I always thought about this. Since we muct have a TON of used motor oil being generated in this country…Can we turn all that used motor oil into Gasoline? If so…great…If not…Why not?

Gasoline is manufactured from raw crude oil so I suspect that making gasoline from dirty oil with additives may make the process more expensive. Just a guess but I believe it’s a fairly accurate conclusion.

The most economical use of old motor oil is for heating oil, or processing into “new” motor oil. The lighter hydrocarbons in crude were already evaporated out at the refinery. Is it possible to convert motor oil for diesel uses? Possibly. But not economical.

I believe the railroads use processed used motor-oil as engine fuel…The really large diesels use a heavier grade of oil than #2… It simply is not worth to effort to clean up motor oil and crack it into gasoline…There simply is not enough of it and it’s an expensive process… You guys have no idea …

We get the most out of used motor oil in Maine. The used oil helps to heat the shop and the plastic cans go right into the wood stove. If it’s too dirty we just mix it with Gatorade and drink it. I didn’t mean to say that used oil comes in cans. Corrections are free.

Possible but very expensive and economically foolish. The best use is for re-refining into more lube oil, followed by combustion in such equipment as cement kilns or very large diesel engines with coke bottle-size injectors. In the artic it’s illegal to dispose of used oil. There is a manufacturer …

It is possible to do chemically. It is far easier to make lube or diesel from it. The refinery process from crude is designed to be efficient, for the target fuel. Lube oil is not really a primary target. Also think about this. We use maybe 200-300 gallons or so of gas between oil changes of a gallo…

Saudi Arabia has 3.5 million barrels/day reserve production capacity. That’s nearly twice as much as Lybia produces. The Saudi government has already agreed to increase prouction to meet the shortfall should Lybian production get shut in. The Saudis are smart enough and greedy enough to try to con…

I wonder if in some parts they still “oil” the roads.

You’re thinking which is good. Very little used motor oil is wasted these days. In the past a lot of it was discarded but now it is recycled as others have mentioned.

Can we make Gasoline from used motor oil?

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asemaster March 6, 2011, 6:34pm 4

No. Used motor can’t be re-refined back up into crude and then into gasoline. But is does have a host of other uses–one in particular is re-refined for use as, well, motor oil. Lots of auto shops in colder climates have waste-oil heaters–they use it for heat instead of gas, electric, etc. It’s also used in asphalt I believe.

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Can we make Gasoline from used motor oil?

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