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Peter_L
Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 2680 Location: New Brunswick. Canada.
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Posted: Wed May 26, 2021 3:32 pm Post subject: Disposing of old oil. 1963 |
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I Googled this image and found several comments, but two of them stand out.
1: Oil came from the ground, now we are putting it back.
2: USA. Unsurfaced Roads were sprayed with old oil to reduce dust.
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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22458 Location: UK
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kevin2306
Joined: 01 Jul 2013 Posts: 1359 Location: nr Llangollen, north wales
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Posted: Wed May 26, 2021 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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In a previous house we lived in, our neighbour used to park his land rover over the road gully and drop the sump oil into the drain,!
Didn’t live there long thankfully.
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lowdrag
Joined: 10 Apr 2009 Posts: 1585 Location: Le Mans
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Posted: Thu May 27, 2021 4:01 am Post subject: |
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Try living in the country where there is no main drainage and you have a septic tank. We are supposed to upgrade to a full-blown water treatment plant so water is purified and can be allowed to run into the streams, or in our case have a new well installed. Total cost in the region of £15,000. Rules are getting tighter and tighter wherever you look. |
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roverdriver
Joined: 18 Oct 2008 Posts: 1210 Location: 100 miles from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Posted: Thu May 27, 2021 7:58 am Post subject: |
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For most of my life I did my own oil changes. I found a few uses for the used product- Paint a wooden fence periodically Preserves the wood. When preparing fence posts, or any post (build a shed etc.) soak the lower part of the post in the oil before 'planting' it, Coating old machinery stored outside, and lighting bonfires! (I have mostly lived in rural areas.) _________________ Dane- roverdriver but not a Viking. |
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Bitumen Boy
Joined: 26 Jan 2012 Posts: 1737 Location: Above the snow line in old Monmouthshire
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Posted: Thu May 27, 2021 6:04 pm Post subject: |
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kevin2306 wrote: | In a previous house we lived in, our neighbour used to park his land rover over the road gully and drop the sump oil into the drain,!
Didn’t live there long thankfully.
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A couple of guys I work with - the cowboy element, essentially - have admitted to draining sump oil over an open manhole. I don't imagine Welsh Water would think much of that; but surely karma is ready to strike back - lost count of how many times I must have dropped the sump plug into the can of warm black old oil and had to fish it out again...
I always managed to find a use for the stuff though, either rustproofing or wood treatment. Someone did tell me it was carcinogenic (what isn't these days?) but many DIY sheds will sell you a creosote substitute that looks, smells, pours and brushes on exactly like old sump oil |
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