There is a new filtration system coming soon that will allow you to reuse your oil. According to most experts, if you filter your oil properly, and add back some new oil, your old oil will be good as new; possibly even better. If you stay tuned to our site, you will learn about an opportunity to save huge $$$$$ by reusing your oil, hydraulic fluid and antifreeze. This will be accomplished by an add on to a pneumatic tool to further expand its many other uses.
We send trillions of dollars overseas to countries, (some who hate us) for oil, when we have the ability to recycle our petroleum products. There are hundreds of millions of gallons of these used products today that are just being discarded.
So get with the program and at the same time save yourself a lot of money.
Even oil spills and other spills like hydraulic fluids and antifreeze can be picked up with this pneumatic tool and recycled.
Motor oil, transmission fluid, antifreeze and other car fluids are recyclable. Many can be re-refined or reconditioned for use in another vehicle or used for energy and heating.
Recycling Motor Oil
There are three basic methods for recycling motor oil: re-refining, reconditioning and reuse or reprocessing.
Re-refining – Motor oil is treated to remove impurities, and with proper quality controls, this re-refined oil can be used again. The more extensive re-refining processes, can strip away contaminants, and can produce a “good as new” base oil. Additives are then blended with this base oil in order to produce re-refined lubricants, including motor oil, transmission fluid and grease. Reconditioning – Impurities are removed through a filtration process, although the oil may not be as pure as it was originally. In some cases it can be used again, and therefore the life of the oil has been extended. Re-use or Reprocessing – Many used motor oils or used industrial lubricants can also be used as a heating and energy source. If they cannot be used “as-is,” they can often be reprocessed to remove certain impurities and then used as a fuel, in turn saving crude oil which would otherwise need to be refined to make replacement fuel.
Recycling Antifreeze
Antifreeze often can be recycled at an auto repair shop equipped with the proper filtration or distillation technology.
Contaminants such as oils and heavy metals are removed from the antifreeze through a variety of methods such as include filtration, distillation, reverse osmosis and ion exchange.
The antifreeze is restored to “new” antifreeze by adding chemicals that stabilize the fluid and make it more resistant to breakdown.
Transmission fluid, power steering fluid and gear oil can also be recycled, reconditioned or reused through similar processes.
Unlike many other recyclable materials that are “down cycled” each time they have been used, motor oil and other similar car fluids just need to be cleaned to be used again as the same product.
Many used fluids such as motor oil, antifreeze, windshield fluid and transmission fluid can be re-refined, reconditioned or reused for a new life as the same products. Motor oil also can be used as:
An energy source for industrial boilers, power plants or other combustion facilities
A raw material used by the petroleum industry
The consumer plays a vital role in this loop. Recycling your used car fluids can help create new products and less waste.
Bioremediation techniques are currently being used at hazardous waste sites. Specifically, they are applied to waste sites facilitating the clean up of biodegradable contaminants. The majority of environmental hazards in which Bioremediation has proved successful include those of oil spills, gasoline contaminations, chlorinated solvents and other toxic chemical leaks. Examples include the gasoline contamination in Galloway, New Jersey, the crude oil spill in Bemidji, Minnesota, the fuel leak in Hanahan, South Carolina, and the sewage effluent in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
We love to fish and have used lots of outboard motor oil over the years. Once, I had my Honda put down on the floor incorrectly for a month. When I set the outboard motor up, over a pint of oil poured down the side and onto the concrete patio. This was the first time I had a bioremediation solution with me for something like this event. I sprayed the microbe solution on the spill and outboard motor. The BioRem-2000 surface cleaner ate the oil up and zero stain remains. Impressive.
Anybody involved in this type of hobby knows, you will have oil on your hands or around your equipment at different times. We take the solution with us in a small spray bottle and it has been handy many times to clean our mess or hands in a complete and green way. Kudos!
Mopping: Fill the container with properly-diluted product. Unlike degreasers, this microbe solution digests oil and grease. As a result, there will not be an oily film in the water of the mop bucket. The following surprised me; Although the water may look dirty, it does not mean the solution has stopped working. Keep using the solution.
For best results, with oily floors or visible oil, allow the solution to remain on the surface for about 30 seconds before mopping. Liberally apply to floor with a wet mop, dip mop again into bucket and agitate solution into surface film. After several days or heavy use, you will see a film develop on the surface of the solution. This is evidence your bucket of product has lost its ability to digest oil and grease. EPA approved to dump down the drain and will in fact help promote cleaning through the drain system. Mix up a new batch when needed.
If the grease and oil is thick, use a deck brush to scrub the solution into the surface oil and further agitate the microbes before mopping. This process will remove the oily film and leave the surface dry and clean preventing slip-and-fall accidents.
BioRem-2000 treating a fuel spill at a railroad yard in the above video. This is a shallow spill, and calm spill until the microbe solution is added.
BioRem-2000 uses bioremediation technology with microbes and enzymes to biologically treat spilled hydrocarbons. The solution converts the hydrocarbon spill into water and carbon dioxide. This great green solution renders flammable hydrocarbons non-flammable within seconds. The hydrocarbon spill will be completely gone with proper agitation and the needed amount of BioRem-2000.
