I usually park on the street next to my house and recently had engine oil leak due to gasket. The mechanic has put a new gasket and this issue has been resolved however I am left with dark oil stains on the road.
What kind of degreaser I could use to remove this oil stains?
I found following from SCA but not sure whether it is strong enough to remove stain.
https://www.supercheapauto.com.au/p/export-export-degreaser-…
Thanks for your assistance!
*Degreaser will work**. Detergent and scrubbing and boilong water, would be better for environment.
A degreaser may run into the stormwater. Just leave it.
Yes, just leave it. Its no big thing, having an oil spot on road.
Maybe a neighbor is pestering OP about it. In my old unit block had a neighbor that would whine at me just for washing car (water and detergent on some of cement area in carpark, but only for about 30 minutes till it dried out). Same neighbor would have hassled me over oil spot. Nobody plans to have an oil leak. Sheet happens sometimes. Surely it wouldn't look too bad on road outside on the bitumen.
Can you post a pic OP, then we can see how bad it looks, and get some more suited advice.
Could (and maybe should) try detergent as first option. And kitty litter sound good for soaking up if need to use degreaser.
I will post pic once I get home
Watch that you do not dissolve the bitumen i would do as whooah1979 suggests and just leave it.
This, exactly. Bitumen is just a more solid petrochemical, and some degreasers may even affect the bitumen.
For the moron that negged me…
Bitumen
noun
a black viscous mixture of hydrocarbons obtained naturally or as a residue from petroleum distillation.
Degreasers are designed to break down oils, greases and tar (ie: bitumen)
Drongo.
Additionally, diesel is really good at dissolving bitumen, in fact it is used as a cleaner in the industry. Petrol would probably be used too, but it is too volatile. Oils will also be a solvent for bitumen, but not as aggressive as petrol or diesel.
(Worked in the asphalt industry for longer than I care to admit)
@Euphemistic: Yep. I’ve not worked in that industry, but have worked on plenty of asphalt machines. Light oils (CRC/WD40j and diesel is what we predominantly used to clean the machines of tar when we worked on them.
Soak it with degreaser, leave for a couple of minutes and then cover it in kitty litter. Sweep it back and forth a bit so it can absorb all the degreaser, and then sweep up the kitty litter. No need to hose it down the drain. :)
Possibly even skip the degreaser and leave he kitty litter in it for a while and sweep it up. Degreased might speed the process for a pothole.
kitty litter works a treat!
Cement powder soaks it up but putting it on the road may be a problem.
Drop some undiluted dishwashing liquid on it and let it soak for half an hour & hose off. Repeat if needed.
I used Coke to get oil stains off cement.
kero & a stiff brush
Not a good idea on bitumen.
no? It used to work well at my old work where we had concrete & steel bays, oh well, I hope the OP didn't try it then
Concrete will be fine. Kero on bitumen/asphalt will dissolve the bitumen and you’ll end up scrubbing in a pothole quick smart.
Depends on how much of it there is. You can also try scrubbing some dishwashing detergent into it and washing it off with some boiling water. Just trying to think of something a little less toxic to wash down the gutter than degreaser.