Uses for used motor oil

[rmay635703]

Many places that collect oil do this (yes it says plastic but oil does the same thing in this unit)

How to turn plastic waste into diesel fuel cheaply

i've always wanted to do it but don't have room for it, also getting enough #5 plastic to mix with the oil to run a motor coach is tough.

Anyway Mogas or Multifuel works just fine in every diesel I've run but mine don't care about sulphur content. (plastic has ultra low non-existant sulphur levels, black diesel can have high sulphur levels)

Run the exhaust through some calcium turnings (rocks) and burn off the methane in the exhaust for heat.

[Cd]

Why We Should Recycle Used Oil

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Used oil does not readily dissolve in water and is slow to degrade in the environment. One pint of oil can produce an oil slick nearly one acre in size. Used oil from a single oil change (approximately 4 quarts of oil) can ruin 1 million gallons of water...a year's supply for 50 people. – City of Chicago Used Motor Oil Recycling


A quart of motor oil can contaminate up to 250,000 gallons of drinking water! – DPW Bureau of Sanitation

[Kodak]

No interesting procedures here. We just bring it to a local auto garage. They use it to heat their building.

[rmay635703]

Originally Posted by Cd

Why We Should Recycle Used Oil

A quart of motor oil can contaminate up to 250,000 gallons of drinking water! – DPW Bureau of Sanitation

Reduce Reuse Recycle

The 1st and 2nd R's are the most important, use less oil and reuse oil would be over recycle.

Not sure if making the oil into diesel fuel is reuse or recycle.

But reduce could be accomplished with a toilet paper filter. (bypass filter)

[FPO]

I use a high end synthetic , that I change yearly. the guy at my local NAPA store asked me to put my used oil in a clean jug( wiperfluid etc) so he can re use it on his Farm.

He has something with a automatic chain oiler, and the synthetic seems to stay on the chain longer than regular oil.

[brucey]

I wish I could get one of those waste oil heaters. I hate having to buy kerosene and propane to heat the separate garage when I'm sitting on a huge supply of free stored energy already!

[Diesel_Dave]

Originally Posted by FPO

I use a high end synthetic , that I change yearly. the guy at my local NAPA store asked me to put my used oil in a clean jug( wiperfluid etc) so he can re use it on his Farm.

He has something with a automatic chain oiler, and the synthetic seems to stay on the chain longer than regular oil.

Back on the farm we used to paint the chains on the sileage wagon with used oil. It also works if you have some REALLY rusted parts (like stuff on the farm that's been sitting for 20 years). Dad used to take the parts and leave them submerged in a bucket of used oil for a couple weeks. You'd be supprized what you can unfreeeze that way.

[Diesel_Dave]

Originally Posted by brucey

I wish I could get one of those waste oil heaters. I hate having to buy kerosene and propane to heat the separate garage when I'm sitting on a huge supply of free stored energy already!

Kerosene is pretty similar to diesel fuel. If guys can cut their diesel with used oil, maybe you could cut kerosene with it. I might actually use it in a heater like that. As I've already said, I value my fuel pump and injectors too much to put it in my truck.

[Tofuball]

I quench certain metals in used motor oil. Case hardening

I've read about people who pump it into the frames of their cars every year to keep them from rusting.

[NeilBlanchard]

I've used some old motor oil in my (electric!) chainsaw to lubricate the bar and chain; rather than buying brand new chain oil.