Your Used Oil Just Became Big Business

Originally aired 2026-10-24 on the Mobile Oil Change Industry podcast.

Valvoline just partnered with Crystal Clean on used oil collection — Tyreese breaks down why the dirty end of the job is now a selling point, and the one line to add to your fleet quotes this week.

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Key Takeaway 1

Look, I want to talk about the part of this job nobody ever talks about on a podcast. Not the oil going in. The oil coming out. Because this week, the back end of our business just became front page news, and if you run a truck, you need to understand what that means.

Key Takeaway 2

On Tuesday, National Oil and Lube News reported that Valvoline Global Operations has partnered with a company called Crystal Clean. Now, this is not a new oil formula, and it is not a new store opening. It is a deal about used oil. Through this partnership, eligible Valvoline heavy duty customers get access to Crystal Clean's services, including competitive rates for qualifying used oil collection. Crystal Clean runs more than one hundred thirty facilities serving more than one hundred thousand customer locations across forty eight states. They do used oil collection and recovery, antifreeze services, parts cleaning, waste disposal, and wastewater vacuum truck services. In plain language, they are the people who come and take the dirty stuff away.

Key Takeaway 3

Here is the thing. Every single one of us deals with used oil every single day, and almost nobody talks about it like it matters. You drain it, you haul it, you store it, you get rid of it. For a shop, that means a tank out back and a truck that shows up on a schedule. For a mobile operator, it means drums riding in your truck, weight you are carrying around all day, and a pickup you have to arrange yourself. Sometimes you get paid a little for it. Sometimes you pay to get rid of it. Most of the time, you just hope the arrangement you have keeps working and nobody asks too many questions about the paperwork.

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Tyreese Burton is the owner-operator of MOMS Mobile Oil Change in the Philadelphia area and host of the Mobile Oil Change Industry daily podcast. He covers the business of mobile automotive service — pricing, operations, fleet contracts, and industry shifts — from the driver's seat.

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Your Used Oil Just Became Big Business