Revision question · Safety and your vehicle

You service your own vehicle. How should you dispose of the old engine oil?

Revision material from the imported DVSA bank includes source-checked Lanekind learning corrections. These corrections are not newly issued official examination questions, and practice does not reproduce a live test paper.

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Take it to a local-authority site

Pour it down a drain

Tip it into a hole in the ground

Put it in your dustbin

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Take it to a local-authority siteThis was the right answer

It's illegal to pour engine oil down any drain. Oil is a pollutant and harmful to wildlife. Dispose of it safely at an authorised site.

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Basic car maintenanceReviewed guidance summary · DVSA specifies an appropriate local-authority site or garage for used vehicle batteries and oil.

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