what's the most environmental oil

[turtlevette]

For a car that leaks a lot of oil?

I'm guessing Goil at Walmart. How about diff gear oil?

I read on the Goil site that you could drink it.

 

[dlundblad]

Quaker State GREEN bottle.

 

[901Memphis]

Not interested in ATP205 or motor oil saver?

 

[turtlevette]

Originally Posted By: 901Memphis
Not interested in ATP205 or motor oil saver?


I've used the Lucas stop leak and bars leaks rear main plus the thickener effect of the Lucas to get it down from losing a half quart in an hours drive to a few dozen drips every time I park it. Its always going to leak some. I'm willing to try other leak stop products.

 

[Triton_330]

Valvoline Next Gen.

50% Recycled oil.

~ Triton

 

[901Memphis]

The two I mentioned have plenty of miracle reviews.

 

[OneEyeJack]

How about this?

Oil made from stuff that grows in the ground. And it works, too.

 

[CT8]

Repair the leaks would be the Green thing to do if it mattered.

 

[CT8]

Originally Posted By: OneEyeJack
How about this?

Oil made from stuff that grows in the ground. And it works, too.
Oil comes from the ground. It is natural and organic.

 

[Shannow]

Thin films, over large surface areas tend not to run off into waterways (e.g. the train blowby I posted a while ago), and tend to be attacked vigorously by oxygen, sunlight, and bacteria.

If it's leaving a pool, then whether it's made from bio sources or not it's not environmentally friendly, can run into waterways and leave a sheen etc.

 

[Merkava_4]

All you gotta do is get a motor oil made out of animal fat and wash it off your driveway with Purple Power.

 

[demarpaint]

Originally Posted By: CT8
Repair the leaks would be the Green thing to do if it mattered.


+1 Oil is not environmentally friendly when it sinks into the ground or finds its way into the waterways.

 

[Merkava_4]

Originally Posted By: demarpaint
+1 Oil is not environmentally friendly when it sinks into the ground or finds its way into the waterways.


What if it's made out of bacon fat?

 

[Shannow]

Originally Posted By: Merkava_4
Originally Posted By: demarpaint
+1 Oil is not environmentally friendly when it sinks into the ground or finds its way into the waterways.


What if it's made out of bacon fat?


Company that I worked for in 1990 built a 500KV substation, and had the transformer bunds linked to an oil catch tank, and an oily water separator to trap the oil should a transmission fail.

Fire protection water would be flowing through as well, so they had to have the oily water separator sized to remove and keep the oil IN, while letting the water out (application of Stokes' Law).

To comply they needed to test it with full water volume, and a full charge of oil (10,000gal or so)...no-one was going to do that with transformer oil.

So they used vegetable oil, as it was biodegradable.

However, if it DID fail they broke the law, as an oil spill was an oil spill, and bad when it suffocated fish and aquatic organisms.

 

[Falken]

I would say a good Synthetic oil run to 10,000 miles then brought to a store that sends it to be recycled.

The worst would be to change your oil with anything every 3-4 months.

 

[demarpaint]

Originally Posted By: Merkava_4
Originally Posted By: demarpaint
+1 Oil is not environmentally friendly when it sinks into the ground or finds its way into the waterways.


What if it's made out of bacon fat?


Are you suggesting he runs his car on that? When it mixes with combustion by-products I'm pretty sure it won't be environmentally friendly anymore anyway.

 

[SteveSRT8]

Originally Posted By: demarpaint
Originally Posted By: Merkava_4
Originally Posted By: demarpaint
+1 Oil is not environmentally friendly when it sinks into the ground or finds its way into the waterways.


What if it's made out of bacon fat?


Are you suggesting he runs his car on that? When it mixes with combustion by-products I'm pretty sure it won't be environmentally friendly anymore anyway.

And of course it would burn cleanly and smell good too.

I think Falken hit it on the head. Changing too often is the real waste here, from what I see in parking lots there are a ton of ragged out cars leaking a LOT of oil...

 

[TFB1]

Originally Posted By: Falken
I would say a good Synthetic oil run to 10,000 miles then brought to a store that sends it to be recycled.

The worst would be to change your oil with anything every 3-4 months.

How's that helping a leaker?? OP says
Originally Posted By: turtlevette
For a car that leaks a lot of oil?
to me that means a quart or more in 1K mi...

 

[camrydriver111]

Originally Posted By: Falken
I would say a good Synthetic oil run to 10,000 miles then brought to a store that sends it to be recycled.

The worst would be to change your oil with anything every 3-4 months.

 

[HerrStig]

Originally Posted By: turtlevette
For a car that leaks a lot of oil?

I'm guessing Goil at Walmart. How about diff gear oil?

I read on the Goil site that you could drink it.

Try some and report.