Hello can you help.

On each change of oil in the chip pan I have a pint or two of used sunflower
oil.

Can this be used directly to the garden or will it be quagmire for ever
more.

.............................Leslie

"Leslie" wrote in message
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Hello can you help.

On each change of oil in the chip pan I have a pint or two of used
sunflower oil.

Can this be used directly to the garden or will it be quagmire for ever
more.

I wouldn't want to put that on my garden, far better to take it to your
local recycling point when there's enough, they may even have a dedicated
container for biofuel suitable material. I only get small amounts of it,
unlike engine oil, so I bung it in with that.

Steve

"The Invalid" wrote

Filter it a couple of times and then chuck it in the Diesel car

Careful though. Doesn't vegetable oil have to be chemically treated to
change the viscosity or something to turn it into biodiesel?

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"The Invalid" wrote

Filter it a couple of times and then chuck it in the Diesel car

Careful though. Doesn't vegetable oil have to be chemically treated to
change the viscosity or something to turn it into biodiesel?

vegetable oil does need to be processed to make biodiesel and an engine
modified to run on it. Cars can be modified however to run on straight
vegetable oil, either vrigin or waste.

rob

George.com wrote:
"Sue" wrote in message
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"The Invalid" wrote

Filter it a couple of times and then chuck it in the Diesel car
Careful though. Doesn't vegetable oil have to be chemically treated to
change the viscosity or something to turn it into biodiesel?

vegetable oil does need to be processed to make biodiesel and an engine
modified to run on it. Cars can be modified however to run on straight
vegetable oil, either vrigin or waste.

rob



Small amounts mixed in to diesel will go unnoticed. (Like a cup full per
tank.) To run on pure cooking oil you have to remove the glycerine.

Just for reference the US Army are testing disposing of waste engine oil
by mixing it with diesel fuel. It works!

Slatts

"Leslie" wrote in message
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Hello can you help.

On each change of oil in the chip pan I have a pint or two of used
sunflower
oil.

Can this be used directly to the garden or will it be quagmire for ever
more.

I add a bit of oil to my compost heap from time to time Leslie. I bury it
down a ways in a fairly large heap. Likely not the best for the compost but
it seems not to do too much damage.

rob

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Sla#s wrote:
Just for reference the US Army are testing disposing of waste engine oil
by mixing it with diesel fuel. It works!

I don't consider it likely that any army, and partiularly the US army,
has diesels with emission control equipment. It is quite likely that
the contaminents in waste engine oil could reduce the effectiveness of
auxilliaries.

waste vege oil contains water amongst other things. That would have to be
siphoned off before it could be used in a motor.

rob

"George.com" wrote in message
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"Leslie" wrote in message
...
Hello can you help.

On each change of oil in the chip pan I have a pint or two of used
sunflower
oil.

Can this be used directly to the garden or will it be quagmire for ever
more.

I add a bit of oil to my compost heap from time to time Leslie. I bury it
down a ways in a fairly large heap. Likely not the best for the compost
but
it seems not to do too much damage.

rob

I don't think it is much of a problem on the compost heap. We found a patch
of sump oil when builders had left our first house-all traces had
disappeared after a season, lawn and borders growing around it.
Oil spillages on beaches are now cleared biologically, it takes time to
build up the population of microflora and microfauna.
regards
David T

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"david taylor" writes:
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| I don't think it is much of a problem on the compost heap. We found a patch
| of sump oil when builders had left our first house-all traces had
| disappeared after a season, lawn and borders growing around it.

There are major differences between cooking oil, mineral oil, and the
heavier tars extracted from that. The first type of oil is widespread
in the biosphere, and is readily broken down by bacteria if there is
any associated water and oxygen. The second is rather different, and
needs specialised bacteria to break it down, so takes longer. The third
is durable over a period of years or decades, even in the presence of
water and oxygen.

As lots of people have said, cooking oil on the compost heap is fine,
unless there is enough to exclude water or oxygen.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Sla#s wrote:
Just for reference the US Army are testing disposing of waste engine oil
by mixing it with diesel fuel. It works!

I don't consider it likely that any army, and partiularly the US army,
has diesels with emission control equipment. It is quite likely that
the contaminents in waste engine oil could reduce the effectiveness of
auxilliaries.

"George.com" wrote in message
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wrote in message
ups.com...
Sla#s wrote:
Just for reference the US Army are testing disposing of waste engine
oil
by mixing it with diesel fuel. It works!

I don't consider it likely that any army, and partiularly the US army,
has diesels with emission control equipment. It is quite likely that
the contaminents in waste engine oil could reduce the effectiveness of
auxilliaries.

waste vege oil contains water amongst other things. That would have to be
siphoned off before it could be used in a motor.

What temperature has this oil been used at?

In message , George.com
writes

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Sla#s wrote:
Just for reference the US Army are testing disposing of waste engine oil
by mixing it with diesel fuel. It works!

I don't consider it likely that any army, and partiularly the US army,
has diesels with emission control equipment. It is quite likely that
the contaminents in waste engine oil could reduce the effectiveness of
auxilliaries.

waste vege oil contains water amongst other things. That would have to be
siphoned off before it could be used in a motor.


This goes against African experience that you can put pretty nearly
anything in a diesel engine and it still works.

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Sue ]