One of the reasons I like to change my own oil is because I don't like putting a dry oil filter on the car. I fill it with oil first. Dealerships and quick change places generally don't do that.

 

sorry to bring up an old thread..but what do u do with the used oil??? mine's been stored in the oil container for a while and it's time for another oil change..do i just dump it or bring it to the dealer or something?

 

Your local municipality should provide you with milk jugs with screw on tops for the oil and a plastic baggy for the filter.

 

munucipality?? u mean like city hall? lol

 

I put on a fram oil drain its so nice and clean. i keep my old oil bottles and put the used oil back in them.

 

ok that still doesnt answer my question..i dont want to keep the used oil, i wanna discard them. im sure Autozone or something will take it but i want to make sure what everyone else does to DISCARD the oil. thx and sorry for being a bastard

 

Well, where I live, there's an Auto Zone and an Advance right down the street. They both offer a service where you simply bring in your used oil and tell them "I have used oil". They take you in the back and there's a big container. You dump your oil in and take the container with you (for future filling, even...). It's pretty easy. Milk jugs and such work best.

PS - do wear black gloves. Maybe I'm just an idiot, but I always seem to get oil on my hands.

 

Hehe, agreed. I really need to get myself some mechanic's gloves as my old moutain bike gloves (which work well since they're grippy and tough) are beginning to get gross. Out of curiosity, does no here have curbside pickup by their city's (municipality's as I noted earlier) waste dept?

 

I know we don't. If I put my filter in the trash I have to hide it. They don't want any automotive stuff in the trash. But then again, the people running my city are morons...