Where to dump old engine oil?

[HungusMaximist]

Hey just like to know where do you guys dump your engine oil?

I use to have a garage down the road who takes my old oil and chuck it away from me. Since they have moved, I am wondering who I can take it to.

I reckon, most garage would accept it for free.

I am gonna run a search here and also on the city council pages.

Cheers.

[HungusMaximist]

Just on the note of engine oil, when you guys do an oil change, do you change the air filter too as apart of your maintenance schedule?

Also, any of yous use a product called 'engine flush' to wash away the crap before putting the new oil in?

[twinkle]

your local dump/transfer station will probably take it for free, they do at the waitakere one and the one on patiki road.

[klyong82]

Hey just like to know where do you guys dump your engine oil?

I use to have a garage down the road who takes my old oil and chuck it away from me. Since they have moved, I am wondering who I can take it to.

I reckon, most garage would accept it for free.

I am gonna run a search here and also on the city council pages.

Cheers.

I take mine to the BP at Abbotts Way. They have a tank just behind the service garage. I just empty it there.

Air filter? No I just clean it unless it is really dirty. AN air filter will last 30,000km before it need replacement.

[carbacca]

some gas stations have a collection tank for oil, shell on corner campbell-great south road used to have a tank but i havent checked for ages. otherwise the hazmobile around auckland will take that as well as old batteries. or get friendly with your local garage/mechanic.

[HungusMaximist]

or get friendly with your local garage/mechanic.

Yep, you know it best when it comes to those things.

[Steam]

Off topic, but there's a carpentry workshop in Dunedin that is (or was last time I went) heated by burning waste oil in a turbo-assisted pot-belly. The potbelly gets red-hot, and heats the whole cavernous shed/barn even in the middle of winter.
I heard he got complaints from neighbours (dense clouds of black smoke) so he was thinking about making it into a ultra-wetback, and heating about 10x 44-gallon drums of water up and doing most of the actual oil burning at night, then switching to timber offcuts in the day.
Probably it's highly illegal to burn oil in a suburban environment, but man it works well.

[Hitcher]

Burning timber offcuts is more environmentally unfriendly than burning waste oil. If the timber has been treated it contains a vast array of heavy metals. Stuff like MDF board contains formaldehyde and a bunch of other carcinogens. The environmental/health problems lie with both the stack emissions and the ash.

[James Deuce]

Tip it down the drain. Screw the dolphins, they're eating our fish!

[Usarka]

put it in a container and leave it on the forecourt at the local bp after hours. the fuckers are on prepay so will be too scared to chase you down the road and then it's up to them to dispose properly.

[mbazza]

Tip it down the drain. Screw the dolphins, they're eating our fish!

You leave them dolphin alone, Jim! They are full of their own Omega 3 oil! Cheers.

[tri boy]

Mix it into Kahlua and Cointreau. Supple on the palate, and makes your poos slip out ya arse.

[HungusMaximist]

Mix it into Kahlua and Cointreau. Supple on the palate, and makes your poos slip out ya arse.

Um.... Thanks...

[Marmoot]

Tip it down the drain. Screw the dolphins, they're eating our fish!

Brilliant! Can always blame the Chinese anyway

[Kwaka14]

I was told NEVER to use an engine flush on anything with a wet clutch as it potentially eats away at clutch fibres, If you change oil regularly and the filter too there should never be an issue.....