Fortified MMO from rinsing out oil Jugs.

[mongo161]

Today I used quite a bit of oil for oil changes and had a pile of 30 empty quart bottles of Formula Shell and 7 empty Rotella and Mobil Delvac jugs. I usually leave the empty bottles upside down in a bucket to let them drain of any oil.

Instead, I capped each bottle after it emptied and tossed them into a pile. After all the oil changes were finished and clean up complete, I decided to rinse out all of the empty containers with a 1/2 quart of MMO. I shook each bottle with the MMO in it to rinse and then transferred the liquid of oil and MMO to the next container.


The end result was a little over a quart of MMO, Motor oil and add packs from each bottle after the rinse was completed.

I plan to use this MMO/Oil bottle fluid to top offf my oil when needed.


My question is...Has anyone else ever used this concoction of MMO, oil and add pack in the past?

 

[bk111]

You should send it off for a VOA just for the heck of it.

 

[chubbs1]

I hate to say this but you wasted a lot of time to add a half qt. of oil to MMO.

 

[mongo161]

Originally Posted By: chubbs1
I hate to say this but you wasted a lot of time to add a half qt. of oil to MMO.


Not much time lost....less than 15-20 minutes as I was sitting on a chair, shooting the bull with some neighbors as I nursed a couple of cold ones.

 

[mongo161]

The VOA might come back as Castrol Edge!

 

[Slick17601]

A perfectly acceptable Renaissance' man activity. I can see myself doing that.

 

[demarpaint]

Nothing wrong with that, although I haven't tried it myself. I usually take the oil bottles turn them upside down stand them in a funnel and let the oil drain into a partially full oil bottle. You'll be surprised how much oil remains in a so called "empty" bottle.

 

[Vikas]

How would you extract all the left over MMO from those bottle now?

Seriously, this is good trick to extract all the Molly from the LM 2007 can.

- Vikas

 

[ltslimjim]

I just wouldn't use MMO in the initial fill if you plan to use this as a top off during your interval.

PS: The Castrol Edge comment was pretty hilarious.

 

[electrolover]

i just let my empties drain into a jug overnight. when it fills i will use it on something....

 

[tigershark1976]

think its a great idea! for those who uses MMO in their oil, I dont see why not! saving a few penny might not be a big deal but we are also saving the monther earth at the same time! thats is meaningful...

 

[dailydriver]

Originally Posted By: Slick17601
A perfectly acceptable Renaissance' man activity. I can see myself doing that.


Yup.

Considering the cost of the oil I use, this sounds like a great game plan for the future.

 

[Brian Barnhart]

I believe you've stumbled onto the secret formula for SinLube.