So as defenders are fantastic at leaking oil on our drives I wonder if anyone has any good ideas to get the oil off a block paved drive? Knocked my oil drain tank over and spilt about quarter of a litre on to a thick canvas sheet I had down that turns out has got lots of tiny holes in to let the oil flow through
F*##ing oil.
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Park it and do oil changes elsewhere.
you will always loose oil and any oil removal liquid rarely if ever, remove the black staining.
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Lots of Fairy Liquid, warm water, vigorous use of a scrubbing brush. Do this a few times, mopping up between applications. I usually use a bit of old carpet to lie on and act as my spill kit during an oil change.
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I use full fat coke with washing powder. Let it soak and scrub.
Always works for me
Always works for me
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Diesel, hard brush and jet wash
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Cover the whole drive then it will match!
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If following the advice above, which sounds good, you could also use some absorption material immediately afterwards. I think I've read cat litter is a good substitute to the sort of stuff you get on garage forecourts for diesel spillages. Or even cats! I believe hair is good at getting oil to stick to it. 
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Tell Greenpeace and they will have lots of anorak types cleaning you whole drive with a toothbrush, or get a few Seagulls the seem to be good at mopping oil up out of the sea.
Only joking, you don't want Greenpeace around as they will just give you grief about the Landy killing the environment and how they don't approve of using Seagulls to mop oil up.
Only joking, you don't want Greenpeace around as they will just give you grief about the Landy killing the environment and how they don't approve of using Seagulls to mop oil up.
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I put a load of sand on it just after it happened, it got a little bit up but not a great deal.If following the advice above, which sounds good, you could also use some absorption material immediately afterwards. I think I've read cat litter is a good substitute to the sort of stuff you get on garage forecourts for diesel spillages. Or even cats! I believe hair is good at getting oil to stick to it.
This was the first thing I done after putting sand on it, made it slightly better but no real difference could still see the big stain.
Might have a go with this idea in future, do you mix them together before or coke on first then powder after??
Luckily it wasn't engine oil and wasn't black, I got a blowtorch on it in the end and burnt the oil away, has left a slight stain but il try with some drive cleaners and a jetwash to see if it makes it any better.
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I suspect cats will be far more absorbent than sand.
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]I'd use Fullers Earth ...
cats just spread it around and make a mess ....
Ha, ha.... that's the stuff I was thinking of on forecourts. I think cat-litter works too. Or, is that on icy paths? Or both?
(I like cats really- it's some of the owners that are the problem)
