disposal of oil?
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disposal of oil? what can i do with the oil from a oil change? I've always had the stealership do it ebcause my car was under warranty, but now its up and I rather do my own oil changes. so what to do with the oil that comes out?
Yes free at autozone. Try to be nice to them though, after you pour the new oil into the engine, pour the old oil from the catch pan back into the bottles that the new oil came in and put caps back on it. Makes it less of a mess for everybody to deal with.
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Originally Posted by Mike454SS
Yes free at autozone. Try to be nice to them though, after you pour the new oil into the engine, pour the old oil from the catch pan back into the bottles that the new oil came in and put caps back on it. Makes it less of a mess for everybody to deal with.
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Oil Just dont get lazy..........
I had like 6 oil changes worth of fluid sitting around from diff/trans/oil changes etc. Loaded it all in the tahoe and showed up at auto zone. They were definately not pleased after sayin "yea we'll dispose of that for you"
Plus I felt like a real tard making about twenty trip back and fourth with everything from a milk jug to a pan with lid to dump the stuff.
P.S. dont get antifreeze in there they really dont like that!
I had like 6 oil changes worth of fluid sitting around from diff/trans/oil changes etc. Loaded it all in the tahoe and showed up at auto zone. They were definately not pleased after sayin "yea we'll dispose of that for you"
Plus I felt like a real tard making about twenty trip back and fourth with everything from a milk jug to a pan with lid to dump the stuff.
P.S. dont get antifreeze in there they really dont like that!
Originally Posted by StompaStang
P.S. dont get antifreeze in there they really dont like that!
Originally Posted by oifish
this is a little off topic, but what is done with the old oil? can it be recycled for more oil or does it have to be thrown away?
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I put my used oil, tranny fluid, brake fluid, gear lube in a five gallon steel bucket that used to hold concrete sealer.
I have another for overflow when I get lazy. I couldn't stand putting it into small jugs, too much chance to make a mess.
The places I go they point to the back and say, "Don't make a mess." Advance Auto and O'Reillys are the places I go.
I have another for overflow when I get lazy. I couldn't stand putting it into small jugs, too much chance to make a mess.
The places I go they point to the back and say, "Don't make a mess." Advance Auto and O'Reillys are the places I go.
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Originally Posted by oifish
hmm, mabye ill use it to get the crab grass out of my yard, I always wondered why drag strips and race tracks had such lush landscaping, 
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Originally Posted by oifish
hmm, mabye ill use it to get the crab grass out of my yard, I always wondered why drag strips and race tracks had such lush landscaping,
love that pic in your sig
love that pic in your sig
I read that CalTrans uses/used it as a weed killer on the 10/15/91 freeways out here is Southern CA.