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I took the garbage out tonight
I've got a few gallons of used oil in the hangar in buckets since I
don't drink enough milk to put it all out for recycling. One of these days I need to schlep it over to the big oil recycling tank at a nearby airport. If those are polypropylene milk jugs, you don't want to leave them sitting very long. Polypropylene absorbs oil and will disintegrate if left in contact with each other. Don't leave the jugs on the hangar floor unless you want to clean a gooey mess. Is your hangar floor epoxied? |
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I took the garbage out tonight
On 2006-01-30, Newps wrote:
How can this happen? I bought a clear piece of poly tubing from the hardare store that I put on the quick drain and then go home and finish the job the next day. Never once in 9 years of changing oil has oil somehow got onto the outside of the tubing. Not sure since I haven't seen the inside of the valve, but the part you push up and lock to drain it is the smaller cylinder. The oil normally drains through it into the tubing, but apparently it *can* seep around the top of the plunger part when it's locked open. Maybe it's a sign of a problem with the valve, which I hadn't considered. -- Ben Jackson http://www.ben.com/ |
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I took the garbage out tonight
On 2006-01-31, john smith wrote:
I've got a few gallons of used oil in the hangar in buckets since I don't drink enough milk to put it all out for recycling. If those are polypropylene milk jugs, you don't want to leave them sitting very long. Polypropylene absorbs oil and will disintegrate if left in contact with each other. Good to know. I actually have no milk jugs at all, so the oil is in plastic buckets that originally held cat litter. It hadn't occured to me to check for oil/plastic compatibility. The next vehicle I buy will be suitable for hauling buckets of oil to somewhere I can dispose of it. -- Ben Jackson http://www.ben.com/ |
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I took the garbage out tonight
GA flying in the US is by far the most unrestrictive and accessible in the
world. Enjoy it, protect it, and appreciate it. Bravo! For once, a positive statement about flying. Thanks, Marco. I needed that. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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I took the garbage out tonight
Won't your FBO take it? I just take mine to the mechanic and dump it in
his sump. He does not mind. Our local Wal-Mart received old engine oil at no charge. I would suspect the quick change oil places would do the same. Ross KSWI Ben Jackson wrote: On 2006-01-31, john smith wrote: I've got a few gallons of used oil in the hangar in buckets since I don't drink enough milk to put it all out for recycling. If those are polypropylene milk jugs, you don't want to leave them sitting very long. Polypropylene absorbs oil and will disintegrate if left in contact with each other. Good to know. I actually have no milk jugs at all, so the oil is in plastic buckets that originally held cat litter. It hadn't occured to me to check for oil/plastic compatibility. The next vehicle I buy will be suitable for hauling buckets of oil to somewhere I can dispose of it. |
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I took the garbage out tonight
Ross Richardson wrote:
: Won't your FBO take it? I just take mine to the mechanic and dump it in : his sump. He does not mind. Our local Wal-Mart received old engine oil : at no charge. I would suspect the quick change oil places would do the same. You should not take aircraft oil to an automotive waste oil dump from what I've heard. They no longer expect to see the lead in the oil from 100LL. -Cory -- ************************************************** *********************** * Cory Papenfuss * * Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student * * Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University * ************************************************** *********************** |
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I took the garbage out tonight
"john smith" wrote in message
... I've got a few gallons of used oil in the hangar in buckets since I don't drink enough milk to put it all out for recycling. One of these days I need to schlep it over to the big oil recycling tank at a nearby airport. If those are polypropylene milk jugs, you don't want to leave them sitting very long. Polypropylene absorbs oil and will disintegrate if left in contact with each other. Don't leave the jugs on the hangar floor unless you want to clean a gooey mess. Is your hangar floor epoxied? You've had this happen, or you "heard about it"? I've had old oil sit in milk jugs for a couple of years on the garage floor (You never know when it might come in handy, right? :-) ). Never had a problem. -- Geoff the sea hawk at wow way d0t com remove spaces and make the obvious substitutions to reply by mail Spell checking is left as an excercise for the reader. |
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I took the garbage out tonight
Try a farm implement dealer, a semi truck and trailer service center, a
dealer, or a quick lube. Remember, these guys get paid for their waste oil, just like we do here at the farm. And the people that buy it from us really don't care too much what it contains. I know ours contains diesel engine oil, gasoline engine oil, (from both leaded and unleaded gas) hydraulic oil, brake fluid, heavy oils, water, soap, detergents, washer fluid... just about anything. My brother in law also drives a pickup route for one of these companies, he goes from the quick lubes right to the airports in the area and it all goes in the same tank. The company that he works for, filters it, thins it with fuel oil, and sells it as a #4 furnace oil for industrial furnaces. Jim "Ben Jackson" wrote in message ... On 2006-01-31, john smith wrote: I've got a few gallons of used oil in the hangar in buckets since I don't drink enough milk to put it all out for recycling. If those are polypropylene milk jugs, you don't want to leave them sitting very long. Polypropylene absorbs oil and will disintegrate if left in contact with each other. Good to know. I actually have no milk jugs at all, so the oil is in plastic buckets that originally held cat litter. It hadn't occured to me to check for oil/plastic compatibility. The next vehicle I buy will be suitable for hauling buckets of oil to somewhere I can dispose of it. -- Ben Jackson http://www.ben.com/ |
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I took the garbage out tonight
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"Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk at wow way d0t com wrote: "john smith" wrote in message ... I've got a few gallons of used oil in the hangar in buckets since I don't drink enough milk to put it all out for recycling. One of these days I need to schlep it over to the big oil recycling tank at a nearby airport. If those are polypropylene milk jugs, you don't want to leave them sitting very long. Polypropylene absorbs oil and will disintegrate if left in contact with each other. Don't leave the jugs on the hangar floor unless you want to clean a gooey mess. Is your hangar floor epoxied? You've had this happen, or you "heard about it"? I have it happen... repeatedly! After draining my oil, I inevitably leave it sit instead of taking it to a drop off site right away. I then have to scoop it into multiple polyethelynene trash bags and scoure the congrete to get as much of the oil out of it as possible. As we speak, I have two jugs from last summer still sitting here taking up space. |
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I took the garbage out tonight
I HAD one milk jug leak oil over my garage floor. The bottom fell out
when I picked it up. It had been in there about a month. Ross KSWI Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe wrote: "john smith" wrote in message ... I've got a few gallons of used oil in the hangar in buckets since I don't drink enough milk to put it all out for recycling. One of these days I need to schlep it over to the big oil recycling tank at a nearby airport. If those are polypropylene milk jugs, you don't want to leave them sitting very long. Polypropylene absorbs oil and will disintegrate if left in contact with each other. Don't leave the jugs on the hangar floor unless you want to clean a gooey mess. Is your hangar floor epoxied? You've had this happen, or you "heard about it"? I've had old oil sit in milk jugs for a couple of years on the garage floor (You never know when it might come in handy, right? :-) ). Never had a problem. -- Geoff the sea hawk at wow way d0t com remove spaces and make the obvious substitutions to reply by mail Spell checking is left as an excercise for the reader. |
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