Used engine oil
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Elderly said:
The engine of my first car - an E93A special I built from components obtained from scrap yards,
burnt so much oil that I used to keep it topped up with other cars' sump drainings given to me by the local garage
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I had something similar to that when I was in my teens (probably about 1973 or 4). Bought it unfinished (or maybe pulled apart) from a guy selling for his son in Whitley Bay. Was registered as a Ford Special with a local reg something like VTN 40H. A shabby shade of mustard yellow but no screen. I fannied on with it for months before scrapping it. Often wished I'd kept the registration. Was told it was a Ford Falcon but never confirmed.burnt so much oil that I used to keep it topped up with other cars' sump drainings given to me by the local garage
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Back to the oil, I had a Montego that I used to fill with oil from other car oil changes as it leaked so much.
Elderly said:
The engine of my first car - an E93A special I built from components obtained from scrap yards,
burnt so much oil that I used to keep it topped up with other cars' sump drainings given to me by the local garage.
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My boss in about 1980 had a Granada that drank oil - he was annoyed one day when he overheard someone in the office saying they'd been wasting (in hs opinion!) old engine oil by painting the fence with 50/50 creosote and oil when they could have given it to him!burnt so much oil that I used to keep it topped up with other cars' sump drainings given to me by the local garage
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People also used to paint the underside of their cars with old oil. Not necessary if you had an A series with the built in automatic chassis protection oil leakage system!
john2443 said:
People also used to paint the underside of their cars with old oil. Not necessary if you had an A series with the built in automatic chassis protection oil leakage system!
Think most cars of the 60's and 70's were fitted with that as standard. Actually not a good thing to paint a car with as there are various "nastys" in old oil that can attack the steel I believe.
Sebring440 said:
Never heard that one before. Explain please. What are these "nasties"?
Back when engine oil was all mineral and we had leaded fuel, used engine oil was not as bad. With sulphur in the fuel (yes it does end up in the oil) mixed with synthetic compounds, used engine oil is now often various strengths of acid. GAjon said:
Mix it with creosote to make fence and shed paint.
I don't think you can buy creosote now can you? My local stores only stock something called "creocote" which is a greatly diminished imitation of what I remember creosote to be like.Presumably they can't trust the masses with the original stuff. Way to dangerous and somebody was going to get sued!
Sebring440 said:
Never heard that one before. Explain please. What are these "nasties"?
Barium, phosphorus, zinc, chlorine and bromine compounds, sulfur, aluminum, arsenic, calcium, chromium, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, potassium, silicon, sodium, tin, toluene, benzene, xylene, ethylbenzene, to name a few.https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp102-c3.pdf
Approximately 100 years ago, I did my YTS at a Renault garage and the furnace that provided the heat for the workshop would run on just about anything you could pour into it. It was a lesson in eyebrow protection trying to fire it up each morning using a rag soaked in spirits/carb cleaner/petrol.
The waste oil tank from servicing cars used to get drained over the winter months as we attempted to stave off hypothermia. Carbon footprint? That was just the marks your work boots left on the Reception carpet.
The waste oil tank from servicing cars used to get drained over the winter months as we attempted to stave off hypothermia. Carbon footprint? That was just the marks your work boots left on the Reception carpet.
Cold said:
Approximately 100 years ago, I did my YTS at a Renault garage and the furnace that provided the heat for the workshop would run on just about anything you could pour into it. It was a lesson in eyebrow protection trying to fire it up each morning using a rag soaked in spirits/carb cleaner/petrol.
The waste oil tank from servicing cars used to get drained over the winter months as we attempted to stave off hypothermia. Carbon footprint? That was just the marks your work boots left on the Reception carpet.
Yeah, waste oil heaters are pretty good. The waste oil tank from servicing cars used to get drained over the winter months as we attempted to stave off hypothermia. Carbon footprint? That was just the marks your work boots left on the Reception carpet.
NMNeil said:
Barium, phosphorus, zinc, chlorine and bromine compounds, sulfur, aluminum, arsenic, calcium, chromium, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, potassium, silicon, sodium, tin, toluene, benzene, xylene, ethylbenzene, to name a few.
https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp102-c3.pdf
Sounds like my wife's cooking.https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp102-c3.pdf
NMNeil said:
Sebring440 said:
Never heard that one before. Explain please. What are these "nasties"?
Barium, phosphorus, zinc, chlorine and bromine compounds, sulfur, aluminum, arsenic, calcium, chromium, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, potassium, silicon, sodium, tin, toluene, benzene, xylene, ethylbenzene, to name a few.https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp102-c3.pdf
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