Muck in me spare wheel well

dahamsta

The last dingbat that had my latest acquisition was keeping a 1l bottle of oil in the spare wheel well, and it leaked and soaked into the vibration-deadening stuff. It's awful muck now, the brown blob on the right is a coin, reckon I'll need a screwdriver to get it out!

Any tricks for getting rid of it?

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dvae

petrol

Curran

I'd use Autosmart G101 or Bilt Hamber Surfex HD

Mech1

Hot air gun, and a plastic scraper will lift the most of it. then a bit of petrol on a rag for cleanup.

dahamsta

Think I've some petrol in the shed, I'll give that a shot first. Don't really want to lift the vibration damper, that's just making work.

geneyuss

Kerosene will break down grease oil gunge , abit safer than petrol

Curran

Wouldnt use petrol then - it'll most likely lift it.

If it was mine I would leave it. You'll never need to go there unless you've got a flat tyre while a nice oil bath will keep rust at bay, a bit of a budget Waxoyl job really.

Curran

I couldnt leave it like that - would do my head in!

When I buy a car, the first bit of cleaning I do, is to pull out everything in the boot, give it a good hoover, clean it all down, wash the spare wheel and put it all back in neatly!

dahamsta

Ditto. If there was meant to be oil down there, Volvo would've piped it in. I don't care if I'm the only one that'll see it, I like all the hidden bits as spick and span as the rest of the car. The spare tie-downs and luggage net are just out of the wash, thanks to a very patient wife that doesn't even give me quizzical looks when I request such things.

Of course the real joy comes when the back seats come out. My last car (still sitting in my drive, alone and pining for a new owner) gave up a hair clip, a molten orange barley sweet, dog hair, a betting shop pencil and about a euros worth of change. I've already found a Kinder Egg Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle under the passenger seat in the new one, so I reckon there could be a Golden Ticket or a stuffed Dodo down the back of the sofa....

BTW, pardon my stupidity, but where would I get kerosene? I presume it's more accessible than the stuff Curran posted earlier, but I've never had to buy it before.

geneyuss

dahamsta wrote: »

BTW, pardon my stupidity, but where would I get kerosene? I presume it's more accessible than the stuff Curran posted earlier, but I've never had to buy it before.

not stupid at all,,its basically home heating oil (almost the same, and will do the same job)
,im sure most petrol stations sell it (where you can fill your 5 gallon drum and top up the tank at home,heating oil that is),,,most if not all Corrib oil stations do anyhow,, maybe its just down my way aka paraffin, which i believe is just lighter fluid that can be purchased anywhere really

geneyuss

btw,,,i dont get the Volvo reference ?,,,its late and im tired

Curran

The stuff I posted is reasonably accessible....just google it!

dahamsta

Loads of oil lifted out with GUNK, but it'll never end so I'll have to rip the lot out and replace the vibration-deadening stuff. Anyone know where I'd pick that or similar up?