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Larry Delor 02-01-2005 07:32 PM

What do you do with your used diesel oil besides bring it to a recycler?
 
I was wondering if any of you do something with the old diesel oil besides bringing it to a recycling location.

Like... A waste oil heater a la mother earth news. (One guy used the ME news heater to heat his hot water and home) I'm wondering if anybody tried to harness the btu's in the old oil in some other form or fashion.

R Leo 02-01-2005 07:44 PM

I used to dump it in the fuel tank of my diesels and run it as road fuel. However, I've stopped that practice until I can build a filtering apparatus that will bring the particulate size down to around 5-10 µm.

Tirebiter 02-01-2005 08:24 PM

I save mine
 
I like to pour a few onces under some of the Harley owners bikes that I know. Drives em crazy, eh?

If it's a Japanese vehicle, I use a handful of rice.

aklim 02-01-2005 08:30 PM

Hole in the ground. Down storm sewers. Neighbour's sandbox. In the lake. :D :D

I don't know. I just fill it in 2L coke bottles or a 3 gal kerosene bottle and bring it to Jiffy Screw.

superbeast1098 02-01-2005 09:00 PM

I like to.....
 
Drink it..... lol.....

Or convince people its chocolate syrup for their milk or Ice Cream....

Just kidding.... :D

I just bring it to the local auto parts store to dispose of it

KCampbell 02-01-2005 10:05 PM

A friend of mine runs a European Repair shop, I take it to him and he burns it in his waste oil heater. It's a neat piece of kit, loves transmission fluid, engine oil and brake fluid all thrown together.

Kevin

rwthomas1 02-02-2005 12:10 AM

A friend of mine dumps his used oil into his heating oil tank. Figures that 5qts mixed with 250gallons isn't going to hurt anything. Been doing it for years. I have electric heat so it won't work for me. I have heard a regular oil burning furnace can be rejetted to burn used motor oil. This would make a good project for someone with a shop to heat. RT

aklim 02-02-2005 01:24 AM

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Originally Posted by rwthomas1
A friend of mine dumps his used oil into his heating oil tank. Figures that 5qts mixed with 250gallons isn't going to hurt anything. Been doing it for years. I have electric heat so it won't work for me. I have heard a regular oil burning furnace can be rejetted to burn used motor oil. This would make a good project for someone with a shop to heat. RT

That depends. Is the oil he is dumping in synthetic or regular. You cannot mix the two of them or the flame in the heater will burn funny. :D :D

If you grease the electrons, you will reduce resistance and it will heat your house faster. Pour some of the oil on the electric heaters.

Seriously, even if it could be rejetted, unless you are running a lube shop and have access to tons of used oil, what good is it?

stayalert 02-02-2005 08:05 AM

local DPW (Departmetn of Public Works)..they burn it.

Pete Burton 02-02-2005 08:12 AM

I pour a little into the sander hopper on my truck and then run it. The flight bars mix it with the residual sand and keep the chain links from rusting or freezing. Otherwise, I take it to recycling.

BodhiBenz1987 02-02-2005 10:54 AM

Ummm ... I leave it in a bucket in the garage, always pledging that I'll take it somewhere and dispose of it at some point, but never actually doing so. Occasionally raccoons try to wash their hands in the bucket. At that point some of the oil is smeared around the garage floor in paw-print designs. So really, it's like art for the garage floor.

Wes Bender 02-02-2005 11:22 AM

County recycles it here in Green Valley. At Alpine in the summer, I take it to the nearest airport. They burn it to heat their main hangar in the winter. Nice furnace, but expensive to buy.

Wes

aklim 02-02-2005 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by BodhiBenz1987
Ummm ... I leave it in a bucket in the garage, always pledging that I'll take it somewhere and dispose of it at some point, but never actually doing so. Occasionally raccoons try to wash their hands in the bucket. At that point some of the oil is smeared around the garage floor in paw-print designs. So really, it's like art for the garage floor.

Can you mix paint in the oil too? That way you will have a work of art you can sell. Call it The Oily Racoon.

Scott98 02-02-2005 11:29 AM

We used to pour it in the ground around our old shed. It's an old trick for keeping the termites away. I also used to rent from a guy who let me pour it around his house for the same reason. Not environmentally friendly but...

Now we pour it into a 55 gallon drum and when it's full, take it to the dump to be recycled.

Scott

Larry Delor 02-02-2005 08:05 PM

Thanks for all the replies so far :)

I was hoping that besides the taking the oil to the recycler, that someone had come up with a recycling process of their own. I don't have much need for a waste oil burning heater here (except for a couple months out of the year), but hoped that somebody maybe made a home made waste oil burner, and then got creative and heated up a tank of water to drive a steam turbine or engine, which in turn powered a generator.

I've played around with a cast iron frying pan, some old slotted rotors and a "burning element" of sorts, and then stuck a 30" piece of 2.5" exhaust pipe over the hub hole. It makes quite a flame! (and puts out a good bit of heat).

Too bad it would cover a marshmallow with soot, should I attempt to roast one. :D


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