Oil removal from the drive

[baldguy]

In a few days I will have my E53 back after the repair of a gearbox oil leak... As my drive now looks like a dot to dot pattern, whats the best cleaner to use? I plan on brushing it on and jet washing off...

Any info most grateful..

Cheers Greg

[millerman1ac]

also interested in this...
my work banger had a leaky sump, i have more than a few dots lol!!

[X5Sport]

What's the drive constructed from?

If tarmac you have to be careful not to dissolve it when using something like Jizer - which has a solvent in it. Some form of detergent is probably your only choice. Hot water/steam is out as it will melt the binder.

With concrete a pressure washer with a good strong detergent, or possibly engine cleaner, sometimes works if the oil is not too deeply ingrained, but bear in mind where the run-off goes. You could always scrub the immediate area and the hose it off. See below for another possible.

Block/Brick paving is a nightmare to clean. Not come across anything that really works without a lot of effort and very hot water. I have seen people try wallpaper steam strippers with absorbent pads on to soak up the oils. No idea how effective that might be though.

[pvr]

I have the Halfords drive cleaner for when I have visiters with leaky cars. I have a lot of black paving and it works well for that (with a brush )

[sapphireblack]

So called 'forecourt cleaner' as used by filling stations to clean up spillages works extremely well. It's a detergent (with a nice whiff) i imagine any decent motor factors could supply it (5ltr iirc) which rules out halfrauds i imagine.

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[millerman1ac]

my drive is tar, looks real bad quite alot of oil went down i was parking ontop of a bit of wood but gave up after a while..
i have the sump repaired now so hopefully can make the mess look a wee bit better, it's very tricky parking on the exact same spot you know lol!!