Recycling used motor oil keeps oil out of landfills and ensures that this oil is available for re-use, reconditioning, reprocessing or re-refining. From a purely environmental point of view, the best thing that the motor oil consumer can do is to buy a longer-lasting oil. In that way, less used oil is generated in the first place. Over 380 million gallons of used oil is recycled each year according to the U.S. EPA, which equates to over 50 percent of all motor oil purchased annually. Currently, used motor oil can be re-used or recycled one of three ways – reconditioning, reprocessing or re-refining. It is important to note that each process can be important in helping to manage the overall volume of used motor oil in the U.S.
Currently 14 percent of used motor oil is re-refined and the consumer demand for this product has not made re-refining economically efficient for oil manufacturers.
Reconditioning
In some industries, oil is filtered through a filtration system or otherwise cleaned. This process removes insoluble impurities so the oil potentially can be used again and again., such cleaning does extend the oil’s life and use.
Re-Use and Reprocessing
Both lubricants, such as motor oil, and fuels, such as heating oil, are petroleum products. When an oil can no longer perform its original lubrication job, it may be perfectly suitable for Re-use and a second life as a fuel petroleum product in, say, a power plant with little or no treatment. If some treatment is needed, reprocessing of used motor oil removes some water and particles so that the oil can be burned and used as fuel to generate heat or electricity for commercial operations. 74 percent of all oil re-use/recycling in the U.S. is for burning in turbines, incinerators, power plants, cement kilns and manufacturing facilities (asphalt, steel, etc…). An additional 11 percent of used motor oil is burned in specifically designed industrial space heaters. This creates a valuable form of energy, which helps our economy by avoiding the need to refine new commercial heating oil from imported crude oil.
It is not true that your oil is no good after you change it. Research from many sources, including Caterpillar, Cummins diesel, the EPA and many more, show that you can recycle crankcase oil.
Just do some simple calculations and you can quickly see just how much money you are wasting by getting rid of your oil since motor oil runs anywhere from $12 per gallon to over $30 per gallon.
There is a pneumatic tool available that can make recycling oil, hydraulic fluid, antifreeze and other fluids very simple and extremely cost effective. After the initial cost of the equipment, you will see it pay for itself with your recycling of used fluids.
As an example, you can reuse filtered oil in a few different ways;
As engine oil
Burn in your diesel at 1 gallon filtered oil with 3 gallons diesel
Waste oil burner, but clean the oil so you get very few clinkers.
Of these, the most cost effective is as engine oil since new motor oil is so expensive per gallon. Blend using 3 gallons recycled oil with 1 gallon new oil. The reason you add the new oil is just in case your oil was over tempted, you are adding back the additives. Experts have informed us this formula is more than adequate.
This system is so good that Stauff Inc., a major filter and fluid systems company, suggests you filter your new oil through this system. Why? Your recycled oil will be cleaner than the new oil you buy off the shelf.
WATCH for the video coming soon that will demonstrate this, along with oil analysis to confirm what we say. Also, you will see at that time the new filter system we put together with the pneumatic tool.
This filter system will be available soon; however, the Spillpro pneumatic tool is available now.
There are many components that make up an automobile, including the different fluids necessary for the car to run properly. The main auto fluids are:
Oil
Transmission fluid
Coolant
Power steering fluid
Brake fluid
Oil is a lubricant that keeps the moving parts of an engine moving by reducing internal friction. It is typically a little thicker than cooking oil and a light, golden brown color. However, the color of new oil can vary from clear base oils to black graphite oils.
Automatic transmission fluid functions in two main ways:
It creates a smooth ride by creating a hydraulic coupling between the engine and transmission.
It eases shifting by using a series of fluid valves to shift gears automatically and lubricates the moving parts. It usually has a red coloring added, but can be dyed any color.
Coolant is located in the radiator; it is a bright green or orange color and is a bit thicker then water. Its purpose is to move the temperature heat extremes in the engine to a radiator where it can be cooled. Most coolants are made up of water with antifreeze.
Antifreeze is toxic it can contain high levels of chromium, lead, copper, silver and cadmium, so it should be handled as household hazardous waste. It is extremely important not to dump used antifreeze on land or into a ditch, septic system, storm drain, sanitary sewer or dry well, as it can cause serious problems with water quality and has a high potential of harming wildlife, humans and pets. Clean up any spills carefully to keep pets from ingesting it. The sweet smell of the main component (ethylene glycol) attracts animals, but it is a potent nerve toxin and can kill them in very small doses.
Power steering fluid helps make maneuvering vehicles easier by using a hydraulic pump and cylinder to assist the driver. Power steering fluid is usually red, and is similar to (and usually interchangeable with) automatic transmission fluid.
Brake fluid is pumped from the pedal to the brake in order for the car to stop.
Unfortunately, these car fluids are problematic for human health and the environment. Hydraulic fluids typically enter the environment through spills or leaks; it can take more than a year for the components of the fluid to degrade within a natural setting. Three different types of hydraulic fluid currently exist, and their chemical components vary; therefore, the health effects are specific to each variety.
By properly disposing of car fluids, or recycling them, we can avoid the harmful effects of these car components.
What Happens Next to Car Fluids
The Many Uses of Recycled Motor Oil
