Holy freaking Exxon Valdez Batman!!

M2Pilot wrote: The answer is: Miata

There. I fixed it for ya.

One time I was changing oil, and when I pulled the drain plug it slipped out of my hand and fell in the pan. This was one of those container pans, and they apparently made the hole small enough for a drain plug not to fit though. Good idea, but now my drainplug was plugging the drain of this pan, and it was getting close to overflowing quickly...

I freaked at at the mess it could make and yanked the pan out so I could grab the bolt before it overflowed.

This would have been a good move, had I not overlooked the fact that not only was oil still pouring out of my car, but jerking a brimming pan of oil doesn't work out too well either.

One of my proudest moments.

Bit off topic, and no help here as I was on asphalt so I soaked up what I could and the rest was barely noticeable... Just thought I would share.

That reminds me of the time I was changing oil the first time on my old dodge ram 1500. I placed the oil pan under the drain plug with a little extra room to compensate for the arc of the oil stream and slowly removed the plug. Everything was going great until I completely removed the plug. The warmish oil poured out so fast it splashed up out of the pan and all over my chest and face. I never could get the oil smell out of those clothes.

I learned two things that day. Use a small 3 gallon bucket when changing he oil on the truck (no jacking required) and the cheap 50 lbs of kitty litter from Walmart makes some of the best oil cleanup.

I wonder if rubbing kitty litter on the clothes would remove the oil?

Third vote for kitty litter. Old school stuff, not the latest clumping or flushable kind. Spread it around, walk on it to press it into the stain, sweep it up. Works a treat.

I changed the oil for the first time in my Buell (it's essentially got a Harley Sporster engine). The oil sump is in the rear swing arm, so it's really easy to change. Undo the plug on the bottom of the swing arm, drain oil, fill at top of swing arm. Yeah. So, I filled it up with 3 quarts of oil. I checked the level and it seemed OK. I had also changed the filter too, so I expected to have to add some oil after I started it.

So, I started the engine, ran it for a few seconds to get the oil circulating, and then shut it off. After 30 seconds or so, I opened the dipstick / filler cap and a TON of oil just shot out of the hole and it was still coming! It was everywhere: on my hands, the ground, the bike... I still don't know what caused it to happen...

Autolex wrote: Brake cleaner works okay too... Not that it's the best for the environment or anything... :P

Yeah, but I noticed that when I use brake cleaner on loose parts strategcially placed on the grass growing through the cracks on my concrete driveway..the grass in the cracks kinda goes away after awhile.

MrJoshua wrote: A 5 ton pile of sand left for 2 weeks took an amazing amount of stuff off of a section of my driveway recently.

Explain.

I use oven cleaner, a wire brush, and a power washer for stains that have set. Works pretty good.

Osterkraut wrote:

MrJoshua wrote: A 5 ton pile of sand left for 2 weeks took an amazing amount of stuff off of a section of my driveway recently.

Explain.

Everyone in my family built a sandbox at the same time. Ordering a load of sand was cheaper than buying by the bag at the Depot. I was building mine first so my house was the drop off point. I almost pulled the trigger on a smoking price for 18yards before I settled on the 5 tons. Glad I did the math first!

after everything you can is cleaned up, you can kill the stains still left with some kitty liter and a brick/cinder block, whatever stone matches the color of your driveway.. just rub in the kitty liter with the brick, itll scrub it clean..

Well, I went out there this morning and decided to try the fire idea, cuz well, it sounded more fun than dancing on kitty litter.
I got the torch out (small propane one) and decided on a spot about 15" around. I started on it and within just a few minutes the spot was going away. I was amazed! I decided to just do half of the spot so I could see if there would be a ghost ring left or something. Well, later I went out to check on it and.........the whole spot was gone!!! Freaking gone! Not a spot, not a ghost ring, not a remnant baby!! Then I realized the spot I was working on was dew that dripped off the car I just moved, not oil
So, if anyone ever wants to know the best way to remove those pesky spots left on the driveway by the morning dew, you send them my way!

You, sir, are a genius.

John Brown wrote: You, sir, are a genius.

Thank you sir, I try to be humble but sometimes it can be tough