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Mar 4, 2004 | 08:18 PM

c96drumm

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Brake fluid disposal

How do you get rid if used brake fluid? I've accumulated about a half gallon of it and don't really know what to do with it.

Mar 4, 2004 | 09:10 PM

Toyhauler02

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Check with your local autoparts store, most have a used oil recycle program. The rules we all love to hate consider brake fluid the same as oil.

Mar 4, 2004 | 11:33 PM

c96drumm

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They consider brake fluid the same as oil? Being glycol based, I figured they probably wouldn't want 'em mixed, but I'll check.

Mar 5, 2004 | 09:06 AM

jeffthompson

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Just mix it with some pool chlorine powder!

Of course you'll have your own little version of an atom bomb- so don't really.

Mar 5, 2004 | 01:50 PM

c96drumm

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Hmmm. What kind of megatonnage we talkin' about here?

Mar 5, 2004 | 04:03 PM

Toyhauler02

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Ah the art of destructive chemistry. Brake fluid and battery acid does good to. Here in the northwest our recyclers take anything that was derived from oil as oil.

Apr 20, 2004 | 04:28 PM

gatesj

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Ah the art of destructive chemistry. Brake fluid and battery acid does good to. Here in the northwest our recyclers take anything that was derived from oil as oil.

Brake fluid is not derived from oil, it's more similar to antifreeze than oil. I know our recycling center actually burns it off.

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Apr 21, 2004 | 04:08 PM

gatesj

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Yeah, what surprised me is when I went down to the local recycling place (with about 20 gallons of oil and 7 of antifreeze), the guy said to just dump it all into the oil tank and the recycle process would separate it out. I thought I had remembered at one other point they strictly said not to put antifreeze in the oil tank. Who knows. The recycle process probably depends on what kind of equipment they have whether or not they can get glycol stuff out of it.

Apr 21, 2004 | 04:27 PM

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Works great as a car washing detergent ----- I'm kidding! DON'T DO THAT !!!!!

My grandfather told me it is good for freeing up corroded nuts and bolts. You might try that....

Apr 22, 2004 | 01:25 PM

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gatesj

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Originally Posted by 72stepside

Works great as a car washing detergent ----- I'm kidding! DON'T DO THAT !!!!!

My grandfather told me it is good for freeing up corroded nuts and bolts. You might try that....

Absolutely, great stuff for car washing detergent. Even takes the paint off!!!

Apr 22, 2004 | 06:45 PM

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eehoepp

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My father in law is a retired Class A mechanic. He taught me one added use for brake fluid. If you are trying to take a tire off a rim and cannot break the bead, lay the tire flat on a level surface and fill the grrove around the bead with brake fluid - used stuff will do. Let it soak for at least 30 minutes. The bead will break much easier. Of course, you may have to repaint the rim...

Cheers,
Eric

Apr 22, 2004 | 08:01 PM

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quads

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most garages and deale3rships just drain it into oil along with tranny and gear fluid the only thing thing that dont get tossed into the oil is antifreeze.

Apr 22, 2004 | 08:31 PM

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It kind of depends on what the used oil is used for. If it is just used for hydrocarbon feed stock in a refinery it will be filtered, the water boiled off and the rest broken down just like crude oil. Sometimes the used oil is used for heating and it needs to be fairly clean and pure for that.