Re: [biofuel] Re: The Myth of the 3,000 Mile Oil Change

2004-04-28 Thread Aidan Wilkins
- From: robert luis rabello [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 5:22 PM Subject: Re: [biofuel] Re: The Myth of the 3,000 Mile Oil Change murdoch wrote: We have two pictures painted for us. One by you, of a woman who just let things go

[biofuel] Re: The Myth of the 3,000 Mile Oil Change

2004-04-20 Thread johnverner1
I hear rumours of engine oil turning into something like glue, if used for too many miles, on not fossil fuel, is this just rumours? Cheers, John, DK That is a common figure for synthetic, but you must do oil analysis to make sure you still ahev good protection as the oil ages. For

[biofuel] Re: The Myth of the 3,000 Mile Oil Change

2004-04-20 Thread fremontjon
--- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, j_schearer2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kirk, I have read just the opposite about burning used oil. I have spoken to reps that sell waste oil furnaces, and they have told me that the EPA actually recommends burning the used oil on site if someone has a

[biofuel] Re: The Myth of the 3,000 Mile Oil Change

2004-04-20 Thread kirkmcloren
Never believe a salesman.Call the RCRA Hotline for more information. Better safe than sorry. http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/usedoil/usedoil.htm Burners of used oil that meets a certain set of quality standards called the used oil specifications are not regulated under the used oil

[biofuel] Re: The Myth of the 3,000 Mile Oil Change

2004-04-19 Thread f150_351m
--- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, robert luis rabello [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If oil analysis wasn't so expensive, it would be a good thing to have a sample checked during the filter change, if someone was interested in going this route. Check local heavy equipment dealers/rental

[biofuel] Re: The Myth of the 3,000 Mile Oil Change

2004-04-19 Thread kirkmcloren
She was too busy although she finds time now. All she did was add a quart when it got low. No filter change, nothing.Ufda Kirk --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, murdoch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We have two pictures painted for us. One by you, of a woman who just let things go and it didn't

[biofuel] Re: The Myth of the 3,000 Mile Oil Change

2004-04-19 Thread kirkmcloren
I have heard that metal gets suspended in the oil. That is why EPA doesn't want salvaged lubricating oil burned in engines or stoves. An electrostatic filter might remove it, be worth trying. Used lubricating oil looks like it has quite a potential for pollution. Kirk --- In

[biofuel] Re: The Myth of the 3,000 Mile Oil Change

2004-04-18 Thread kirkmcloren
The additive package depletes/wears out. If you could restore the sdditives and filtered the oil well the only other problem is dilution/contamination with crankcase blowby. I have never run oil a long time so I don't know if the rumor there is mechanical cracking of long chain molecules is

Re: [biofuel] Re: The Myth of the 3,000 Mile Oil Change

2004-04-18 Thread murdoch
We have two pictures painted for us. One by you, of a woman who just let things go and it didn't work out. Robert tells us the story of a man who carefully filtered and stayed on top of the oil that was in there. That seemed to work out for him. So, I wonder if the answer is, maybe, that it

Re: [biofuel] Re: The Myth of the 3,000 Mile Oil Change

2004-04-18 Thread robert luis rabello
murdoch wrote: We have two pictures painted for us. One by you, of a woman who just let things go and it didn't work out. Robert tells us the story of a man who carefully filtered and stayed on top of the oil that was in there. That seemed to work out for him. If oil analysis