Originally Posted By: tmorris1
Originally Posted By: supton
Originally Posted By: paulri
NEW QUESTION:
For those of you who have the new drain pans that have nozzles to pour the oil out of, like this one (
https://www.amazon.com/Lisle-17942-Black-Plastic-4-5-Gallon/dp/B000JFHMVQ)--do you still need to keep a funnel in the neck of the 5 quart jug you are pouring the old oil into? Or can you pour the old oil straight from one of those new drain pans, into the holding container?
You need the funnel, most likely. If you're really good you could do without the funnel, if the container has a wide mouth; but I think you want a funnel.
The main advantage I'd see to a spout is if the top is covered over. That way you could seal it up and transport with less spillage (think of the oil sloshing around when carrying this thing across the yard).
I keep debating if I'd rather spend the $5 or whatever on 5 gallon buckets, and dump waste oil into that. The oil bottles are free but I seem to waste too much time with the funnel, making a mess, etc. 5 gallon bucket would hold 20 qt, which is granted not that much oil.
Bucket and
lid.
Why not just take the drain pan directly to the recycling facility and dump it directly into the tank? Why the need to transfer to another jug? I have one of these that holds about 2 oil changes and I just dump it directly into the recycling tank at O'Reilly's or our county recycling center. Have done this for years without problems.
Town transfer station used to do that, then they didn't. I haven't checked in a while, but if they do, that would be a good fix. I'll ask the next time I'm there, thanks. I'm not sure what they are doing now.