Auto parts cant take used oils because it mixed with water.

[MetalSlug]

I change oil couple week ago and I left the container out side and it rains, yesterday when I took to auto parts they say they can't take this because it mix with water.

What my other option now?

 

[atikovi]

Doesn't your county or city have a place to dump old oil?

 

[KrisZ]

How do they know it’s mixed with water unless you told them?

 

[supton]

I don't recommend it but you could bottle it and drop off at Walmart etc. That's what I have to do, return to a place that sells it, they've never inspected it. Not sure how much water is involved, if you can carefully separate, then sop up the water with paper towels and toss that into the trash.

In the future, bottle it up immediately and cap off. Or wait until it cools enough. Then no more problem.

 

[D60]

Well, water settles to the bottom. If you have something with a bottom spigot (sacrificial ice tea container, Gatorade cooler, old BOX of oil with internal bladder or maybe wine in a box?) you can let it sit there for a few hours then drain out the water. It'll be pretty obvious when the flow changes from mostly water to mostly oil.

Then don't tell the next place what happened. I'm not suggesting abuse of waste oil collection but supposedly it's heavily filtered and they have to account for some moisture. See item #3 here:
https://www.safety-kleen.com/services/oil-collection-services/oil-re-refining

 

[Kira]

But wait, there's more....
My town services its vehicles and always (meaning my lifetime) had a waste oil tub.
The story is that some jerk poured old paint into it and loused up the relationship with the recycler.
Now it's closed.

Sorta like the guy I saw dumping Styrofoam packing peanuts into paper recycling.
I swear, sometimes I think we get what we deserve.

 

[Urshurak776]

The autozone near me doesn't even look at it. You just walk to the back room and dump it in their big blue tank.

Water easily separates from oil anyway, and will be when it's in the recycle tank, so not sure what their issue is exactly.

 

[zzyzzx]

If it has separated enough, can't you just pour the oil part into another container?

 

[zzyzzx]

Obligatory 1960 advertisement:

 

[KrisZ]

It came from the ground and back in the ground it shall go.

 

[TumblrDucks]

https://search.earth911.com/?what=Motor+Oil
Find local place that accept waste oil

 

[Chris142]

My dad used to pour oil out in the desert or on a cactus he wanted to kill as well as on the dirt roads. I did too as I saw him do it and didnt know any better.

 

[short]

I change oil couple week ago and I left the container out side and it rains, yesterday when I took to auto parts they say they can't take this because it mix with water.

What my other option now?

Just leave it the way you have it now, open in a reynolds aluminum broiler pan, sitting in the backyard next to the chickens and discarded water heater and washing machine.

 

[JeffKeryk]

Well, the way I see it is, oil came from dinosaurs, dinosaurs are kinda like cows, cows are kinda like bulls, which is what my story sounds like.

Take your oil into O'Reillys or Autozone; they will take it. Good luck.

 

[walterjay]

My dad had me pouring it down an old well.

 

[b_b]

we always used an old stump to dump used oil. My dad told me diesel was so cheap when he was young, they had a tank with a pump that shoot fuel out the back. they never fixed it and the diesel would shoot out onto the ground.

 

[2strokeNorthstar]

I had a parts store tell me that once. I went to a different store and no questions asked.

 

[JavierH19]

At autozone you just go straight to the back to dump it without interacting or saying anything. I don't know where you went.

 

[HICKORY11595]

Before I moved, the area AZs/OReillys had signs on their doors. "Used Oil Tank Full"
I went down the road to a Victory Lane, boys there took it both times I went.
Those guys rock! RIP Skip(original owner)

 

[ripcord]

Poor it into a container with a spout like a jerry can. Let it set for a day or two to let the oil and water fully separate. Pour off the oil into a different container, stopping when you get to the water. Problem solved.