What do you do with your old oil?
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AZ or AAP, although the VIOC & AAMCO that I take the company van to both have waste oil furmaces and could burn it. I'm sure Safety-Kleen is turning it into NextGen!
I save up about 6 or 7 gallons, then take it to Checker, AZ, or WM. I just pour it back into the same containers that it came in.
I've never understood why someone would use another container. Normally when you're changing oil, you have a fresh batch of empty containers waiting to be refilled with the old oil, and rarely do I take out more oil than I put in.
What I'd like to do, is have an oil burning furnace for the garage, but the ROI on that would take a long while to justify.
I've never understood why someone would use another container. Normally when you're changing oil, you have a fresh batch of empty containers waiting to be refilled with the old oil, and rarely do I take out more oil than I put in.
What I'd like to do, is have an oil burning furnace for the garage, but the ROI on that would take a long while to justify.
Originally Posted By: crw
I've never understood why someone would use another container. Normally when you're changing oil, you have a fresh batch of empty containers waiting to be refilled with the old oil, and rarely do I take out more oil than I put in.
It's not very practical if you use individual quarts for an oil change.
I have 2 old Mobil 1 5 qt jugs and a Supertech 5 qt jug that I reuse over and over for used oil.
I've never understood why someone would use another container. Normally when you're changing oil, you have a fresh batch of empty containers waiting to be refilled with the old oil, and rarely do I take out more oil than I put in.
It's not very practical if you use individual quarts for an oil change.
AAP takes it. However, they got very picky about containers (no antifreeze bottles) so I bought an oil recycle container with a big mouth. works better anyway.
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After an oil change, I just take the oil extractor to the nearest auto part store (happens to be Walmart currently) and dump the contents there.
Originally Posted By: crw
I save up about 6 or 7 gallons, then take it to Checker, AZ, or WM. I just pour it back into the same containers that it came in.
I've never understood why someone would use another container. Normally when you're changing oil, you have a fresh batch of empty containers waiting to be refilled with the old oil, and rarely do I take out more oil than I put in.
What I'd like to do, is have an oil burning furnace for the garage, but the ROI on that would take a long while to justify.
I often have a quart or so still in my pan from lawn mowers or snowblower so it won't fit in a 5qt jug after a car change. Also easier to have a bigger container when my truck takes 6 qts and I only partially use one of my 5qt jugs.
I save up about 6 or 7 gallons, then take it to Checker, AZ, or WM. I just pour it back into the same containers that it came in.
I've never understood why someone would use another container. Normally when you're changing oil, you have a fresh batch of empty containers waiting to be refilled with the old oil, and rarely do I take out more oil than I put in.
What I'd like to do, is have an oil burning furnace for the garage, but the ROI on that would take a long while to justify.
I often have a quart or so still in my pan from lawn mowers or snowblower so it won't fit in a 5qt jug after a car change. Also easier to have a bigger container when my truck takes 6 qts and I only partially use one of my 5qt jugs.
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Originally Posted By: crw
I save up about 6 or 7 gallons, then take it to Checker, AZ, or WM. I just pour it back into the same containers that it came in.
I've never understood why someone would use another container. Normally when you're changing oil, you have a fresh batch of empty containers waiting to be refilled with the old oil, and rarely do I take out more oil than I put in.
What I'd like to do, is have an oil burning furnace for the garage, but the ROI on that would take a long while to justify.
I often have a quart or so still in my pan from lawn mowers or snowblower so it won't fit in a 5qt jug after a car change. Also easier to have a bigger container when my truck takes 6 qts and I only partially use one of my 5qt jugs.
Sure, no problem with that. That's what I do too. I'm talking about grabbing some inappropriate container when, if you change your own oil you *should* have the original jugs to use. I will also re-use the 5-quart jugs to avoid using individual quarts (now that I'm using M1 0w-40) but, if all I have is the individual quarts, that's what I use.
As the OP mentioned, people were bringing used oil in breakable containers...?
Originally Posted By: crw
I save up about 6 or 7 gallons, then take it to Checker, AZ, or WM. I just pour it back into the same containers that it came in.
I've never understood why someone would use another container. Normally when you're changing oil, you have a fresh batch of empty containers waiting to be refilled with the old oil, and rarely do I take out more oil than I put in.
What I'd like to do, is have an oil burning furnace for the garage, but the ROI on that would take a long while to justify.
I often have a quart or so still in my pan from lawn mowers or snowblower so it won't fit in a 5qt jug after a car change. Also easier to have a bigger container when my truck takes 6 qts and I only partially use one of my 5qt jugs.
Sure, no problem with that. That's what I do too. I'm talking about grabbing some inappropriate container when, if you change your own oil you *should* have the original jugs to use. I will also re-use the 5-quart jugs to avoid using individual quarts (now that I'm using M1 0w-40) but, if all I have is the individual quarts, that's what I use.
As the OP mentioned, people were bringing used oil in breakable containers...?
I give it to a buddy who pours it on brush and burns it. Some goes on a flatbed to weatherproof the wood.
I have taken it to the municipal landfill, usually to Safety-Kleen which has a location here. Now I just put it in my son's trunk and he takes it to work at Canadian Tire.
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I keep a 5-gal container in the garage. Once it's full, I take it to work where they let us dump it. Some of it is used for fire starter in my fireplace. As a courtesy I encourage others in my neighborhood to give me their oil for disposal, since it's convenient for me to dispose.
Oil filter cartridges get incinerated.
Oil filter cartridges get incinerated.
I have oil heat in my house so I just dump it in the oil tanks. I try to keep it at 5% or less by volume, but I never have more than 10 gallons a year.
I take it to a local shop that uses it to heat the shop, Autoszone always gives me attitude
I collect as much water fowl as I can find and bathe them in it. They seem to like it.
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Originally Posted By: ruxCYtable
I collect as much water fowl as I can find and bathe them in it. They seem to like it.
What? I thought that as long as you stick with one of the big oil companies like Exxon-Mobil or BP-Castrol that they'd already done that for us - so we don't have to.
I collect as much water fowl as I can find and bathe them in it. They seem to like it.
What? I thought that as long as you stick with one of the big oil companies like Exxon-Mobil or BP-Castrol that they'd already done that for us - so we don't have to.
In my area, other than auto parts stores and Walmart, the quick lubes take used oil too. There is one quick lube near Ralph groceries store, when I go to buy groceries I just bring along few containers, park at Ralph then walk to quick lube. Very convenience and don't need to drive anywhere.
Usually take it to walmart TLE, they let me just dump it in their tanks.
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