Over the years people have found many uses for old MOTOR OIL. Some no longer make sense but some are still a great way to recycle or reuse it. IF you know of any uses from today or yesteryear, let us know.
Oil is still used a LOT to spray on roads. Remember, it's illegal and environmentally wicked for you to do it but it becomes safe when the government does it.
I think you must have been drinking oil if you think it is sprayed onto roads!Oil is a lubricant. Lubricant on road surface = slippy.Slippy road = sliding vehicles.Sliding vehicles = crashing vehicles.Crashing people = DEAD PEOPLE!Dead people caused by oil being sprayed onto the road surface would = murder for anyone spraying oil onto the road!
No, they spray oil on DIRT roads (or they did) to keep the dust down. The "Times Beach" Superfund site happened like this! They "had a guy" who oiled the roads with used oil. Some sketchy company had Dioxins to get rid of, and they mixed it into some oil, and gave it to this guy (supposedly) unawares. People got sick and died, NOT from motor oil, but from the toxic waste mixed in. Ever since, used motor oil is considered "hazardous waste" unless tested/processed. You're probably just fine if you KNOW the source of your oil.
When the government sprays the roads, they purify WMO, mix in additives and heat it. The additives and heat changes the structure as well as how it interacts with the gravel, dirt ,etc that it is sprayed on.
It makes GREAT preservative for wood floors in Trailers. We had a farm trailer that had the same floor as it had in 1947,,and it's still around today. And other then normal wear and tear it's still functional
put the used motor oil in a container on a shelf and curl up a cotton rope in the bottom and drape it over the side of the container and curl up the other side in another container on the floor. it takes a while but the rope will filter out the contamination in the oil and you will have clean oil in the container on the floor. then you can wrap the oil soaked rope around the bottom of a fence post to stop the wood from rotting or cut the rope up and make wicks out of it or make a torch on a stick from the rope. most of this stuff is used if the scenario is that the shtf
I Sir, would like to personally thank you for the entertainment you have brought tonight. I can not say if I have ever had so much fun reading the comments as your informative post has generated, And so many good ideas to extend the life of our precious oil. Thank you Sir.
DIY take 5 quarts of motor oil, and in a 5 gallon bucket fill 3/4 of the way with sand, dump the oil into it, on top of the sand! THEN store your shovels in the sand oil mix when not in use! The sand keeps your shovel sharp and the motor oil coats the steel shovel to protect it from rust!
Wow, Jamey, you can cut-and-paste! We're all so proud of you! Now, do you have any actual thoughts in your brain that you'd like to share (because that's what a "reply" is meant to do)?
But keeping the wooden handle wet WILL cause it to rot. That's why you only put a sharp AX in a bucket of water the night before you use it- the water tightens the AX on the head of the handle by causing the wood to swell slightly.
@@alfr1 ...until the ax handle begins to go bad inside the ax head. All that soaking does that, you know. than you have to start driving nails into the end, like my Papa used to do, to try to tighten it again.
Here in MN, oil on roads was outlawed many years ago. What they use now is calcium chloride, it turns the gravel hard as concrete for a while. Also rusts out the bottom of the cars in 5 to7 years and a brake job lasts 12 to 18 months and it time to replace the calipers.
When I was young they used clay mixed with oil as a race track surface, great for drift racing. I remember we parked on a hill overlooking the race track sat on the trunk between the tail fins. My favorite place to view the race. One of the best memories of my childhood .
I can clearly remember my dad and grandfathers using old motor oil on fence posts, they didn't rot off at the ground as fast and it kept the bugs out of them. And as far as using old oil on dirt roads, yep seen them do that in Oregon, Montana, and Idaho a lot, mostly rural areas, because it never failed I'd wash my pick up and whatcha know they'd just sprayed the roads and I'd have to re wash it. Really keeps the dust down a lot, people living a long those roads liked it for they didn't get " dusted" every time a vehicle flew down the dirt/ gravel roads at 60 mph.
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Oil on dirt roads was used when I was a kid - and I'm 48 so it wasn't that long ago.
DrHillbillyShow Back in the 60s in S.C., As a kid, we saw road crews & chain gangs spreading tar & old oil on dirt roads to hold the gravel and sand together, along with keeping down a lot of road dust.
Our road is a thick oil(tar)+stone. Once every 5 years or so they put 3 coats down to repave the road road. The snow plows peel off the top layer the 1st winter after paving.
