Broken oil pipe: lots of oil splatter on the undercarriage of my car... How to clean?

[Rick Hunter]

Well, the oil return line from the turbocharger in my car cracked and it spilled about 2 lbs of motor oil all over the front part of the engine compartment and on the WHOLE underside of the car. Luckily no damage to the car/engine/turbo, I just have to change the oil pipe and its gaskets.
The trouble is that being the oil spill just behind the radiators, the airflow splattered the oil around a lot and it's quite messy... I have lots of dried/burnt oil splatters in the engine compartment and semi-dried oil splatters on the underside of the car...

I currently have access to facilities for lifting the car and working underneath it. I also have access to a professional pressure washer that has a built-in diesel burner for heating the water. (up to 65

[Rick Hunter]

Re: Broken oil pipe: lots of oil splatter on the undercarriage of my car... How to cl

Ooops, for some unknown reason my post has been cut...

I was saying that I have access to facilities for lifting the car and working underneath it. I also have access to a professional pressure washer that has a built-in diesel burner for heating the water. (up to 65

[Rick Hunter]

Re: Broken oil pipe: lots of oil splatter on the undercarriage of my car... How to cl

don't know what's happening here with posts being cut, BUT, I have meg's engine clean... would that work, with a fair bit of scrubbing and then rinsing with pressurized hot water?

[Michael Stoops]

Re: Broken oil pipe: lots of oil splatter on the undercarriage of my car... How to cl

Engine clean might work since this is fresh oil, but you may actually need a true degreaser for this given the amount of oil deposited.