Used oil disposal ideas on ways of uses?

[CTyler]

All you need to do is drip the oil on the fire and it will burn.
Use some small copper tubing and a valve. One of the secrets to getting oil to burn well is preheating the oil. the Mother Earth unit wraps the tubing around the flu several times to heat the oil.

If you do an oil drip on a wood burner you've gotta be carefull not to get it real hot. You don't want the creosote in the flu catching fire.

Do a search for Mother Earth and you'll find the plans online for a straight oil burning furnace.

 

[CTyler]

Here is the link....

http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_motherearth/me4.html

 

[Trev]

That stove looks great! Do you think there would be any problem using synthetic oil in it?

Thanks for the link,
Bob

 

[shady1701]

you don't have to use it to heat your self you could be heating anything a tree a log a road anything just so it's heating something /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[CTyler]

As long as its dirty, its the contaminates that actually make it burn good.

 

[herbenus]

Can the oil be cleaned and re-used? I think I've heard of systems for hydraulic oil. Not sure about motor oil.

 

[Hambone]

I found a way to use some used oil. I bought a lawn roller. Instead of using sand, or fluid that you have to drain out I used old engine oil. Heavier than water and will not freeze.

 

[TractorTeen]

I know in big machinery like Loaders and Dozers they sometimes use used motor oil. Also in a skidsteer they normal don't change the hydraulic oil bit every 200 hours and in the B2910 it says to change at 50 hours. Just some ideas.

 

[hammer1995]

Excellent idea for use, but I believe that oil is actually lighter than water. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[stnickstoys]

Shady,
I'm the one that started the home made oil furnace discussion last winter. I was looking for a way to use my used oil as well and heat my somewhat insulated poleshed/shop. If you build this style heater you don't want to leave it unattended. It will get cherry red and provide a lot of heat. I think I posted pics of my modified burner. This summer I am putting a ceiling in my shop to contain the heat and a cheap ceiling fan to move it around. I also put a shround around the heater so I can put a fan nearby to move the collected heat around the shop. It was a fun project and cheap to build. I think the most expensive part was the stove pipe for my chimney.
Get creative,
Nick

 

[Hambone]

You are right. I sure would have thought it was heavier. I guess when you get water in your engine oil it always comes out of the drain plug first. My mistake.

 

[shady1701]

Nick can you think of anyother type of containment vessel to use as the heater's core. I'm coming up empty on old furnaces and waterheaters. I know of a salvage yard that has some heavy guage piping and possibly other structural componets any idea on how thick of material it would have to be any metal to steer clear of??

 

[slowrev]

Don't use galvanized, it will give off toxic fumes when heated.

 

[shady1701]

we have multiple diesel truck and car vehicles for bussiness and also we tractor pull which generates about 5-10 gallon a weekend or more with about a gallon of alky mixed into the mix.

 

[stnickstoys]

Shady,
I would estimate the walls on mine are about 1/8 inch thick. Don't really need any thicker, seems to hold up just fine. While I'm working in the shop this winter with my heater, I am going to design a furnace with heat exchanger tubes running through the top half to get more of the heat out of it. Seems to be a lot going out through the chimney. Burner design is working well, easy to clean very simple/durable. I stayed away from the gun type of heaters because I hear stories of them constantly plugging up. I'm not a big fan of more maintenance than I already have. I am going to have a local fab shop roll me the tube about 2' in dia for the main body of the furnace and weld in my own cross tubes,door, etc. You want to make sure your interior air intake pipe and funnel go right down over the burner so the intake air gets right to the fire. That's where the heat is most intense. Once it gets started and draft takes over you would be amazed at the amount of air this thing will pull in and down the center tube. I like to mess around with projects like this and can't wait to build my next one. Always trying to upgrade as I go. Soon it will be too warm in my shop /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif (not in WI !! )
Nick

 

[Hoeman00]

I collect waste oil from people at work and neighbors and give to my f-i-l and they use it in a large waste oil furnace to heat the 50X85 shop.
I put it in barrels and use the SSL to load 6 or 8 up at a time and they bring back some empties.
Many shops burn oil and will take ALL they can get.
A local trucking company will come and pick it up in barrels.
Ask around and u can find some people to take it too plus the new friend might come in handy if it's a welding shop or ag dealer.