I love it... almost all of them are worthy.. here is one you did not mention. "spray the undercarriage of your vehicle, than drive over a dusty dirt road" Canadians use this to protect the undercarriage of there vehicles. hell I have done it in New Hampshire USA. it works....
When I lived up north, I used to snow plow in the winter time and used a sand spreader on the back of my truck. The salt from the roads and sand spreader would wreak havoc on the chassis of my truck. Quite a few old timers told me to spray the entire undercarriage of the truck with used motor oil to prevent the rust. It worked!. It needs to be reapplied at least a couple of times throughout the plow season.
Me and my friends go on adventures all the time with torches made from an oil soaked cloth wrapped around a stick... it looks awesome and lasts for hours
My grandfather used to roll up old newspapers tight and secure it with baling wire or twine to hold the roll tight and then he would stick the rolls standing up side by side in a 5-gallon bucket with the rough edge facing up. After the bucket was filled with rolled up newspapers he would pour old motor oil on it and the newspaper would absorb the old oil. After a couple days soaking he would burn each roll as a wood log in his wood burning stove.
old grease from around the zerk fittings works better. On a side note, it is a sad day in America when spell check does not know what a zerk fitting is.
My gandpa would put used motor oil in a lantern he used to light the driveway leading to his farm, he would thin it with a cap of mineral spirits to each pint of oil, seemed to work just fine and the light smoke from the lamp kept the skeeters at bay too!
for some reason I was thinking those old style cannon ball things ,that were common bak in the day they ran on kerosene as well as oil ,the hyw dept used them &rarly picked them up so folks just got them into their own inventory of tools ,my gramps had a few as well back in the 50"s
Waste oil burner...or i thought of trying it in a Rocket Mass Heater...or get into Grand Scale railroads, and burn it in your oil-fired steam locomotive.
When a friend bought a multifuel Duece in Ohio, he and his dad did an oil change before they drove it back to Illinois, and strained then dumped the nearly 5 gallons of used oil into the fuel tank...and it ran just fine. 11mpg, i think.
i use wmo in my 1978 duce and half and use it on many pieces of farm equipment and have no issues. of course i put it through many screenings to clean it.
I use my old motor oil to keep my Outdoor Wilton bullet vise , slip sliding ,, I also use it as a rust stop on my trailer axels,, Good stuff, Has many useful , applications.
if u have an old steel framed mountain bike pour some used oil thru the seat post into the frame & shake it abt - protect the inside of the frame from rusting :/
Cool and funny video. I knew an elderly man who would pour used motor oil underneath his chain link fences to kill the grass. Those were areas hard to cut with the riding mowers and before weedeaters. I enjoy your sense of humor, it keeps you young my friend. Thanks for posting and God Bless...
Last resort, I applied motor oil to my clapping noisy brake pads on one wheel, the professional mechanics said never do that, brakes working on car after couple of years
Yes, I have used used moter oil to soak cattails in for a kind of torch and mosquito repellent in place of kerosene. They act like tiki torches and mosquito's hate them. But they are really good on wind less days or light breeze conditions. I've also used used moter oil in a home oil burner for heat and hot water. In reality, it's no different than Kerosene, as long as it has a good air supply.
I use all my used oil to heat my shop and plus family and friends & Neighbors even give me all there used oil. this year cents spring I've collected almost 700 gallons but I had $200 left over from last winter. the oil burner I have Burns 1.8 gallons per hour and if you calculate the amount of air going into the burn chamber just right you'll have no smoke coming out of the chimney.
Jason Farr. That's true. Smoke is the product of incomplete combustion, if the air fuel ratio is correct, the temperature will be high enough to eliminate smoke.
@@kevinlawson6188 the "pollution" from heating oil you speak of is so statistically negligible, it's practically non-existent. The pollution from the 2018 Camp fire in California that has killed 80+ people and burned millions of acres put out more "pollution" than all the heating fires burned since man has walked the earth. Same with any of the hundreds of volcano eruptions. The minuscule amount of impact that man has on the environment isn't hard to understand when you look at the big picture. Nature is the biggest polluter of all.
@gulfport69, I think I will hear out the scientists who have no reason to lie as opposed to the ones being paid by the industry.....does anybody else see this?
That gas station you used in your video on route 66 has recently been restored.... It is right across from my favorite sandwich shop. Good overall video and info.
