advice on how to dispose of used engine oil !

[stagmuffin]

good solid advice on how to deal with waste oil, no wonder were up the creek now with all this type of advice being dished out in the sixties

[milothedog]

Love it, no more lifting the manhole cover in the garden for me then can you do the same with the old coolant and florescent tubes


Ian.

[jleyton]

Where I lived in the country when I was young there were a lot of swallet holes' - for those who don't know what those are they are large depressions in a field caused by underground holes in the limestone.

Farmers hated them as they made it impossible to harvest or plough fields and if you had an old car to get rid of then they provided a very handy place to lay them to rest - we honestly had no idea that we were harming our environment (in fact you hardly ever even heard that word back then)

I well remember putting a rusty old MG 1300 into a swallet hole. I'd stripped the interior and wanted the engine and front subframe so we towed it to the hole and went to chop the subframe and engine/transmission out there, with a selection of saws, axes and various other implements. The unit dropped to the ground and as we tried to push the shell off, something was caught. Of course, we'd forgotten the hydrolastic pipes . An axe through the rubber sections looked like the answer un til we realised that the system was still under pressure A geyser erupted upwards and as we all stared in amazement it slowly dawned that what goes up must come down . My first and last ever green shower.

Cheers

Julian

[tractorjames]

Where I lived in the country when I was young there were a lot of swallet holes' - for those who don't know what those are they are large depressions in a field caused by underground holes in the limestone.

Farmers hated them as they made it impossible to harvest or plough fields and if you had an old car to get rid of then they provided a very handy place to lay them to rest - we honestly had no idea that we were harming our environment (in fact you hardly ever even heard that word back then)

I well remember putting a rusty old MG 1300 into a swallet hole. I'd stripped the interior and wanted the engine and front subframe so we towed it to the hole and went to chop the subframe and engine/transmission out there, with a selection of saws, axes and various other implements. The unit dropped to the ground and as we tried to push the shell off, something was caught. Of course, we'd forgotten the hydrolastic pipes . An axe through the rubber sections looked like the answer un til we realised that the system was still under pressure A geyser erupted upwards and as we all stared in amazement it slowly dawned that what goes up must come down . My first and last ever green shower.

Cheers

Julian

Me and dad used to do quite a lot of digging for antique bottles, and on one tip not far from home, which happened to be a small filled in quarry, we found a panel from a car and upon continuing digging it turned out to be a complete Ford Anglia!

James

[72BLUE]

......we found a panel from a car and upon continuing digging it turned out to be a complete Ford Anglia!
James

I bet you wished is was one of these..............

http://jalopnik.com/5933077/we-solved-the-mystery-of-how-a-ferrari-ended-up-buried-in-someones-yard

Cheers
Keith

[Motorsport Micky]

Local council recycling yard has free oil disposal tanks for you, take it along and pour it in.

Micky

[1959terry]

Local council recycling yard has free oil disposal tanks for you, take it along and pour it in.

Micky

Come on Micky, what's wrong with letting it soak into your garden. Better for the planet I would have thought as it would save on the petrol going to the tip😜

[johnnythespider]

I put s spoonful in me trousers - like Steve McQueen in the great escape - then wander round the park dispersing it. Slick or what!

[Arbman Al]

Pour it in to the hole in the ground in your garden, and then let the oil companies pay you to come and get it out again! Win win situation.

[StagnJag]

What a waste, put it in the kitchen and fry yer chips in it!

[Radenac]

Or just put it in your diesel's fuel tank? (if you have one)

Never tried it, but it would probably work.

Robert

[LAMBRETTLAD]

Some of my previous owners have no idea what used oil is or where it comes from

[Kingswood90]

Where I lived in the country when I was young there were a lot of swallet holes' - for those who don't know what those are they are large depressions in a field caused by underground holes in the limestone.

Farmers hated them as they made it impossible to harvest or plough fields and if you had an old car to get rid of then they provided a very handy place to lay them to rest - we honestly had no idea that we were harming our environment (in fact you hardly ever even heard that word back then)

I well remember putting a rusty old MG 1300 into a swallet hole. I'd stripped the interior and wanted the engine and front subframe so we towed it to the hole and went to chop the subframe and engine/transmission out there, with a selection of saws, axes and various other implements. The unit dropped to the ground and as we tried to push the shell off, something was caught. Of course, we'd forgotten the hydrolastic pipes . An axe through the rubber sections looked like the answer un til we realised that the system was still under pressure A geyser erupted upwards and as we all stared in amazement it slowly dawned that what goes up must come down . My first and last ever green shower.

Cheers

Julian

Years ago I met a very thick Hells Angel who had been paid to "Nick the car from the guy and dispose of it".
He duly 'stole' the car, and you would think that he would burn it out.
Nope, he drove it into a farmers field, and spent all night digging a big hole, and then put the car in it. Of course he had a lot of soil from the hole, and only managed to get six inches or so on the roof.
He was well pleased with his nights work.
A few months later the field was ploughed by the farmer, who literally dragged the car out of the hole.
Police came, opened the car and got his finger prints.
He got 18 months to reflect on the folly of his ways.

[Stagdad]

A family friend used to take the old oil from his modern allegro, strain it through an old pair of tights and put it in his oil burning herald to get rid of it.

[Escape]

I wouldn't put used oil in a modern (common rail) diesel, the pumps wont be to happy with it. But an old diesel engine or a oil burning heater will work fine.
Alternatively, if you don't want to take it to the local recycling yard (limited quantities of oil and other harmful substances can be disposed free of charge in Belgium, to prevent them being dumped), try a local garage. They actually get paid a small amount when for used oil by the recycling companies. Last time I got €0.05/litre. There is a minimum of 1000litres, so might take a while before you have enough yourself!