self servicing

[vinnie01]

Hi planning on servicing my own car filters, fluids, coil pack etc i was just wondering from the people that service their cars. how do you dispose of the oil?

[Magic919]

My local council dump accepts it.

[SmithyAG]

Our local council tip has waste oil disposal.

[ging84]

i usually keep them in bottles in the garage for a couple of years before finally taking them to the tip
i don't think i'm a hoarder

[TobyLerone]

Thought for a second this would be a thread for lonely PHers to rival the Match.com thread, haha!

[Puddenchucker]

http://www.oilbankline.org.uk/

[750turbo]

On a similar vein, I have a gallon of "old" petrol drained from one of my bikes, there is no way it is going in anything automotive.

Local tip wants nothing to do with it, how the heck do I get rid of it?

(No bonfire/barbecue suggestions, I would end up like emmsman!)

[trickywoo]

Bonfire is fine. Even synthetic oil doesn't burn too feirsely.

[finlo]

750turbo said:

On a similar vein, I have a gallon of "old" petrol drained from one of my bikes, there is no way it is going in anything automotive.

Local tip wants nothing to do with it, how the heck do I get rid of it?

(No bonfire/barbecue suggestions, I would end up like emmsman!)

Leave the lid off and let it evaporate?

[AlmostUseful]

How has nobody suggested just leaving the lid off so it evaporates?

[TooMany2cvs]

750turbo said:

On a similar vein, I have a gallon of "old" petrol drained from one of my bikes, there is no way it is going in anything automotive.

Got a petrol lawnmower? Know anybody that has?

[Zoobeef]

Petrol lawn mower. Although a gallon of old mixed in with 55 litres of new in a car isn't likely to make a difference.

[photosnob]

Pour it down a drain.

[25NAD90TUL]

Old oil?

What to do wth it?

Get a paintbrush and lag the undercarriage of your vehicle with it, brake pipes, shockers everything.

Do the same every time you do an oil change.

Say goodbye to corrosion and welding bills at MoT time!

[CMYKguru]

photosnob said:

Pour it down a drain.

probably what 99% of PHrs do lets be honest

[blueST]

I usually trip over the drain bowl within about 5 minutes resulting in about half of it being spread over my garage floor. The rest goes into a a comedy big faux oil can they have at the tip.

[sunbeam alpine]

I mix old engine oil with creosote and use it to treat our wooden fences. Don't know whether it does any good, but my dad used to do it on his fences and they're still in good nick, and dad passed away in 2007.

[TooMany2cvs]

photosnob said:

Pour it down a drain.

DO NOT DO THIS. Apart from being utterly and quite rightly illegal, this is mind-bendingly stupid.

If you pour it down a soakaway, you're poisoning the ground around you.
If you pour it down a drain, it'll do unpleasantness to the water treatment plant that eventually returns the water to your tap.

If you'd really rather live in a horrible poisoned wasteland rather than spend two minutes pouring it into an empty bottle and taking it to the tip...

[photosnob]

TooMany2cvs said:

photosnob said:

Pour it down a drain.

DO NOT DO THIS. Apart from being utterly and quite rightly illegal, this is mind-bendingly stupid.

If you pour it down a soakaway, you're poisoning the ground around you.
If you pour it down a drain, it'll do unpleasantness to the water treatment plant that eventually returns the water to your tap.

If you'd really rather live in a horrible poisoned wasteland rather than spend two minutes pouring it into an empty bottle and taking it to the tip...

I'm pretty sure that most people saw it as a tongue in cheek silly comment.

Honestly, I'd either take it to the tip or more likely set fire to it when I have a bonfire. That might also be naughty. However I'm not a mechanic so would get away with it. Any sort of oil will give you a nice base to a bonfire to burn old crap in the garden. Can be a bit stinky though.

[spaximus]

Having seen a carless fag thrown in a drain where petrol had run it is surprisingly something that goes bang, very well.

best way is to just take let it evaporate