oil stains and tarmac... advice please!

[RustyNuts]

I don't know how i flaming do it..

 

I take precautions and still end up with splodges here and there. The car has a bloody great plastic cement mixer tray under it.. and yet somehow i've still got oil stains on the tarmac.. .

 

Whats the cure here fellas?

[SiC]

If relatively fresh, I've got it out with a pressure washer before.

[DodgeRover]

Don't look? I have a pile of saw dust under mine then periodically pressure wash the drive treating oily bits with neat TFR first

[Alexg]

There is stuff you can buy especially for oil stained driveways. I poured a load on the stains and got to it with a heavy broom and pressure washer. 75% better

[Noel Tidybeard]

daz, persil, ariel, surf, etc

[michael1703]

I use petrol, pour a drop on and the oil floats to the top,dab it with kitchen roll and it's gone.

 

Saves lots of dicking about with hoses, you tend to wash the oil about even more with gunk etc

[Danblez]

Bilt hamber surfex HD is bloody brilliant. God knows what it is but for something that isn't solvent based and looks like water I am always amazed at its oil removing capabilities! I always used washing powder til it failed on some new block paving then the Bilt stuff removed the stain completely.

[andy18s]

Park a LandRover over it,sit back and bask in the Knowing nods of approval from everyone

Job done

[AlsoMike]

Driveway Gunk works a treat on concrete and brick, should work on tarmac too.

[SiC]

"That oil mark has been there for years!! Have you never noticed it before?"

 

Job jobbed.

[oldcars]

G101 gets if off. Im parking on different bits of my drive now to try and cover the whole thing with oil, easier than cleaning it.

[derskine]

Another vote for petrol, always works for me.

[Des]

Don't use the petrol on tarmac though, it will remove a bit more than the stain. The best course is to have pride in your oilstains, they'll become fashionable soon enough, like those ghastly monochrome 'feature walls' in laminate floored apartments.

[sierraman]

Gunk used to take the edge off it. Probably shit now though.

[DSdriver]

Buy an old Citroen then you can have two tone stains.

[Guest Hooli]

Park over the stain & you can't see it.

[Laseraligningfoofooflanges]

Gunk used to take the edge off it. Probably shit now though.

My e39's like a seive and i can confirm that gunk is actually fucking useless.

[2MB]

You could try cat litter, but it doesn't work.

[anonymous user]

You could try cat litter, but it doesn't work.

and you'd probably end up with oil and cat poo to deal with. Mine is another vote for parking something over the top of it big enough to hide the stain

[Timewaster]

Be very careful with degreasers. Tarmac is basically an oily stain itself.

You could remove much more than you bargain for.

Another vote for washing powder.

[D Spares & Tyres]

daz, persil, ariel, surf, etc

Just cover the oil stain with washing powder then leave it. After a few rainfalls it will be fine

[richardmorris]

I used washing up liquid to wash the pea shingle gravel that makes up my drive with reasonable results after my merc's head gasket issues. By this I mean shovelling the shingle into a bucket with fairy liquid ( or hairy lipsquid if you've heard the joke ) and swishing it all about.

[Doctormop]

Bung ten quid to a member of the travelling community and they will 'resurface' it for you.

Alternatively think of it as I do, its not an old heap leaking oil, its a faithful friend marking its territory. (my how we laughed at that one down the divorce court)

[richardmorris]

Actually I've noticed that my neighbour's space (which houses a three month old Range Rover sport) has a growing oil spot. Should I say anything or will it make me seem nosey?

[Des]

So those vulgar rolling vajazzle things do actually have some Landrover DNA?

[purplebargeken]

Not good on tarmac but spirit of salts should shift them on concrete.

[Zantimisfit]

Coca Cola??? Or is that 'BS'.

 

I'll try it tomorrow as I have some oil stains (A Series naturally!) and some Cocal Cola. I'll report back

 

I assume red Coke is better than Coke Zero

[RayMK]

My Stellar has been marking its territory for a few months.  Ariel has been applied.  The driveway is a mix of tarmac, paving slabs and shingle and I recall that the washing powder trick worked reasonably well on a previous incontinant car.  It is apparently the enzymes in biological powder that eat the oil.  As others have mentioned, strong solvents will work on paving but will wreck tarmac.

[cobblers]

coca cola is no good, it's total BS.

 

I've used washing up liquid, boiling water and hours scrubbing with a stuff brush. Took Gearbox oil off Tarmac about 90% of the way. Still a shadow.

A gearbox tipped over in my council garage and I didn't know about it, it was probably there for 6 months? The first I knew of it was my mate complaining he could smell it from his house.

I used water base degreaser that I got from GSF and it's clean as a whistle now

[willswitchengage]

Let it seep into the ground and you will never have weeds on your driveway ever again