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    Uses for waste oil?

    So I've got a couple of old milk jugs that I've siphoned off my old engine oil, gearbox oil and read diff oil into.
    What do I do with it?

    Would it make a good water repellent if I were to dip timber in it? (I'm only half joking).

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    build yourself a furnace/forge/smelter, drip feed it into an airstream to your burner. Burns 97% clean.

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    I use it in my daughter's car.
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    Spray on path and boundary edges, No weeds charlie.
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    Some interesting things happen when 5.6% is added to ammonium nitrate, stirred well, and then exposed to a detonation source...
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    A mate of mine uses it in his Scott oiler.

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    Used to use it in my van's total loss oiling system.


    but VTNZ became unimpressed when they found some of it again
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    I just fill up the empty containers with it and stash them in the shed. By the time I kark it, it will be someone elses problem.
    I mentioned vegetables once, but I think I got away with it...........

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    Quote Originally Posted by BuzzardNZ View Post
    A mate of mine uses it in his Scott oiler.
    And will probably wonder why his chain wears out so fast ...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Woodman View Post
    I just fill up the empty containers with it and stash them in the shed. By the time I kark it, it will be someone elses problem.
    Store em in a canoe, and go out viking style to save on crematorium/burial costs
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    Quote Originally Posted by bogan View Post
    Used to use it in my van's total loss oiling system.
    Meanwhile, bikers complain about oil all over the roads.
    "It's hard to keep an open mind, when so many people are trying to put things in it"

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    I don't know about your local Repco or Supercheap, but in my neck of the woods they have used oil collection bins...

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    How is this even a question?

    Oil wresting is the only solution.




    Or, almost all refuse stations have a container you can tip it into. They don't all take the containers you being it in.

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    A mate stained his fence with my collection. Otherwise tip collection point.
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