What do you do with your old engine oil ?

[Nostalgia]

Sorry if this is a repost, id just like to know what most guys do with their old engine oil. I wont say what i do until i get a few replies !!!

[Hunter]

Um well when I was living at home I accumulated about 30 litres of old oil in 5 litre bottles... I ended up taking it to the local dump which had a disposal area for used engine oil.

Nowadays... well I'm storing it up again, I live in Brisbane now which means I have to pay to use the dump .

[gthofan]

being honest, i tip it behind the shed in a hole..... and bury the filters with it too. But i have just brought home a 20 litre drum that i will use, and get the epa to collect for free (well i think its free)

cheers
scott

[Hunter]

Originally Posted by gthofan

being honest, i tip it behind the shed in a hole..... and bury the filters with it too. But i have just brought home a 20 litre drum that i will use, and get the epa to collect for free (well i think its free)

cheers
scott

Haha ashes to ashes, dust to dust, right? Oil comes out of the ground so back down in teh ground it goes!!

[Nostalgia]

Originally Posted by gthofan

being honest, i tip it behind the shed in a hole..... and bury the filters with it too. But i have just brought home a 20 litre drum that i will use, and get the epa to collect for free (well i think its free)

cheers
scott

There is my point. I also pour it into the ground.

[gz1]

If you have a timber fence, pouring on the ground just where the fence posts are prevents rot and termites from attacking it.
On that subject many years ago, when I lived in WA, (before many of you were born probably, I feel that old ;-), A mate in a farm had a really old diesel generator. He used to run it of a mixture of used sump oil, used kitchen oil from fish&chip fryers, and kerosene. The thing was a huge single cylinder out in the open, well it did have a tin roof to keep most of the rain out, and it ran 24/7 for weeks at a time.
This guy would take a trip into town once a month, and garages and fish&chip shops would pay him to take the used oils away, which he then used to run this generator to power his farm. So effectively he was getting payed to use electricity.
I moved away from WA nearly 30 years ago and have lost touch but this reminded me of the coolest use of old sump oil I have ever seen.

[Hunter]

Yeah diesel engines will run on just about anything, though I wouldn't want to be the one cleaning a diesel engine that ran on sump oil!

[mik]

our old family hack nissan bluebird uses heaps of oil, so drop the dirty oil from the henry and top up the nissan with it..........recycling

[[Tonko]]

We pour it on fence posts to stop ants and rot. Being on a farm, its easy enough to find a few posts..
We used to get it sprayed on the dirt driveway to stop the dust and water pooling but the EPA had a fit and we're not allowed to do that anymore....Aholes....

[You Yangs]

I take mine to the tip. They take up to 20L per visit for free!

[TURBOTAXI]

I use the oil that comes out of the AU and BA in the tractors, then after the tractors it goes onto fences.

[Pedro]

I mix my used oil with Diet Coke ... it really eases a sore throat.

[Jason[98.EL]]

i have a 20 ltr drum that i fill up then i take it to work and dump it in the drum that we then get picked up for free if we have more than 200 ltrs

jason

[Wokkas]

Yep, as above....

[GS608]

we just pour it on the ground out behind the shed, does wonders for the grass

[XCSEDAN]

we use it as weed killer!
works a treat

[red_hotxr6]

Dont know ask my mechanic...every 6 months maybe he is making a fortune on recycling..

[Kryton]

i dig a hole and send it back where it came from.

[DBourne]

Originally Posted by davway

i dig a hole and send it back where it came from.

arabia

[351ciofgrunt]

I pour it back into the container and put it in the wheelie bin.

[AC/DC]

Originally Posted by 351ciofgrunt

I pour it back into the container and put it in the wheelie bin.

Ditto.....

Or when you have got 20L, , ask someone with a timber picket fence if they want you to roll on a coat of professional timber stain to keep the fence looking new, and stop the timber from drying out, and to protect the posts from termites, and to stop the grass growing just below the fence. Charge em $200 and go buy a cheap spray gun from bunnings, and spray away.

I know a guy who does this, , and he has done about a dozen houses in our area. They look great !

Me, , it goes in the wheelie bin.

AC/DC

[ebxr8240]

Take it to work and put it in recycled oil trap...

[jaydee]

Geez guys, don't be so lazy, don't pour it back into the ground, it ends up in the water table.
Mine goes out to be collected on recycle day, I don't know if your local council does a recycle pick up, but mine does.
Or save up a few packs of old oil then make a trip to the tip and put it into the big oil bin there, they take any sort of oil, brake fluid, paint etc.
A liitle bit effort, I mean you put a lot of effort into your car, so do the right thing.
Sorry about the rant but there ya go.

[GlennBA]

At our old place we had a wooden bridge that went over the creek in our driveway, we used to paint it on the bridge to protect the wood.

[The Monty]

Give it too my uncle who lives on property to use on fences.

[boss-290]

I take a trip to Thompson Dam, and unload there.

[ebxr8240]

Drop it off at the local Holden dealer...
They need it.....

[aye you]

poor it over the neighbours cat, fun to watch the bastard slip all over the place, helps to grind its nails down so it don't scratch the car lol




nah, goes to work in the back of me mates work ute and gets loaded into out oil drums for free collection

[Hunter]

Originally Posted by ebxr8240

Drop it off at the local Holden dealer...
They need it.....

LOL what for their salesmen's hair?

[mcflux]

I save up the oil, and collect 6-pack-holders, then go on an environmental bender in the Gippsland Lakes. If I'm lucky I'll take out a dolphin or six.