Brush it on under your car/truck frame where it is known to rust, then drive the car down a dusty road. That frame will never rust where the oil soaked dirt is.
That only lasts 5 years. If there is already rust put an oz of paint thinner per gallon to make it soak into the rust. Doesn't work behind the wheels unless you invest in mudflaps.
Heat up a gallon of oil in a big old cooking pot by placing it in a laundry tub of boiling water for a half hour, add a couple wax toilet rings. Then paint any rusty areas with a brush using mineral spirits or paint thinner. Let dry, and meanwhile paint on the oil/wax ring concoction on the rest of the appropriate underside areas, followed up with painting the rusty areas in a similar manner. Finally drive down a dusty road right after application is finished. Lasts 5 years, then reapply.
In Canada, this is called a "Nova Scotia Undercoat" for some reason. I only tried it once, a very long time ago when Wagner power painters (electric airless paint spray gun) first came out. I soaked the undercarriage of my 66 Chevrolet biscayne so well, that it dripped for days. What a stupid mess.
102 spray it on the undercarriage of you car or truck to use like undercoat .....works a lot better than regular undercoat because water will get behind the undercoat and rust the metal away where oil won't let the water get to the metal.....the oil collects a thick cover of dust and will last for years
My grand father used it on his cattle and horses ears for ticks. My dad used old engine oil to dip the chickens feet in when they used to get those scabby growths on them and it would definitely work. The legs would clear up after about 2 weeks of daily dipping their feet in the oil. We used it on fence posts, but maybe we used it incorrectly as they just snapped off at ground level after a few years. Perhaps I'll try painting the oil on instead of letting the post soak in oil. Probably where it went wrong. Creosote is still the best for fence posts, Most of our posts are over 30 years old and apart from fire damage a few years ago when our fire breaks didn't hold up, they are still good. The new posts with the CCA treatment don't last more than 3 or 5 years.
I always use used motor oil on the bottom of fence posts then with the extra, I pour a generous amount in the hole before I fill it with concrete. My posts last nearly a lifetime. I have also painted my fence with it. Any tropical environment like where we live, used motor oil is used for just about everything.
Todays oils contain detergents,I wouldnt use it for much. My grandfather used old motor oil to kill potato bugs,you pick them off the plant and throw them in a can of oil. My dad dumped it in the road in front of our house to help keep the dust down. The county used a brine that was good for nothing and added to the rust problem we already had with cars. So not only did they dump it on the road in winter,they sprayed it on the roads in the summer too.
5 gallon bucket filled with course sand etc. and saturate the sand with used motor oil to plunge garden tools in and out of to clean off the dirt as well as rust defense . Shovels,hoes etc....
years ago, bus & trucking companies used to put the old motor oil from oil changes right into the fuel tanks of their fleet vehicles. they easily got rid of old motor oil & engines would run just fine. thing of the past now!
A lot of these old tricks would destroy a modern engine. Another trick I've heard is to put diesel in the oil tank of a gas car... DON'T DO THAT unless your car is about 70 years old
I still do it always have for over 40 years in a Cat and Detroit and now in a 2007 Cummings 475 they always ran like a raped ape never replaced an injector ever 11 gals in 200 gal diesel does not hurt
@@okieatkins2033 the fact that you don't even know how to spell CUMMINS ... if i had a nickel for every time some sped added a (g) to that word, i would be a rich man, instead im just driven completely crazy by it, what is next dodgies? faords? better yet, get yourself one of those there powerstreakers lol
I like to shread up cardboard, and mix it with old/leaked oil and saw dust into bricks. I put the bricks with a shred of birch bark in wax paper, thick cardboard, plastic wrap or whatever I have at the time and have a convenient free fire starter that I can use anywhere with one match and walk away from.
I've used motor oil to preserve wood, and I personally like the way it comes out. As for the dog thing, Dawn soap works just as well for mite control and it's a lot cleaner. Motor oil and gasoline also makes a mean Molotov cocktail. Oil and hydrocarbons in general are fascinating things.
