WMO Sources - Steel Soldiers::Military Vehicles Supersite

ARYankee · 05-18-2011, 09:46

For the past 2 months I have posted WMO want ads on Craigslist. I have picked up about 300 gallons of WMO. I have even made some good contacts for future pickups when they have enough stored up. I primarily pick it up within a 50 mile radius of where I live and it has to be a substantial amount if it is a good distance away. I include what I am looking for in the ad along with some specs as far as not being really contaminated and if they need it pumped or take containers. So far it has been really good. I use the anonymous email that they have and wait to be contacted. I then reply to any emails. I usually just give my first name and if they give me a number I call them and arrange the pickup. So far it has really worked out. Usually I don't pick it up alone. I just thought I would share this with you all because there are alot of people out there with WMO and don't like the hassle of bringing it to local stores for disposal. Plus I have found that alot of the people I have been dealing with are glad to give it to a local that is going to put it to good use.

gimpyrobb · 05-18-2011, 09:49

Yup, thats how I started. SOmetimes you'll get a load that has coolant in it anyway, but more often its good free fuel.

Kalashnikov · 05-18-2011, 12:18

Yup, I started that way too. I must have gotten 400 gallons in like a month and still had another 400 to get!

bkwudzhom · 05-18-2011, 12:30

I have been looking into this as well. I do have a question though. How can you tell it has coolant in it and what damage would it do???

gimpyrobb · 05-18-2011, 15:08

I could only tell there was coolant in it when my filters clogged up and I had to change them. When I opened the canister(I was using deuce stock filters at the time) the bottom of the cans was green. Pretty obvious it was coolant. You don't want water in your combustion chamber. Do a search for hydro-lock to see why. Also water wil destroy your injector tips too.

POWERSTROKEN · 05-18-2011, 15:46

Will the coolant not boil out, or settle with heat? Thanks Jim

paulfarber · 05-18-2011, 16:15

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Originally Posted by gimpyrobb

I could only tell there was coolant in it when my filters clogged up and I had to change them. When I opened the canister(I was using deuce stock filters at the time) the bottom of the cans was green. Pretty obvious it was coolant. You don't want water in your combustion chamber. Do a search for hydro-lock to see why. Also water wil destroy your injector tips too.

The hydro lock is not specific to water/coolant, just any large amount of fluid that would have leaked from the injectors and pooled into the combustion chamber.

You can hydrolock your engine with pure diesel (remember diesel is a liquid.. but when finely misted it will burn).

Water in the combustion chamber is actually a good thing. It turns to steam and cleans the top end of carbon. Its a quick way to clean your top end without taking it apart.

But again... its all about proportion.

Another good tell is water in oil makes is look very brownish... like coffee with cream in it. Used oil is typically jet black (carbon).

Atomic · 05-18-2011, 17:41

I don't have a multifuel yet but I have stopped by a few of the mid size farms in the area and inquired as to the disposal of the WMO. I was told to drop a drum and come back in a month. I was thinking about a couple of the larger farms around here but I think they may have to document it as they are under a bit more observation from the state EPA.

But I will ask this question for you that all ready do this, do you provide any kind of reciept for the exchange? I use to hual waste oil for the big yellow parts washer company and waste oil documintation is big and sore subject. From end to end use to be selling point for us. Not trying to start a complaince thread.

POWERSTROKEN · 05-18-2011, 18:45

The farms I stop at use their old oil to lube machinery. Jim

Kalashnikov · 05-18-2011, 19:17

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Originally Posted by bkwudzhom

I have been looking into this as well. I do have a question though. How can you tell it has coolant in it and what damage would it do???

I pour all my oil into a drum if it's in a 5 gallon bucket or something of similar size and look for water/coolant. Then I pump into another drum leaving maybe 6" in the bottom. Then I pump into a 250 gallon IBC and only pump from the upper half so I minimize the chance of getting water since it all settles to the bottom.

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Originally Posted by Atomic

I don't have a multifuel yet but I have stopped by a few of the mid size farms in the area and inquired as to the disposal of the WMO. I was told to drop a drum and come back in a month. I was thinking about a couple of the larger farms around here but I think they may have to document it as they are under a bit more observation from the state EPA.

But I will ask this question for you that all ready do this, do you provide any kind of reciept for the exchange? I use to hual waste oil for the big yellow parts washer company and waste oil documintation is big and sore subject. From end to end use to be selling point for us. Not trying to start a complaince thread.

I just take it and that's the end of it. If you were buying/selling then you'd probably get a receipt.