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

[Exhaustgases]

As a kid in the old days, I never wanted to see oil just dumped, I knew it was a waste of energy. Oil with out added chemicals hurts nothing.
If its not drilled for or mined if you can call it that, it will sooner or later bubble out of the ground.

Oil on the ground is a natural thing, as well as in the oceans, it can serve as food for some animals of the oceans as well.


https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data/walrus/seeps/examples.html

 

[ctechbob]

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.

That's sometimes the way our O'Rielly's is. Other times they want to escort you like you're making a million-dollar gold bank deposit.

They get my ATF/Oil/Brake Fluid mix. My understanding is that all of that is OK to throw in the same container.

 

[Braapdaddy]

I was a delivery driver for AZ ......the story I got from the store managers was if the water is noticed by the waste oil company it costs upwards of $1500 fine or fee to the store
There was even a time a dude just dropped his pan on a Ram and literally just let it go in the lot no pan
Or the clueless lady that bought a 5 quart jug for her kia sat it down after pouring some in then backed overthe jug exploding it under pressure all over a new truck and the lot ....... I seen it nearly all

Many times escorted customers back to the tank if water started to pour out I would simply stop them at that point and explain how simple it was to separate it and bring it back tomorrow

On that same note I saw kid employees tell customers that brake fluid and hydraulic oils were not allowed .......

 

[NYEngineer]

At the Autozone near me they always ask that there's no antifreeze in the oil. I used to heat my shop with waste oil so I just naturally give back exactly what I bought. Container says oil on it, it's oil. I also put a big W on it with a marker. One time, I bought a 5 qt container, got home, drained my oil, opened the "new" one and it was filled with waste oil. Now I check before I leave the store.

 

[c502cid]

I work with a local machine shop. He has three separate barrels. One is antifreeze (his mills use a lot of it), One is waste oil. One is antifreeze and other chemicals (to include waste oil)

 

[PandaBear]

I don't think water matters anyways, they just want an excuse to not take yours. Re-refining would get any water out, and most oil do have some condensations to begin with.

The real problem is brake fluids, that's a big nono.

 

[sohccammer427]

Amazing stories. I would have thought that the recycling of used engine oils would separate different chemicals that may be present. Sometimes antifreeze may be present in motor oil in small amounts if a coolant leak. Seems like h2o would not be difficult to separate from oil on an industrial scale.

 

[ZIPPY]

I had a place complain there was water in it, once. I never bought anything there again. Same place wanted me to fill out paperwork when recycling, stating what brand of oil it was, how long it had been run and a bunch of other nonsense, which I did with 100% Lies. I think I said it was Kendall Nitro 70 that had been run for 50,000 miles in a 1973 Volkswagen Beetle.

 

[D60]

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The real problem is brake fluids, that's a big nono.

Is it? I can never get a straight answer on this.

 

[Bladecutter]

As a kid in the old days, I never wanted to see oil just dumped, I knew it was a waste of energy. Oil with out added chemicals hurts nothing.
If its not drilled for or mined if you can call it that, it will sooner or later bubble out of the ground.

Oil on the ground is a natural thing, as well as in the oceans, it can serve as food for some animals of the oceans as well.


https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data/walrus/seeps/examples.html

That's just so not right.
From your own link about "oil seeps" contains these very words:

https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data/walrus/seeps/environment.html

Unlike man-made pollutants, most oil and gas seeps are produced by natural geologic processes that take place over millions of years. Though natural, they can pollute our air and waterways.

Naturally occurring gas seeps, such as this one in Humboldt County, contain methane, a greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming.

Natural oil seeps like this one, at Tar Water Creek in the Santa Cruz Mountains, can degrade water quality and endanger wildlife.

Oil is a common companion of mercury, the most toxic of natural metals.

No amount of oil being dumped by humans is "good" for anything in the environment.
Please go back to the way you used to think as a kid.

Also, no ANIMALS consume oil.
Certain types of Bacteria and microbes can use it as an energy source, and then there are a few types of sponges and mussels that live in symbiosis WITH the bacteria, but NOTHING directly EATS the oil as a food source. It's Poison.

 

[K20FA5]

Obligatory 1960 advertisement:
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Growing up we always dumped it at the base of wooden fence posts around the pasture. My dad said it preserved the wood??? LOL

 

[b_b]

Growing up we always dumped it at the base of wooden fence posts around the pasture. My dad said it preserved the wood??? LOL

he wasn't wrong, it did preserve the post. lol

 

[MolaKule]

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.

Same here.

Re-refiners distill any moisture out off the oil anyway.

@MetalSlug "I change[d] oil [a] 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[ed] with water."

Well yea, most autoparts stores don't want anti-freeze in their dump tanks so maybe they thought it was mixed with coolant as some unscrupulous customers do.

 

[Exhaustgases]

That's just so not right.
From your own link about "oil seeps" contains these very words:

https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data/walrus/seeps/environment.html









No amount of oil being dumped by humans is "good" for anything in the environment.
Please go back to the way you used to think as a kid.

Also, no ANIMALS consume oil.
Certain types of Bacteria and microbes can use it as an energy source, and then there are a few types of sponges and mussels that live in symbiosis WITH the bacteria, but NOTHING directly EATS the oil as a food source. It's Poison.

I never said to dump used oil on the ground. The article was just to show what happens in nature. Other wise I'm not into the added propaganda that seeks a certain agenda. Sorry

 

[thescreensavers]

I had a place complain there was water in it, once. I never bought anything there again. Same place wanted me to fill out paperwork when recycling, stating what brand of oil it was, how long it had been run and a bunch of other nonsense, which I did with 100% Lies. I think I said it was Kendall Nitro 70 that had been run for 50,000 miles in a 1973 Volkswagen Beetle.

Pepboys did this to me, first and last time I brought oil there.

AAP, AutoZone I just walk to the back, no questions

 

[ctechbob]

Pepboys did this to me, first and last time I brought oil there.

AAP, AutoZone I just walk to the back, no questions

Orielly asks for name/address and how much oil.

I've never used my real information and they never check.

They also supposedly limit you to 4 gallons at a time. I'm usually in the 6-8 gallon range by the time I decide to get the clutter out of the garage.

 

[MolaKule]

Orielly asks for name/address and how much oil.

I've never used my real information and they never check.

They also supposedly limit you to 4 gallons at a time. I'm usually in the 6-8 gallon range by the time I decide to get the clutter out of the garage.

AdvanceAuto never has never required me to sign anything but they do have a sheet by the dump tank, apparently it is for 5gal or more dumpers.

I did take a peek at it once. One guy signed it with: Achmed, Saudi Arabia.

 

[ctechbob]

AdvanceAuto never has never required me to sign anything but they do have a sheet by the dump tank, apparently it is for 5gal or more dumpers.

I did take a peek at it once. One guy signed it with: Achmed, Saudi Arabia.

Yea, if there isn't an employee hovering I'll usually not fill it out either. Every now and then I'll get a 'by the book' one, that's when I just make up something random. Usually Bob Somebody with a street address the next street over.

 

[billt460]

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.

Dirt roads across the nation were commonly oiled down with waste oil for decades to reduce dust. In many places women would call the county or city and complain if they didn't do it, because it interfered with them hanging their wash out to dry.

 

[billt460]

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)

This is getting to be commonplace out here. So much so that now I always call before I leave the house with a load of oil.