My GreatGrandpa I was told use to spread it around the back edge of his corn field yo keep the Sasquatches out of his corn. Never did get a straight answer on if it worked or not.
did you ever see a sasquatch in his corn field. I bet you did not because the oil kept them away. Never doubt your great grandpa or you will pee the bed
Wheels Holland ,Thank you for the story . Your Great Grandpa was great and he probably knew things . Say that reminds me ! We had a neighbor who had a Phds and other degrees but was dumb as a post and he had these annoying Cats . The cats got in his next door neighbors Garden . The next door neighbor had been in the peace corps over seas and had a remedy they used overseas to keep Cats out of Gardens . They sprayed white gas ( Coleman fuel) to keep the Cats out . The Dumb as a post educated guy almost had a heart attack when he heard that . Nobody suggested spraying the White Gas on the cats ! The odor of the white gas repels Cats ? Your great Grandpa probably knew what the peace corps neighbor meant . Gramps also possibly knew the best way to cure a Squatche suffering from mange mites is to Dip him in used motor oil ? These old tymers knew things , Much Respect to your Great Grandpa !
my favorite way for used moter oil is to put it in a 5 gallon container with a lid and take it to the recycling center and put it in the used recycling bin
Wassenhoven420 used motor oil will not get Into ground water, it is hydrophobic, does not mix with soil well. It sits on the surface of the ground settling in usually only a few inches at the most and slowly evaporates, Once evaporated it leaves behind different types of carbon solids, some surfactants and trace metals compromised mostly of aluminum, steel, nickel, chromium and copper, very rarely lead since the internal components of engines typically do not have lead in their construction...Really the only thing that used motor oil hurts is when small animals get coated with it birds can lose the ability to fly and fur bearing animals can die from hypothermia because the oil destroys the insulation value of their fur...Other then that it is fairly harmless.
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We used to treat fence posts while still green and preferably with a little foliage left on top and place the end in a can of old oil or creosote, which would be drawn up through the outside layers in the normal way of plants. Such posts stayed in the ground longer than dry untreated posts.
I use it on fabrics to make them shine such as leather pleather and many others I also use it on powder coated frames to make them really shine as well as plastics and rubbers
Orange groves were heated during frost season with used oil burning "smudge pots". CA outlawed them and I got 2 when I saw a pile of discards in the scrap yard. When fully hot they make a rumbling sound. I only use them on foggy days because there is always somebody out there...
The list in writing: 1: Cure dogs of mange 2: Spraying on dirt driveways 3: Refine and reuse 4: Burn in a heater 5: Treating wood 6: Kill mites in chicken coops 7: chainsaw oil 8: start a brush fire 9: kill weeds 10: kill mosquitoes in stagnant water 11: Kill fleas on dogs 12: Treat wood on trailers 13: treat wood on fence post bottoms 14: Treat wood on fence post tops 15: Treat roof 16: cover concrete 17: Lube bicycle chains 18: remove rust 19: coating tools 20: lubricate drill press 21: Treat boots 22: Burn in lamp 23: Kill fire ants 24: Temper steel 25: Run tractor mixed with gas 26: Treat exterior metal 27: Soak burlap bag, hang from tree, hog bait. 28: Make torches for campsites with a sock in a soup can 29: Motor oil wresting.
in highschool, we used it in the machining class instead of "milk" whenever we were machining something on a manual lathe or bridgeport mill. We probably used it because it was free.
jonnda YesSir, as a concretors labourer I drink one cup first thing in de morning. Ive seen pigs eat concrete straight from the bag. Antoher pig and wonted some to...I had to chase them away, otherwise I wont be able to finish my concret job. Took me a while to get used to drinking used oil...now I can not go without it.
Yes many old farmers mixed 50% motor oil and 50% kerosene and applied it to bottom half of fence posts(part going in ground) to help prevent rot. Any type wood that touches the ground was treated in such a manner! I wouldn’t suggest smoking or being around any type of open flame either! Lol. These techniques are still practiced today by some.
A friend had a dog with mange in Vietnam. He said the dog was clearly dying and the friend said there were no veterinarians to ask since the dog-vets were in another province. So they went downtown and asked old guys what they did. An oldster told him to dunk the dog completely in used motor oil. Completely? Head and all? With nothing besides the dog to lose they dunked him way down in a barrel and pulled him out before he drowned then rubbed in the oil over the entire dog. The dog cleared up, miraculously, then they left and the Viets ate him. The end.
I am from the south. When i was about 13 my mom had a dog outside. The dog looked sick, it had sores , scratches an hair loss. My mom had some old motor oil on the side of our house. She whispers for the dog to come over as soon as the dog got close she poured it all over his body. A couple of weeks later the dog look a whole lot better.
filter a few times with layers sand and cloth and mix with a quarter part wd40 (adjust for application) makes for a great lubricant and penetrant, and also works great as fuel
Built and heat treated an AKM by dipping it in a 5 gallon bucket of used oil. Worked like a charm just be sure you have a fire extinguisher handy in case it flares up.
