After seeing it on a thread last night i gave it ago today!

Had some old oil in the shed after a service on my van so put it in my sprayer and filled the rails underneath until it was leaking out everywhere lol

Ruined a perfectly good sprayer in the process and thinking about it i should of just used a old washing up bottle but never mind!

Anyone else do this?

Prevents rust and gets rid of old oil both for free, result!

 

can't you pump wax oil in the legs, rails etc?

 

only trouble is when looking in the rear veiw mirror seeing all the motorbikes hitting the deck slipping on dripping oil

never heard of this but surely wax oil must have something in it to stop it washing off as old oil won't

 

Never heard of someone spraying it under a car! But I have known people to use it on small bits and pieces, works a treat because it effectively puts a protective film over the metal

 

My mate used to fill the sills and chassis legs on his old GTEs with engine oil and just let it drip out. Bit messy, but kept the rust away.

I used this stuff on my cosworth. http://www.bilthamber.com/pro-introd...me=dynax%20S50

 

I know someone who used to spray old oil under his car at every service seemed to hold back the rust but was very messy, not something I would do tbh, but better than nothing,

 

Mix old oil with undersealer and spray it on

 

Seen it sprayed on the whole underside before but never thought about doing it. I have just repainted the whole underside of mine so didnt spray it everywhere just put it in the holes underneath.

Saves me spending a fortune on wax oil. Not much mess ass it put newspaper down first! Should keep the rust away!

 

Old Sokol technique apparently used to be quite common my grandad used to jack the car up, sowpy scrub all over then brush it on the underside of his mk2 escort with every oil change

 

Not done that on a car but old sheds yer , dryed wood soaks it all up .

 

waxoyl is crap i done my whole car with it & the fooking thing still rotted out new engine oil is better at getting into the joints as it is more liquid waxoyl is to thick ,&although you can heat it up to make it runny it thickens up to quick before it gets into the tight bits.

 

have heard of this before but never done it, always scared of spilling it on the seats/carpets etc! And it must smell rank for weeks afterwards?

 

As said above thats really old skool, it was more common in the 60's and 70's for sure. Obviously its totally changed now but back then the steel was shit anyway and with the cars being designed by eye rather than CAD they had mad water traps.

 

Obviously i didnt do it inside the car Lol

Only did it in the rails and sills! Ive used wax oil and its shite so i thought id try it and aslong as you make sure i don't go everywhere i reckon it'll work! Going to use a squeezy bottle next time think it'll work better! Wouldnt spray it over the whole underneath though as it'll look terrible

 

on a typical cossie, the engine sprays oil on the underside for you.

 

They still do, new cars might have shiney plastic arch liners but nearly always theres a corner full off mud & shit! They just dont rust out as metel & paint is so much better now.

 

Haha LOL

 

Well yeah, thats all true. You dont see as many 10 year old cars now with the arches and sills hanging off them, back in 2000 how many mk4 escorts and mk3 astras were rotton as hell

 

I used to know an old boy years ago, self employed mechanic, never threw out waste oil, used to keep it and use it like that. From what I can remember, he was quite slow at his job, but very thorough, never cut corners, and was an absolute genius with an auto box.

 

You spray the underside of the car OUTSIDE you plank...

 

made me chuckle...

 

As said old skool method. Farmers use it to stop ploughs etc rusting in storage.
You have to be careful fuckin about with old oil tho - carcinogenic risks.

 

i owned a ford ... it sprayed its own bloody oil under the car ! ! !

 

ford transits tooo

 

Same engines though aren't they??


Cheers,
Grant

 

diff last longer on transits

 

True story.


Cheers,
Grant

 

It must stop rust as good as anything out there you can buy then!

 

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As said, Waxoil, even when warmed up still sets to fast, Was thinking of spraying new clean oil down my sills etc, at least it'll run around the spotwelded areas.
Will clean new oil mix with Waxoil??? might keep it moreof a liquid for longer.


Ginger


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Id just use oil tbh. Buy some cheap stuff! Though even though the underneath of mycar is clean as ive painted it using waste oil really wasnt that messy tbh so will definatly be doing it again.
Still have loads left so will probably do it every few months!

 

May fill my sills now as it looks a good job everywhere else ive done!

 

Don't want to piss on anyone's parade but, doesn't this pose a huge fire risk as the oil could go up like a fucker if there was a problem. Say in future you need a sill welded it could ignite and set fire to the whole car.

I could just be being overly cautious.

 

No because oil isn't 'highly' flammable plus once you coat oil on the actual raw oil of it tends to vanish off so your left with just a water proof coating

 

Its an old skool thing my dad still does, the underside of his car is in good nick so, it might be working, can be a little messy, but it seems ok. If your going to weld a car underneath afetr doing so you need to clean the area properly before welding.

 

used oil is acidic so i wouldn't use it.

also, good point raised about motorcyclists slipping on it - there's enough hazards on the road through diesel spillage without adding old engine oil slopping out of your sills to the equation

 

Tbh aslong as you left it to drain long enough it wouldnt spill on the road.

After everyones views im personally going to keep doing it as old ways are usually the best!

 

The old oil has carbon in it which helps as a neutraliser on early signs of corrosion.

 

They use it for truck leaf springs, supposed to keep em flexible and less brittle.

I've done it a couple times on older cars, but Not on a newish motor.

 

My dad and grandad used to do this.

 

It's insane! WTF!