HTF do I go about doing this. My Wrangler has leaked oil all over the parking lot at the townhomes that I sell. I need to get the stains up. Whos got suggestions??

I have a pressure washer if that helps. I think I am sending the wrong message being an employee of the builder and leaking oil all over everything.

3/12/2006 5:27:45 PM

sand. but its not going to ever come up 100% especially on the asphalt.

3/12/2006 5:29:13 PM

kitty litter

3/12/2006 6:17:22 PM

^ those will soak most of it up pretty good, esp if it's fresh... I'd try some of that purple cleaner shit and let it soak, spray the hell out of it with the pressure washer, scrub it some more. probably wont ever come up completely but you can get pretty close

3/12/2006 6:20:04 PM

Engine degreaser, spray that on let it sit, then hit it with your power washer will get 80% of it out

3/12/2006 6:20:19 PM

does advance auto have this purple stuff?

3/12/2006 6:39:38 PM

i've tried wd-40 before and it worked ok

3/12/2006 6:56:17 PM

porus concrete will absorb it and stain

asphalt will absorb it and youll get the asphalt up before you get that oil out

leave it alone, let it soak in and forget about it. do worry about getting your shit fixed though, or make a diaper for it.

3/12/2006 6:57:13 PM

You can get concrete cleaner in either powder form (made by Gunk) or liquid form (made by Zep). It's usually made up of sodium hydroxide, sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, probably some other shit I can't remember...

And it cleans rather well. The other fellas are right in that you'll most likely never get it all up, at least in the short term, but it will fade with time.

If you got it on asphalt, there really ain't shit you can do...oil seeps into the asphalt and diffuses through it. Asphalt as we use it is mostly a petroleum byproduct mixed with various aggregates (coarse sand, fine gravel, etc.). Any kind of solvent will do nothing but permanently fuck up the asphalt, and most cleaners won't do much better.

Shit, Joel said most of that, except for the concrete cleaner...

[Edited on March 12, 2006 at 8:00 PM. Reason : pays to read closely...]

3/12/2006 7:53:13 PM

dammit.

Oh well. I think everyone figured out whose car it was. The only thing I can do to slow the leaking oil is change the valve cover gasket and even then some will probably still come out. The engine is 230,000+ and has never been rebuilt. There is too much blow by.

I may try the cat litter just to get the fresh part up. The stains are on asphalt so they do not really show too bad as long as its not fresh. Hopefully they will soak in.

3/12/2006 8:09:40 PM

who cares. my vehicles (especially my trooper) have leaked who knows how many quarts out where i work. i highly doubt it's cost me any home sales.

3/12/2006 8:15:44 PM

I got tranny fluid and diesel fuel all over my driveway...


It is simply AMAZING how a Chrysler Torqueflite 727 can still halfway shift when 4 quarts low on fluid. I mean, low enough that there appeared to be cavitation going on in the torque converter.

Repaired my cooler line (what sprayed me in the eye when I was checking it out), topped off, and she shifts just fine.

3/12/2006 8:46:12 PM

powder laundry detergent

3/12/2006 9:16:48 PM

simple green.

3/12/2006 9:28:28 PM

^^^yeah, they're pretty damn strong. one of the few things items i've never managed to injure on the four tf727 equipped vehicles i've had.

3/12/2006 10:02:49 PM

Second Torqueflite I've owned personally, third if you count family cars.

The other was in my '64 Dodge 330...A904 with the pushbuttons. I tried to kill it. Turned the fluid pure-t brown in it.

Never could.

3/12/2006 11:04:24 PM

since it's in an area that will be hit by rain, maybe our home remedy will work for you... (it helped lighten years of oil stains in front of our old house before we sold it... ) pretty much you just get a big bottle of dishwashing detergent... joy, palmolive, dawn... whatever... then you apply it liberally to the oil spots... let it soak in... you can rub it in with a rag or brush it in with something abrasive if you want. then wait for the next rain... you'll be surprised to see that it'll be significantly lighter.

(purple stuff really doesn't do anything on asphalt/concrete from my personal experience)

[Edited on March 12, 2006 at 11:21 PM. Reason : ]

3/12/2006 11:18:17 PM