Cleaning oil off a tarmac drive

[art3g]

Appreciate it's slightly off topic, however my V8 Disco tow-car has an increasingly annoying habit of dripping oil onto my drive & wonder if there's any wisdom on the best method to remove these black splodges?

 

thanks,

Art

[Dave H]

I put some neat (undiluted) powerwasher cleaning fluid on it, then powerwashed it. Shifted oil from the concrete drive no problem.

 

Dave H

[EFA]

Art,

 

Park it somewhere else...... All Land Rovers (inc my RR) except those with Metro engines do this.

 

 

Seriously there is a modified rocker cover gasket kit (only about £100!!??) which cures much of the leaking in 1994 on cars.......

 

 

 

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[oilyhands]

Strong detergents may help, but beware of using solvent based cleaners which will have an appetite for your driveway tarmac as well. I watched a friend wash his driveway down the road when trying to remove oil patches using a carboy of Carbon tetra-Chloride depsite warnings. To freshen up the whole of the drive and minimise the dark appearance of any old oil patches you could try a light wash over with Jizer using a soft broom, followed by a two minute soak and then a hosing with cold water.Dont use too much Jizer and dont leave it on too long.

 

Oily (appropriate moniker..)

[elie boone]

ArtA, If they are fresh droppings teeth.gif just use cement.

Where are the marchall's when you need them ? wink.gif