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Radioactivity is not a molecule thing, it is a nucleus thing. There is nothing you can do with fire/heat/water that will have any effect on the nucleus whatsoever. As far as our engines and oil goes, if it is radioactive now, it was radioactive before. -Chuck

What I would do depends on the quantity, and how much oil is in the crud. If it is semi-liquid, I would donate it to the waste oil bins at the local dump/transfer station. If it is crusty and tar like, I would just trash it. Out here, they burn everything in the incinerator anyway. -Chuck

While it was sitting in the earth, it wasn't doing anything. In your motor, its molecules are rolling between the bearing surfaces, which tends to break down the longer chain molecules into shorter chain molecules. Long chain molecules form the high viscosity component of the oil. Short chain...