Waste oil to prevent rust?
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Waste oil to prevent rust?
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!
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!
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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 this but surely wax oil must have something in it to stop it washing off as old oil won't
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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
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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!
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!
I used this stuff on my cosworth. http://www.bilthamber.com/pro-introd...me=dynax%20S50
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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,
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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!
Saves me spending a fortune on wax oil. Not much mess ass it put newspaper down first! Should keep the rust away!
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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!
Still have loads left so will probably do it every few months!
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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.
I could just be being overly cautious.
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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.
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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
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
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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!
After everyones views im personally going to keep doing it as old ways are usually the best!