The City of Lawrence proudly announces the beginning of a new pilot program using re-refined oil in several of our fleet vehicles. The pilot started in late November 2000, and will run approximately one year. We are currently running four of our fleet vehicles in the pilot program, and we are hoping to expand it to more of the fleet if the pilot is successful. Motor oil never actually wears out, it just gets contaminated and therefore needs to be replaced in order for your engine to run properly. Re-refined oil products are subject to the same stringent refining and performance standards that apply to virgin oil products.
Motor oil can be re-refined indefinitely, that is, it never wears out.
Plus, the re-refining of used motor oil is a very efficient process. 1.41 gallons of wet used motor oil will yield 1 gallon of re-refined motor oil.