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OLD GREASE AND OLD USED MOTOR OIL

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SDE

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I have a neighbor who is about to sell his property. I am getting a bunch of stuff from him and disposing of it. The bucket of Blue Ribbon grease must be thirty years old and there is also an open topped 55 gal barrel of used motor oil that has had a loose cover over it. I expect the grease to be ok to use, but would the used motor oil be ok to burn in a Used Oil Furnace? I thought I could pump all but the bottom few inches out, take that to a business in town, and then burn the bottom oil on a brush pile. Without the barrel being sealed and it being in the back of an open bay garage stall, I thought it might have some muck/mud in the bottom.
Thank you
SDE
 
What your suggesting is pretty much what happens where I work. We always strain it then only pump down so far as it is transferred. Eventually we are going to have to deal with the sludge and water that is in some of it.
 
Check with your county to see if there is a Household Hazardous Waste collection in your area. We have an annual one here for oil, paints, pesticides, etc. I take a load every year.
 
It should be fine in a furnace. If you take it to a garage to dispose of and they have one of those furnaces they would use it. I remember my dad mentioning in the 1930s there were people that would change oil in a car and let the old oil sit for a while and then take off the "good" part to reuse and leave the settlings. Back then if you didnt have you did what you could.
 
Leave the used oil barrel set outside till February. The water will freeze in the bottom leaveing 'pure' oil. pour it through a chunk of window screen to catch the 'crap'.
 
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