Diesel disposal

[Tranona]

Clean it as described above and put it in your central heating oil tank even if it uses 28sec. It will mix and burn OK.

How many people have central heating by oil these days?

 

[Momac]

How many people have central heating by oil these days?

About 1.5Million households in the UK excluding Northern Ireland . Not sure how may peole that is.
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[laika]

For the avoidance of doubt, I don't have oil fired central heating, a car, a garage, a garden, a lawn mower or a tractor

 

[Gary Fox]

I was told that any diesel totally upsets the oil recycling big time!

Lots of the oil they are given will be heavily contaminated with all sorts, and the process must be designed to cope. Maybe it puts up their electric bill a fraction for the extra proccessing?
I'm sure recycling organisations would prefer to be given pure and filtered oil, in their dreams...

 

[dankilb]

I'm sure if you asked very nicely after your next car service/MOT, the garage might take a few litres of assorted nasties off your hands (that you handily just happen to have in the boot!). They must have ways to dispose of stuff like that.

If you've got some space at home/work to safely store it, you can keep a jerry can (or even drum) for (mostly) oil and (some) other nasties go in for later recycling. Steel ones are probably safest, but I use recycled plastic 25L 'UN' plastic containers in which I've stored diesel and oil for up to a year without issues. With an eye to the trouble I'd get in if it split/leaked though, I normally dispose of the container for recycling at the same time as the contents (I ask each time whether the plastic itself can still be recycled and each time they say "yes", otherwise I'd re-use it for something else).

 

[Tranona]

I'm sure if you asked very nicely after your next car service/MOT, the garage might take a few litres of assorted nasties off your hands (that you handily just happen to have in the boot!). They must have ways to dispose of stuff like that.

See post #23

 

[Poignard]

Recycling centres have employees who can advise users what they may or may not dispose of.

If the rules, which I imagine are there for a purpose and not just to annoy people, don't permit putting diesel in the waste oil tank then don't do it.

 

[Daydream believer]

For the avoidance of doubt, I don't have oil fired central heating, a car, a garage, a garden, a lawn mower or a tractor

I knew a bloke like that. Could often be found under a bridge on the A127. He did have a pram though- & flees
People used to lob stale buns at him as they drove past

 

[laika]

I'll have a word with the local marine engineering outfit tomorrow.

I asked. They pointed me at the waste oil receptacle in the boat yard (50m from their office)

 

[James_Calvert]

Do they still use diesel locos in your area?

Maybe as a loyal customer of the railways they could find you a solution.

Edit: Oh, I see you've found one.

 

[Gary Fox]

I asked. They pointed me at the waste oil receptacle in the boat yard (50m from their office)

Go on, be a devil..

 

[Birdseye]

I appear to have a diesel problem as I've come to the boat for the first time since lockdown to discover 10l of diesel in the bilge. I'll investigate the source of the problem tomorrow when I feel less queasy but for now I have 10l of dirty diesel/ water in 2x5l water containers. The local tip says they don't take diesel. The marina have no idea what to do with it but say it can't go in the waste oil. Suggestions which don't involve things I don't have like a farmer or filters, or transporting to anyway further than a long walk from Brighton marina? If the only option is to pay a garage for disposal, anyone know how much it should cost?

Get it into containers. Let it settle and then syphon off the diesel which will be perfectly useab;le and can go back in the boat tanks. As for the water left, add some detergent to break down the little oil left and put down the drains. Dogooders will be horrified but the drains system is capable of handling the tiny quanitiy of diesel you will gbe getting rid of. What you you think happens to all the other oild etc that are used in houses including fats from meats and fish.

 

[prv]

Sounds like you have a solution; for what it’s worth I’ve used the waste oil tanks at both the marina and the council tip.

The marina didn’t ask, the council were only concerned that it wasn’t petrol I was dumping.

Pete

 

[laika]

Of course now I have to work out where it came from. I've worked out that the stern gland has started leaking a little which would have accounted for the water (possibly up to 1/4 of the liquid). But no trace of fresh diesel. cleaned all fuel junctions / filters with paper towels, ran the engine, put on load...nothing except water from the stern gland. My only guess at the moment is an issue with where the fuel filler pipe meets the top of the tank (which I can't see and can't work out how to get at). I filled up just before lockdown and neglected to check the engine bay before leaving the boat.