When I was a kid we used used to cut it with denatured alcohol we'd get at the dollar store and waterproof decks with it. Only problem was you had to put it on on a hot day and even then you had to let it dry for a few days.
Used motor oil mixed with diesel fuel painted on fences stains them a nice dark brown, preserves the wood, drips down to keep weeds from propagating and prevents horses from cribbing.
I have seen this used all my life, they used motor oil for all these ideas. It is the sulfur in the oil that acts as a deterrent to fleas ticks and to prevent termite infestation. I do not use these methods today, but back when I grew up this was a common practice. I was born in the 40's. My father-in-law lived on a dirt road and used the motor oil to keep down the dust and around the foundation of the old farm house.to prevent termites. Most used motor oil is recycled today.
You mentioned fence posts. Well, drill 1/2 " holes down about 45* about 1/2 foot above the ground level of each fence post put in 2 at 90* angles to each other. Then fill them with old motor oil. do this 2 -3 times letting it soak into the wood between fillups and then plug the holes. Your posts will never rot off at ground level
I haven't done this, but there are a few vids here in YT of people making and using blacksmith forges that burn used motor oil. It seems to work very well too.
If you had a railroad going uphill out of a small town, it was once a sport for the local kids to either oil or soap the tracks and stall the train until the rails could be sanded.
Green peace is looking for a horse to ride; a cause to sponsor; and a purpose in life. All three are great ideas. I just wish they took a little more time to figure it out better.
we take a paint brush and a pail of used motor oil and use that on our pigs to get rid of skin rashs... we use it for dogs also but we don't dip them just a light coat of old oil works for them
I imagine you have to make the pig sleep outside for a few nights after treating her like that but hay who wants to spend good money on a pig, eh. let her in to cook and clean and then out for the night.
i lived on a dirt road off of 15 mile rd. in Walled Lake Michigan. The township would spray old motor oil on our road i think 2-3 times a year. That was in 1995 .
Lots of lead in it. Not from the gasoline these days but from engine bearings. Those are also not being used much now either. Replaced with aluminum bearings.
Bull. Go over to Bobistheoiguy and check out used oil analyses...Pb is typically in the 1-3 PPM range. Bearings won't shed into your oil unless your bearings are in the process of self-destructing.
Actually, motor oil has a lot f inorganic stuff in it like viscosity modifiers, detergents and other additives so that it works better to lubricate your car engine in colder and hotter weather as opposed to pure oil.
used old oil as a stain many times it actually looks beautiful, I've installed wood floors for 10 years and have done it about 5 times .....it takes a while to set in so staying off is the key*
Similar to coating rusty old equipment - If you have a rusty old tool , maybe buried in the dirt for a few years, you can boil it in old oil for awhile. With some working things free and a wire brush it will come back close to new.
i have a could suggestions for used oil uses. coating tools for rust prevention/ preserve sheen. soak cloth in oil and place in tool box to prevent rust.
it works for dogs for mange mites and fleas.. and i work at a quarry and back years ago they would spray the haul roads with motor oil to keep the dust down..
I saw an old hardwood floor that was beautiful, but had a motor stink coming off of it. I asked the old man, and he claimed used motor oil as floor condition for years. It was beautiful I'll admit
Bar oil does stick better to the bar and keep the bar and sprocket from wearing down prematurely compared to motor oil. However I have used a dash of motor oil for the winter mixed to help for flow
you can use it to make pretty colors in the ocean when u dump your old oil into it. Make sure the sun is shining though. My wife and kids just love the colors
im using used engine oil on my 2stroke bike as a 2stroke oil mixed in petrol...it works great as long as you periodically decarbonize the combustion chamber like all 2 stroke engines are required..
I use 60/40 with more good 2 cycle oil..my used engine oil is fully synthethic from another 4 stroke bike so its useful right into the spark combustion end hahahah..my 33 yr old Yamaha 2 stroke engine loves it..she says oil wasn't this well in the 80s..you don't even have to bother to filter the black oil..just make sure you have a fuel filter before the petrol and oil mix goes into the carb...its wasteful to throw away used expensive synthethic oil which is still probably good, so best solution is to burn it all up in a 2 stroke moped ..
