did have to do it a few times though as the oil is thick and it wasn't able to capture all the air that sat in the bottom of the shock. Patience was key.
As you can see It worked well. Kept it in for about an hour and the oil is now clear as day.
 

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Why wouldn't it work? You lessening the natural pressure holding them in the fluid to begin with, the only issue I see is fluids boil under vacuum as well. ( I believe milo as I had this conversation already) there is really no way to tell (that I know of) if your removing all the air bubbles in the fluid or boiling the fluid and having "air" escape from the vacuum being pulled.
 
Seandonato73 said:
Why wouldn't it work? You lessening the natural pressure holding them in the fluid to begin with, the only issue I see is fluids boil under vacuum as well. ( I believe milo as I had this conversation already) there is really no way to tell (that I know of) if your removing all the air bubbles in the fluid or boiling the fluid and having "air" escape from the vacuum being pulled.
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Hmm good point.
 
Seandonato73 said:
Why wouldn't it work? You lessening the natural pressure holding them in the fluid to begin with, the only issue I see is fluids boil under vacuum as well. ( I believe milo as I had this conversation already) there is really no way to tell (that I know of) if your removing all the air bubbles in the fluid or boiling the fluid and having "air" escape from the vacuum being pulled.
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Plus if it's anything like making a slab of shatter, at a point you just start pulling co2 from the oil. Looks like air bubbles but they are smaller and consistent in size vs air bubbles that form in all sizes.
 
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