Multi-use container for engine maintenance kit

A method for changing the oil in an engine having a drain plug and a fill spout, said method comprising the steps of:

• providing a multi-use container of the type including a base and a lid, the lid being formed with an integral funnel portion terminating in a capped pour spout;
• transporting a bottled quantity of unused engine oil in the multi-use container;
• removing the lid from the base of the multi-use container;
• emptying the contents from the base;
• positioning the empty base under the engine drain plug;
• removing the engine drain plug and thereby allowing waste engine oil to drain into the base;
• reinstalling the engine drain plug when substantially all of the waste engine oil has been drained from the engine;
• removing a cap from the pour spout of the lid;
• inserting the pour spout of the lid into the engine fill spout;
• pouring at least a portion of the unused engine oil into the engine through the funnel portion of the lid;
• re-securing the cap onto the pour spout of the lid;
• reinstalling the lid onto the base of the multi-use container and then thereby enclosing the waste engine oil therein;
• and
• transporting the multi-use container, together with the waste engine oil enclosed therein, to an approved waste oil reclamation site.