Transmission Fluid

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Transmission Fluid
Tara Cordner

• A Do-It-Yourself Fuel

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What is a DIY Fuel?

• Produced by households 5
• Harmful to environment 5

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How is it Made?

• Refined Petroleum 20
• Heavy mineral oil 10
• Viscometric Performance Specifications 10
• Hydrocracker 10
• Catalytic dewaxing 10
• Hydrofinishing 10
• High Viscosity Indexing 10
• Low viscosity index base oils 10

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Uhm- WHAT?!
! ? !
Voila! Transmission Fluid!
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What do we need it for?

• Lubricant 14

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Any Hazardous Side Effects?

• There aren't any 14
• Minor effects on health 14
• Some serious effects 14

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What about Disposal?

• 1 Quart ruin millions of gallons 5
• Pollute streams, rivers, and wetlands 5
• Buffer zone reduction 5

Annihilation!
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Government Input?

• The Big Picture
• Town requirements 14
• Oil Collection Centers 14

• Close Up
• DO NOT 14
• Mix
• Burn
• Dump

Works great for weed and dust control! Oh- did
we forget to mention crowd control?
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So how do we get rid of it?

• Call your town hall
• Killingworth [phone] 1
• Has oil tank at transfer station
• Haddam [phone]
• Has oil tank at transfer station

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Overview Transmission Fluid

• Made from refined petroleum
• Used as gear lubricant in engines
• Hazardous to aquatic wildlife
• Kills trees, plants, and fish
• Destroys buffer zone
• State law for towns to provide used-oil containers

Call your town hall to find out where yours is!
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• 4Dewaxing Sunflower Seed Oil. 30 Sep. 2008
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• 5Engineering And Enforcing Division, Bureau Of
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• 10Medley, Margaret. "Process for Making an
  Automatic Transmission Fluid Composition." Patent
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