Wednesday, December 16, 2009

How do your remove motor oil or transmission fluid off concrete driveways?

My car has been leaking either motor oil or transmission fluid (I cant tell which one) in the driveway for awhile. The driveway sits on a slight slant. When it is parked on the street, it does not leak. I was wondering how to get it off the driveway.How do your remove motor oil or transmission fluid off concrete driveways?
Get a product called POUR AND RESTORE it is made specifically to do that job and it works greatHow do your remove motor oil or transmission fluid off concrete driveways?
I keep a sack of oil dry, that I purchase from my local auto parts store, to clean my garage floor, it get every thing spilled on it.





If it real bad it may take 3 applications. Real thick spot I slide my foot back and forth over it a few times.





Works for me.
castrol superclean or simple green and a brush can remove a majority of it. Scrub hard and rinse away what you can. Then take some real real cheap cat litter and pour it over the stains and let it sit. You can drive onto it and grind it into the cement and it will lift away the rest of the stain. Oil Dri will do the same thing but costs more money.
Transmission fluid and motor oil are the same thing, they add red tint to ';transmission fluid'; so that you know what's leaking, Motor Oil is grey/black, ';Coolant'; is Green...





Soak up loose oil with ';Cat Litter'; leave on for 10 minutes, pour some more on and grind it into the drive way with your foot. sweep up, add ';DAWN'; dishwashing liquid to the D/W, scrub lightly with an old broom, spray down driveway with a hose, throw broom out.
soak it up with sawdust then pour some muratic acid on it.rinse off with water.
I'd say to get the leak fixed first, right? What I do for getting the stains out, as much as possible, is to get a bunch of kitty litter, pout it in an arc or semi-circle downhill from the stain so that it will absorb any runoff from the cleanser you use. I like SimpleGreen or ZEP's Citrus Cleaner, both available at The Chrome Despot (you know who I mean...) or other places like a janitorial supply house. Pour the cleanser onto the stain, let it sit for as long as it can; if some evaporates, add more.





After several hours, scrub it vigorously with stiff brush, then sweep the kitty litter onto the scrubbed area, adding more if needed. : be generous. Dance, jump up and down, drive on it if you wish--or not. Leave it on the stains overnight if you want, then sweep up the dirty kitty litter and put it in a heavy-duty garbage bag. Next, make another arc or semi-circle below the treated area, then pour a weak bleach solution onto the treated area, scrub with a clean scrub brush or clean throw-away old broom, then sweep the kitty litter on top of the cleaned area, let it sit for an hour or so, then sweep it up and bag it.





THEN rinse off the cleaned area. You could even try a pressure-washer at this point. And don't be surprised if you have to repeat the procedure at some point, after the driveway dries and you see if any stains remain. You're trying to minimize as much as humanly possible any toxic substances from getting into the drain/sewer system, some of which feed directly into nearby streams, rivers or bays. Thanks for caring.





By the way: the driveway is concrete: is the street concrete or asphalt? The asphalt, being black, would tend to absorb and/or 'mask' the leaking fluid(s). Would you post the results of what the mechanic finds and repairs?
I've done this so many times, my wife does not worry now. Get kitty litter and lacquer thinner. Pour thinner on spot, pour litter down, do a little dance on affected area all over for about five minutes spot will be gone guaranteed.
degreaser then hose it off with water if fastest but not friendly to the environment





put salt on it %26amp; brush it in for a bit then pick up with a brush %26amp; pan will get the oil/fluid off but still leave a stain till repeated a few times


BUT FIX THE LEAK %26amp; IT WILL GO FOR GOOD

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