What happens to used oil?

Moggs,
there's a place called Environmental oil in Laverton. They crack used oil to make diesel and sell it to the public.

Hi Moggs, Some of the local servos use the old sump oil to heat their workshops. Amazing heaters, no smell or fumes. Their is also co. arround that pickup used oil from servos and trucking co. and reprocess it.

I put 3 litres of sump oil strained thru a chux cloth into a 9 litre garden sprayer .Then i add 6 litres of diesel and mix then spray into all my panels and underneath the troopy . Still like brand new .

Moggs,

check this:

www.oilrecycling.gov.au/what-happens.html

cheers
richo

Just changed my oil today and have a bit in the garage. Was searching on the net and found this government site that you can find the closest place to take it and dispose of it safely. Oil recycling directory

I could not get the stupid map thing to work though!

I mix mine 50/50 with kerosene and use it as an excellent camp fire starter. It will persuade the wettest wood to burn.

Mike Harding

I've always just placed mine back in the plastic containers that the new oil has come from and put them into the wheelie bin. I know that is the wrong thing to do and in the past I have taken it to the tip for recycling etc.

However, this thread has got me wondering what possible harm could come from placing very small amounts into the fuel tank each time we fill up with diesel? I'm talking , like, 100ml at a time....not too much. Any small impuities (like metal) would be "grabbed" by the 3 powerful magnets in the Morison DeBug unit which sits in the fuel lines before the CAV filter.

In any case, now that I have the oil bypass filtration system, I only have to change my oil every 50,000klm anyway, so it's not a huge issue.

Interesting thought actually.....hhmmmmm

Not the answer to your original question but maybe this is what the future holds for us small vehicle owners;
A lot of the big rigs continually bleed a small amount of engine oil into the engine fuel system and so burn oil as they run along the highway. At the same time new lube oil is fed into the sump to make up for the old oil that is being burnt. This saves the trucking company from having to both change and dispose of the old oil. The only service that is required is to change the filters and check the reservoir tanks.

Dont' they make tar for roads, and tyres, and plastic out of it?

The bloke at our waste disposal dump reckons a brick making mob near Adelaide use all of his oil to fire the kiln.

There was a retail "tuning" franchise caught reusing old oil a few years ago if I remember correctly.?

Dont take it lightly mate , I have seen first hand what contaminating soil can do. For starter , nothing will gro there for years to come . Anther major issie, is what happends when it rais, were does it travel . Rain will take it to its path of travel, hopefully its not in your dirrection. A phone call to the epa will do the trick, about 10k worth of trick .