I am attempting to burn used motor oil.

I keep looking at the design of throw away engine oil filters. There must be some "Rube Goldberg" modification that would make this into a GARDEN TORCH, SIGNAL LAMP, STOVE or some other useless toy. Most have a threaded exit hole for the oil to return to the engine. They have many return holes around the exit hole for the oil to get into the filter. The local lub shop offered me a free barrel of them if I would take them.

There has to be some wick, heater concept that could be screwed into the exit hole and act as a wick/generator. I think some of the heat must be refocused back into the filter body to aid in driving the oil up the wick. Done properly, return air can enter all of the holes around the center exit hole. I am thinking of the GENERATOR concept as used in the coleman lamps.

If nothing else, the people driving by our remote store slow down at midnight to see what the flames are about.

I will keep testing.