OK to flush used oil down the toilet?
 

If I change the oil on my car, is it ok to flush the used oil down the toilet?

Sure.
"Jhat315" > wrote in message
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> If I change the oil on my car, is it ok to flush the used oil down the
> toilet?

>A post hole digger is used to make a suitable hole in the >ground, which is
then filled with gravel and topped off with fine >soil. Used oil is poured in,
and by the time your next oil change >rolls around it is absorbed into the
ground.
This has got to be a joke response. You can just put it down the the hole in
your outhouse. Remember that pretty rainbow in your water is from the oil. Its
really ok for you to drink!

On 29 Jan 2005 02:33:50 GMT, Jhat315 > wrote:
>If I change the oil on my car, is it ok to flush the used oil down the toilet?

Nah. You should put a little on your breakfast cereal every day to
get rid of it.

> If I change the oil on my car, is it ok to flush the used oil down the toilet?

I wouldn't and here is why >>> http://ianrpubs.unl.edu/wastemgt/nf196.htm

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Jhat315 wrote:
> If I change the oil on my car, is it ok to flush the used oil down
the toilet?

the standard american response is no. hell no, actually. its really
difficult to get that junk out of the water when it is treated.

why not just drop it off at autozone or [insert name of favorite parts
store here] like everyone else? im pretty sure any place that sells oil
has to take used oil back. around here, anyway.

anthony

Jhat315 wrote:
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> If I change the oil on my car, is it ok to flush the used oil down the toilet?


It is illegal to take or dump used oil anywhere but an
authorized disposal facility, but you already knew this
when you posted this troll.

For creativity I give you a 3. For effectiveness, a 1/2.

JazzMan
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On Fri, 29 Jan 2005, Jhat315 wrote:

> If I change the oil on my car, is it ok to flush the used oil down the
> toilet?

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Given the level of ignorance in the so-called "developed world" I don't
atuomatically suspect a troll when I read these things.

I keep an empty plastic 5 gal driveway sealer bucket in the garage where I
dump my used motor oil. When it's getting full I put the top on and drive
a couple of screws through to make sure it doesn't fall off, then put it
in the car and take it to the auto parts store that collects it for
recyling. I can call the city dump to get the name of a retailer close to
home where I can take my used motor oil.

Our municipality has garbage recyling so it's easy to find large plastic
jugs in the bins in front of people's houses on garbage day, for example
those big cat litter containers with the screw on lids. They make good
containers for used motor oil.

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"Jhat315" > wrote in message
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> If I change the oil on my car, is it ok to flush the used oil down the
> toilet?

Hmmm. Depends. Synthetic or mineral?