Love the old tin.
I put my waste oil into a standard 25l drum. Like yours, just about liftable, or was last time I tried.
Having just changed the oil on the Fabia, I noticed my drum is now very full. Oops! I usually intend to empty it at about 3/4 full. May need to decant some before the trip to the tip. That'll be messy.
I've had the drum for a long time. In the early eighties my mother was running a Morris 2200. Lovely car, smooth and powerful engine, but drank oil quite quickly. Consumption was eased by having a drum at home. Second drum sat on tp of the first, with a tap! First drum now my waste oil container. Glad oil consumption is now very low, with prices as they are now.

Saxon78 said:

Silkolene was aquired by Fuchs in 1989.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuchs_Petrolub#The_%22Silkolene%22_brand_name

AFAIK, Castrol and Fuchs are different entities. On a Quick Google search with those names, I stumbled upon the lawsuit that opposed them in SA concerning product names
http://www.saflii.org/za/cases/ZAGPPHC/2014/1031.html

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This is correct Fuchs own Silkolene, and at the same time Century oils. Castrol and Fuchs are not related, in fact Fuchs is still a family owned business. The largest privately owned lubricant company in the world. if my memory serves me right.

Cheers,

Guy

Casrol : Burmah was the tieup I was trying to recall.. thanks.

varesecrazy said:

Casrol : Burmah was the tieup I was trying to recall.. thanks.

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Burmah Castrol used to have an office in Swindon.
They were bought by BP in 2000 I think, so are now just a brand name of BP.